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Subject:RE: Text in Word Table cells won't wrap? From:"Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- Users -dot- com> To:"Fred Ridder" <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:55:40 -0500
It was the right edged of the column. I forgot the it could also refer
to the bottom.
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From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 10:13 AM
To: Downing, David; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Text in Word Table cells won't wrap?
Interesting. We now have three replies based on *totally* different
interpretations of what the problem is. Sure seems like we need a
better description of the symptoms. Maybe the third time will be
the charm?
Does "end of the column" mean the right edge of the column?
Does "end of the column" mean the bottom of a cell in a row
that is interior to the table?
Does "end of the column" mean the bottom of a cell that is in
the last row of the table?
Does "end of the column" mean the bottom of a cell that is at
a page break in a multi-page table?
Each of these is very different.
>From: Dick Margulis <margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net>
>To: "Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- Users -dot- com>
>CC: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
>Subject: Re: Text in Word Table cells won't wrap?
>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:02:14 -0500
>
>Downing, David wrote:
>>Actually, what I meant was that text extending beyond the end of the
>>column is disappearing - as opposed to the text wrapping within the
cell
>>to conform to the size of the cell. Does the same advice still apply?
>>
>
>Aha! That's different.
>
>With a cursor in the cell, look up at the tab ruler. You'll see the
marker
>for the right margin off to the right, in the gray area, rather than in
the
>white ruler area.
>
>Now look at the paragraph format and you'll see that the right margin
is
>set at a negative number (I think). You may also see a positive left
margin
>(an indent that you use for your regular text blocks), which is
probably
>the actual culprit. If you can't drag the marker into the tab ruler, at
>least you can manually change the margins to zero.
>
>But the real solution is to set up a style, called TableCell, for
example,
>that has zero left and right margins. Then apply that style to each
cell.
>
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