Placing Tables Side by Side   

I want to place 4 tables side by side on a Landscape page, with a small space 
between them.  I made the first table.  I made the second table and moved it 
to the right of the first one.  Then I made the third table - but when I 
moved it, it became a part of the second table.  It will not let me place it 
to the right of the second table, it insists on becoming a part of the second 
table (it stuffs itself into the first cell).  I don't understand why the 
second table did fine, but the third one keeps doing this.

date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:29:00 -0700   author:   whimsey

Re: Placing Tables Side by Side   

Hello Whimsey

whimsey wrote:
> I want to place 4 tables side by side on a Landscape page, with a small space 
> between them.  I made the first table.  I made the second table and moved it 
> to the right of the first one.  Then I made the third table - but when I 
> moved it, it became a part of the second table.  It will not let me place it 
> to the right of the second table, it insists on becoming a part of the second 
> table (it stuffs itself into the first cell).  I don't understand why the 
> second table did fine, but the third one keeps doing this.  

I'd either create a table layout for the whole thing (you know, a 7 
column table on the outside, 4 columns for the 4 tables and 3 for the 
dividers), or insert 4 tables below each other, divided by an empty 
paragraph (otherwise they _will_ join up) and then use Word's column 
feature.

HTH
Robert
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date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:33:23 +0200   author:   Robert M. Franz (RMF)

Re: Placing Tables Side by Side   

I've never tried this because I'm leery of nesting, but theoretically you 
could create the four tables and nest them in the four cells of a 2x2 table.

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

"Robert M. Franz (RMF)"  wrote in message 
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> Hello Whimsey
>
> whimsey wrote:
>> I want to place 4 tables side by side on a Landscape page, with a small 
>> space between them.  I made the first table.  I made the second table and 
>> moved it to the right of the first one.  Then I made the third table - 
>> but when I moved it, it became a part of the second table.  It will not 
>> let me place it to the right of the second table, it insists on becoming 
>> a part of the second table (it stuffs itself into the first cell).  I 
>> don't understand why the second table did fine, but the third one keeps 
>> doing this.
>
> I'd either create a table layout for the whole thing (you know, a 7 column 
> table on the outside, 4 columns for the 4 tables and 3 for the dividers), 
> or insert 4 tables below each other, divided by an empty paragraph 
> (otherwise they _will_ join up) and then use Word's column feature.
>
> HTH
> Robert
> -- 
>  /"\  ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MSFT |
>  \ /                        |  MVP |     Scientific Reports
>   X        Against HTML     |  for |         with Word?
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>

date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 10:01:28 -0500   author:   Suzanne S. Barnhill