On Apr 8, 3:38 pm, "agbi...@hotmail.com" <agbi...@hotmail.com> wrote:The problem is that excel is crap with scaling for printing. Word makes it much easier to just print something in the appropriate size whereas as soon as you pdf a table from excel it shrinks the whole table down.
Ok, I know this is a general point, but prompted by two specifics:
1. Word often splits tables into two parts on separate pages, even if
the table easily could fit onto one page. E.g., I could have a table
with 10 or 15 rows but it still will split up. I've tried some of the paragraph formatting things I've read about, but no dice. My real
point is, how hard is it to get this right?
2. When I paste a table onto the middle of a page, it often goes right
to the top (this happens with pasted pictures as well). What that
means is that it's really hard even to select the table to move it
down, since you can't access the little plus sign to grab it. When I
try to do a cut/paste to move it down, it pastes back to the top of
the page.
I waste so much time on this nonsense that I'm thinking of using an alternate word processor. How can it be that umpteen versions into the program with all sorts of fancy new visuals I've still got to deal
with this stuff? Sorry for the rant, and it anyone has any suggestions please let me know. I'm just frustrated here. Thanks!
Use EXCEL instead.
On Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 2:48:29 AM UTC+12, trip_to_tokyo wrote:
On Apr 8, 3:38 pm, "agbi...@hotmail.com" <agbi...@hotmail.com> wrote:The problem is that excel is crap with scaling for printing. Word makes it much easier to just print something in the appropriate size whereas as soon as you pdf a table from excel it shrinks the whole table down.
Ok, I know this is a general point, but prompted by two specifics:
1. Word often splits tables into two parts on separate pages, even if
the table easily could fit onto one page. E.g., I could have a table
with 10 or 15 rows but it still will split up. I've tried some of the
paragraph formatting things I've read about, but no dice. My real
point is, how hard is it to get this right?
2. When I paste a table onto the middle of a page, it often goes right
to the top (this happens with pasted pictures as well). What that
means is that it's really hard even to select the table to move it
down, since you can't access the little plus sign to grab it. When I
try to do a cut/paste to move it down, it pastes back to the top of
the page.
I waste so much time on this nonsense that I'm thinking of using an
alternate word processor. How can it be that umpteen versions into the
program with all sorts of fancy new visuals I've still got to deal
with this stuff? Sorry for the rant, and it anyone has any suggestions
please let me know. I'm just frustrated here. Thanks!
Use EXCEL instead.
I was frustrated from how word was handling my tables in my 200 page report and googled "why are tables so f*ing bad in word?" and this was the top result. I guess I'm not alone haha.
I have PTSD from this now... I will never be able to comfortably copy/paste or add tables to any word document from now on.
I don't know whether you've read the articles at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/KeepTableOn1Page.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/ControlPgBrksInTables.htm, but perhaps they would be helpful.
Your #2 problem arises from the fact that, when you drag a table by its handle (the "little plus sign," which is actually the standard four-headed arrow Move symbol), it becomes wrapped. Unless you really need to wrap text around it, controlling its placement will be much easier if you change the wrapping to None (Table tab of Table Properties).
If you need to wrap text around the table, then open Table Properties and click Positioning... on the Table tab. Set a precise position for the table relative to the page, margins, or the paragraph to which it is anchored (though that latter may be a bit mysterious since Word doesn't display anchors for wrapped tables).
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
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Ok, I know this is a general point, but prompted by two specifics:
1. Word often splits tables into two parts on separate pages, even if
the table easily could fit onto one page. E.g., I could have a table
with 10 or 15 rows but it still will split up. I've tried some of the paragraph formatting things I've read about, but no dice. My real
point is, how hard is it to get this right?
2. When I paste a table onto the middle of a page, it often goes right
to the top (this happens with pasted pictures as well). What that
means is that it's really hard even to select the table to move it
down, since you can't access the little plus sign to grab it. When I
try to do a cut/paste to move it down, it pastes back to the top of
the page.
I waste so much time on this nonsense that I'm thinking of using an alternate word processor. How can it be that umpteen versions into the program with all sorts of fancy new visuals I've still got to deal
with this stuff? Sorry for the rant, and it anyone has any suggestions please let me know. I'm just frustrated here. Thanks!
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