Problems pasting text into a table   

Word 2007. I have a single page A4 portrait document constructed as follows: 
at the top, text that goes from one side of the page to the other. I then 
have a section break, with a table consisting of three columns and one row.
What I need to be able to do is to type or paste text and/or small graphics 
etc into each column, BUT I do NOT want the text to either wrap into the 
next column, OR, create an extension to the column on the next page. In 
other words, I want what is put into each column to use the available space, 
and not to create new space - a fixed column size. The document can ONLY be 
one page long. I have tried all the options I can see in Table Properties, 
but can't seem to fix this. is it possible even?

date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 08:02:10 +0100   author:   Gordon lid

Re: Problems pasting text into a table   

"Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Word 2007. I have a single page A4 portrait document constructed as 
> follows: at the top, text that goes from one side of the page to the 
> other. I then have a section break, with a table consisting of three 
> columns and one row.
> What I need to be able to do is to type or paste text and/or small 
> graphics etc into each column, BUT I do NOT want the text to either wrap 
> into the next column, OR, create an extension to the column on the next 
> page. In other words, I want what is put into each column to use the 
> available space, and not to create new space - a fixed column size. The 
> document can ONLY be one page long. I have tried all the options I can see 
> in Table Properties, but can't seem to fix this. is it possible even?

I think I may have fixed it - I created a new document and set the height of
the row in the table to be an exact measurement in Table Properties....we
shall see.... :-)

date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:03:59 +0100   author:   Gordon lid

Re: Problems pasting text into a table   

I understand everything but the section break. Is that left over from an 
earlier experiment with snaking columns? It's certainly not needed just for 
a ordinary text followed by a table.

-- 
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Word 2007. I have a single page A4 portrait document constructed as 
> follows: at the top, text that goes from one side of the page to the 
> other. I then have a section break, with a table consisting of three 
> columns and one row.
> What I need to be able to do is to type or paste text and/or small 
> graphics etc into each column, BUT I do NOT want the text to either wrap 
> into the next column, OR, create an extension to the column on the next 
> page. In other words, I want what is put into each column to use the 
> available space, and not to create new space - a fixed column size. The 
> document can ONLY be one page long. I have tried all the options I can see 
> in Table Properties, but can't seem to fix this. is it possible even?

date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 10:56:40 -0500   author:   Suzanne S. Barnhill

Re: Problems pasting text into a table   

"Suzanne S. Barnhill"  wrote in message 
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>I understand everything but the section break. Is that left over from an 
>earlier experiment with snaking columns? It's certainly not needed just for 
>a ordinary text followed by a table.
>

I originally put the section in because I wanted two different types of 
formatting on then same sheet: no columns and columns.
However, I discovered that the answer is indeed to use tables, and then to 
set the height of the row to be an exact measurement - that stops the row 
elongating itself onto the next page when text is inserted!

date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 07:31:53 +0100   author:   Gordon lid

Re: Problems pasting text into a table   

That's what I suspected. You can now remove the section break, as it is no 
longer needed, and it will just make your document needlessly complex.

-- 
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message 
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> "Suzanne S. Barnhill"  wrote in message 
> news:O6cyXZyxIHA.4268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I understand everything but the section break. Is that left over from an 
>>earlier experiment with snaking columns? It's certainly not needed just 
>>for a ordinary text followed by a table.
>>
>
> I originally put the section in because I wanted two different types of 
> formatting on then same sheet: no columns and columns.
> However, I discovered that the answer is indeed to use tables, and then to 
> set the height of the row to be an exact measurement - that stops the row 
> elongating itself onto the next page when text is inserted!
>

date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 07:30:41 -0500   author:   Suzanne S. Barnhill

Re: Problems pasting text into a table   

"Suzanne S. Barnhill"  wrote in message 
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> That's what I suspected. You can now remove the section break, as it is no 
> longer needed, and it will just make your document needlessly complex.
>

I binned the original and created a new document - it was simpler! :-)

date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:58:19 +0100   author:   Gordon lid