Re: Columns 'line between' problem
From: Jim (jknecht0_at_aol-worstispever.com)
Date: 05/24/04
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Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 19:22:31 -0400
Thank you both for the replies. Here is the thing I don't think a gap
looks good on the top and/or bottom. The automatically wraped text
from the first column to the second column is something I dont wan't
to loose either.
I did find what I thought was an acceptable work around. I put a line
object over the line then turned off the "line between columns"
option. After some tweaking, it would not only stay in the middle of
the column and touch the header AND footer lines but it would resize
if i changed the margins either manually in page setup or by just
selecting another printer.
I was happy and excited...However I then ran into two problems that I
just can't seem to fix. Also let me add that this is a template
(.dot)
1) The Line is only on the first page and never any other pages. I
had seen in other posts that people had trouble with having a picture
on only one page and they were told to mess around with the "different
odd and even" and or "different first page" options. I couldn't seem
to fix it with those options
2) Even more horrible when I select everything (ctrl-A or even
highlight the text) and then delete it the line dissappears and will
not re-appear when I add new text. I eventually found out about
anchors thats to some websites (started at http://word.mvps.org/) but
even if I lock the anchor it will still be deleted. I couldn't find a
way to anchor anywhere else and still keep the position and size the
way I wanted. I was hoping I could find a way to lock the anchor in
the header and that way I thought it would only delete the anchor if I
deleted wat was in the heading which would have been a very rare
occurance.
For now I guess I will just have to accept that missing chunk of line
at the bottom. I can technically live with it since this document is
only for me and two others instead of or a professional end. However
I was trying to design it as if it were a professional doc, I even
made styles and all. Hehe I got that carried away.
On Sun, 23 May 2004 17:59:11 -0700, garfield-n-odie
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Hi, Jim. To add to what MVP Doug Robbins wrote, you might consider
>using a two-column table instead of two-column page layout. You can
>turn the left and right gridlines off in the table, and the center
>gridline will always meet the top and bottom gridlines. What you
lose
>with a table is the ability to automatically wrap text from the first
>column to the second column and then back to the first column on the
>next page, etc. If this ability isn't particularly necessary for
what
>you're doing, a table might work better for you. HTH.
garfield-n-odie
>
>
>Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote:
>
>> You can force the position of the lines in the header and footer by
>> adjusting the From edge setting of the headers and footers under
the Layout
>> tab of the File>Page Setup dialog. You can also get the lines to
meet by
>> varying the top/bottom margin settings. What you will end up with
however
>> is not much space between the horizontal lines and the text and
personally,
>> the adjustment that I would make would be to increase the top
margin to
>> prevent the vertical line from meeting the horizontal line to give
the same
>> gap that you have at the bottom.
>>
>>
>>
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