Re: Table Orientation in Word

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There is no such function in Word. You can transpose the data in Excel and
paste it back into Word, however. But see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/LandscapeSection.htm for instructions
to put a portrait header/footer on a landscape page.

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"Robin Hourican" <RobinHourican@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:86797493-A1AD-4555-88EB-49A50765B57C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks Marcopod
>
> Is there an automatic function to transpose within Word? (I know you can
do
> it in Excel.) Will the table then function appropriately? E.g. using the
> header row repeat command that will not be the first row, but the first
> column?
>
> Fingers crossed!
>
> "macropod" wrote:
>
> > Hi Robin,
> >
> > The usual way of doing this is to use a landscape section for the table,
and
> > put the (rotated) header into a text on that page.
> >
> > Since you apparently don't want to do that, the other obvious option is
to
> > transpose the table's rows and columns and change the text direction to
> > vertical.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> >
> > "Robin Hourican" <RobinHourican@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
> > news:D474B205-0723-49D7-8499-D67B0726B1D7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > I am writing a document - mainly text in portrait - that includes a
large
> > > table. By large I mean wide i.e. high number of columns. Normally I
> > would
> > > insert a section break for the table and switch to landscape and then
> > insert
> > > a section break afterwards.
> > >
> > > However, there is a need to preserve the headers and footers (due to
the
> > use
> > > of a logo that will not stretch in landscape). So, my question is: Is
it
> > > possible to have a table "behave" like a table that has been rotated
90
> > > degrees e.g. when I get to the end of the table and press tab a new
row
> > > appears that is actually a column?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for your help
> > >
> > > Robin
> >
> >
> >

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