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m.a.

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Jun 30, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/30/00
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Hello all;

Is there a way (long shot) to limit growth of a table to one page? Here is
what I mean.
I have a table oriented Land escape, with about 16 rows and 7 columns. The
rows are all equal height. A certain amount of text to be typed in each row
and column, and some times some of the rows are not high enough for the
amount of text, so it grows in height, creating "Unwanted" second page. I
like to be able to limit the size of the table to one page (some how!), may
be (if) MSWord has some command or option that would delete some of the rows
automatically, to limit the height of the table to one page (I know, why I
do not delete the rows my self?) Well, for two reasons. One this table is
used as template, by many users in the network, and most of them do not know
how to insert or delete rows! Second, the whole document is LOCKED
(protected), except cells that are being written too. Sorry, it got so
long.

I'll hang up and listen!

Regards;

m.a...@ssss.com

Suzanne S. Barnhill

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Jun 30, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/30/00
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You can limit any given row to an Exact height (Table | Cell Height and
Width).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft Word MVP
Words into Type
Fairhope, AL USA

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Poor

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Jul 1, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/1/00
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Hello Suzanne;
Thanks for response.
But by doing so, I will loose some of the text typed in past the allowable
height! I want to see all the text typed in, but growth of some of the
rows, should not PUSH the rest of the table to second page. I know, this is
not really possible.

Regards;
m.a...@ssss.com

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Bob Dietz

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Jul 2, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/2/00
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What do you want to happen when growth of some of the rows
is about to push the rest of the table to the second page?
1. Warn the user.
2. Change the size of the page to legal.
3. Make the font used in the table smaller so everything will fit.
4. Something else. (If so, what exactly do you want?)

Regards,
Bob Dietz

Poor

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Jul 4, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/4/00
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Thanks everyone for helping. Can't warn the user. Because whatever the
length of the text, it has to be typed in. Can not CUT. Can't change to
legal size paper, it has to be standard paper size. Making the font
smaller, well may be, but it already is number 8 Arial font. Some thing
else? What?

Thanks Bob.

m.a...@ssss.com

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Cindy Meister -WordMVP-

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Jul 4, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/4/00
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Hi Poor,

> Some thing
> else? What?
>
Re-think the approach you're using on this project.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister
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John McGhie [MVP - Word]

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Jul 8, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/8/00
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In microsoft.public.word.tables on Fri, 30 Jun 2000 16:17:26 -0500, "m.a."
<m.a...@ssss.com> wrote:

> Hello all;
>
> Is there a way (long shot) to limit growth of a table to one page?

No, there is not. By their very nature, tables are designed to grow across
pages.

> this table is
> used as template, by many users in the network, and most of them do not know
> how to insert or delete rows!

Crap! This is a basic user training problem. If they don't know how to add
or delete rows in a Word table, they do not know Word well enough to be left
alone with it. Fix your "real" problem (user training)!

How do you train a user? Each time they get it wrong, you send it back and
make THEM fix it. They will soon get the idea. Never, ever fix a document
for a user, or you will never do anything else.

Then tell them that when they are finished, the tables must not exceed one
page. They will really soon get the hang of it :-)

> Second, the whole document is LOCKED
> (protected), except cells that are being written too.

Why? That's not a good way to run a Word document. You are much better off
to have an open Word document and a macro that feeds the data from it into a
format the user can never see. Stops all sorts of "accidents".

In fact, if you want this level of control, do the whole thing in Access so
they "can't" stuff it up on you.

Hope this helps.

Please post follow-up questions to the newsgroup so that all may follow the thread.

John McGhie <jo...@mcghie-information.com.au>
Consultant Technical Writer
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Sydney, Australia (GMT +10 hrs) +61 (04) 1209 1410

Pacific DataVision

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Jul 19, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/19/00
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Where would I get a primer on setting up a VBA or an Access insetion scheme
for a Word Document.


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John McGhie [MVP - Word]

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In microsoft.public.word.tables on Wed, 19 Jul 2000 12:39:52 -0700, "Pacific
DataVision" <dfo...@pacificdatavision.com> wrote:

> Where would I get a primer on setting up a VBA or an Access insetion scheme
> for a Word Document.

Start by reading the Help in the Word VBA Editor. You will need to read a
lot of it, and read it very carefully.

Word your way in from the Word Document Object Model. Understanding the
Object Model is the key to understanding VBA.

Cheers.

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