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From: Peter T. Daniels on 5 Sep 2009 13:56
Since you evidently can't use "Columns" inside a table cell, why don't
you want to have the option of using two cells? Note that besides
Merge in the first row, you could also Split a cell in the second row
to make two cells.

On Sep 5, 12:43 pm, MayaSauer <MayaSa...(a)discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Hi - thank you.  
>
> The text in the table is a paragraphs that need to be a  1 column format
> with the option to have the text formatted - if one wanted to - to 2 columns
> using the format - column menu option that word provides. The idea is not to
> actually format the table but format the text inside the table.   I don't
> want to have the table pre formatted to 2 columns.
>
> makes sense?
>
> Thanks a bunch -
>
>
>
> "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
> > You could make a two- or three-column table, two rows, and then Merge
> > the cells in the top row, in order to have a single cell to put your
> > image in. (Select the two or three cells in the top row and choose
> > "Merge" from the Tables menu.) You should probably add the border
> > before you do the merging; merged cells can be a bit unpredictable.
>
> > On Sep 5, 10:22 am, MayaSauer <MayaSa...(a)discussions.microsoft.com>
> > wrote:
> > > I have a table - 1 column (would like it to stay at 7.26 wide) and 1 row. At
> > > the top I placed in image and then I have a couple of paragraphs of text. I
> > > would like to have the option to format the couple of paragraphs of text into
> > > 2 or possible 3 columns, but when I do the table becomes half the size, cuts
> > > the border off and doesn't show my text in columns.
>
> > > Is it possible to have text formatted into multiple columns inside a word
> > > 2003 table without having to preset the table to 2 columns? The reason I used
> > > the table is so I can have a colored border around this entire section.-
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 5 Sep 2009 13:59
If each section is a page, have you considered using a page border?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"MayaSauer" <MayaSauer(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E5402FB3-3426-4934-9BC5-B5B1059FF738(a)microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> The reason I used the table is so I can have a 3 pt colored border around
> the entire section. The idea is to have 3 sections separated by page
> breaks
> and each will have a border around it with 1 picture and text in it. The
> text will be in 1 column format but needs to have the option of formatting
> text to to columns.
>
> When I try formatting the text into to columns - the table breaks border
> in
> half and the right have sort of disappears.
>
> Thanks,
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> Do you really need a table for this? Why not just place the image on the
>> page with two-column text below it?
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> http://word.mvps.org
>>
>> "MayaSauer" <MayaSauer(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C5375511-3874-47BD-8427-01F04DC10025(a)microsoft.com...
>> >I have a table - 1 column (would like it to stay at 7.26 wide) and 1
>> >row.
>> >At
>> > the top I placed in image and then I have a couple of paragraphs of
>> > text.
>> > I
>> > would like to have the option to format the couple of paragraphs of
>> > text
>> > into
>> > 2 or possible 3 columns, but when I do the table becomes half the size,
>> > cuts
>> > the border off and doesn't show my text in columns.
>> >
>> > Is it possible to have text formatted into multiple columns inside a
>> > word
>> > 2003 table without having to preset the table to 2 columns? The reason
>> > I
>> > used
>> > the table is so I can have a colored border around this entire section.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>

From: MayaSauer on 5 Sep 2009 16:03
Hi,

These sections will serve as a template and at any given time can be a full
page or may be just a paragraph therefore, the page could contain 2 or even
3 sections - the length of the text will change regularly so page border
would not work.

Thanks

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> If each section is a page, have you considered using a page border?
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> http://word.mvps.org
>
> "MayaSauer" <MayaSauer(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E5402FB3-3426-4934-9BC5-B5B1059FF738(a)microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > The reason I used the table is so I can have a 3 pt colored border around
> > the entire section. The idea is to have 3 sections separated by page
> > breaks
> > and each will have a border around it with 1 picture and text in it. The
> > text will be in 1 column format but needs to have the option of formatting
> > text to to columns.
> >
> > When I try formatting the text into to columns - the table breaks border
> > in
> > half and the right have sort of disappears.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> >
> >> Do you really need a table for this? Why not just place the image on the
> >> page with two-column text below it?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> >> Words into Type
> >> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >> http://word.mvps.org
> >>
> >> "MayaSauer" <MayaSauer(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:C5375511-3874-47BD-8427-01F04DC10025(a)microsoft.com...
> >> >I have a table - 1 column (would like it to stay at 7.26 wide) and 1
> >> >row.
> >> >At
> >> > the top I placed in image and then I have a couple of paragraphs of
> >> > text.
> >> > I
> >> > would like to have the option to format the couple of paragraphs of
> >> > text
> >> > into
> >> > 2 or possible 3 columns, but when I do the table becomes half the size,
> >> > cuts
> >> > the border off and doesn't show my text in columns.
> >> >
> >> > Is it possible to have text formatted into multiple columns inside a
> >> > word
> >> > 2003 table without having to preset the table to 2 columns? The reason
> >> > I
> >> > used
> >> > the table is so I can have a colored border around this entire section.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
From: MayaSauer on 5 Sep 2009 16:04
So you say that multiple columns can't be used inside a 1 column table?

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

> Since you evidently can't use "Columns" inside a table cell, why don't
> you want to have the option of using two cells? Note that besides
> Merge in the first row, you could also Split a cell in the second row
> to make two cells.
>
> On Sep 5, 12:43 pm, MayaSauer <MayaSa...(a)discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi - thank you.
> >
> > The text in the table is a paragraphs that need to be a 1 column format
> > with the option to have the text formatted - if one wanted to - to 2 columns
> > using the format - column menu option that word provides. The idea is not to
> > actually format the table but format the text inside the table. I don't
> > want to have the table pre formatted to 2 columns.
> >
> > makes sense?
> >
> > Thanks a bunch -
> >
> >
> >
> > "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
> > > You could make a two- or three-column table, two rows, and then Merge
> > > the cells in the top row, in order to have a single cell to put your
> > > image in. (Select the two or three cells in the top row and choose
> > > "Merge" from the Tables menu.) You should probably add the border
> > > before you do the merging; merged cells can be a bit unpredictable.
> >
> > > On Sep 5, 10:22 am, MayaSauer <MayaSa...(a)discussions.microsoft.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > I have a table - 1 column (would like it to stay at 7.26 wide) and 1 row. At
> > > > the top I placed in image and then I have a couple of paragraphs of text. I
> > > > would like to have the option to format the couple of paragraphs of text into
> > > > 2 or possible 3 columns, but when I do the table becomes half the size, cuts
> > > > the border off and doesn't show my text in columns.
> >
> > > > Is it possible to have text formatted into multiple columns inside a word
> > > > 2003 table without having to preset the table to 2 columns? The reason I used
> > > > the table is so I can have a colored border around this entire section.-
>
From: MayaSauer on 5 Sep 2009 16:11
the option of pre-setting it to 2 columns would work but if the user didn't
want that format they would have to set it back to one column. This document
will serve as a template and needs to be as simple as possible and I was
hoping to get it to a point where the layout would not be changed only the
text. I wanted to know if it is possible to highlight the text and go to
the menu and set text to 2 columns. So you say that is not possible?

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

> You could make a two- or three-column table, two rows, and then Merge
> the cells in the top row, in order to have a single cell to put your
> image in. (Select the two or three cells in the top row and choose
> "Merge" from the Tables menu.) You should probably add the border
> before you do the merging; merged cells can be a bit unpredictable.
>
> On Sep 5, 10:22 am, MayaSauer <MayaSa...(a)discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > I have a table - 1 column (would like it to stay at 7.26 wide) and 1 row. At
> > the top I placed in image and then I have a couple of paragraphs of text. I
> > would like to have the option to format the couple of paragraphs of text into
> > 2 or possible 3 columns, but when I do the table becomes half the size, cuts
> > the border off and doesn't show my text in columns.
> >
> > Is it possible to have text formatted into multiple columns inside a word
> > 2003 table without having to preset the table to 2 columns? The reason I used
> > the table is so I can have a colored border around this entire section.
>
>
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