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Tables + Microsoft Word = PURE HELL

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MAME

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Jesus christ! Tables in word are by far the most sporatic 'feature' I have ever had the displeasure of using. Moving them is a bitch and a half.

The dotted outline does NOT properly reflect the actual location of where the table will actually end up. Often times moving a table at the very bottom of the page the smallest amount will make it shoot up to the top in the middle of another table, totally destroying any formatting that was done.

They are impossible to line up easily, as you have to move them by predetermined increments so that once they don't line up, they never will.

Adding a table to the bottom of the page creates a new page with nothing on it and no possible way of deleting it.


What the hell Microsoft....what the hell
 
Originally posted by: maziwanka
use excel and then copy and paste into word
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For maximum Hell avoidance use "Paste Special -> Picture" so it won't page break, can easily be resized, centered, etc.
 
Originally posted by: MAME
Jesus christ! Tables in word are by far the most sporatic 'feature' I have ever had the displeasure of using. Moving them is a bitch and a half.
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Thank god it has a spellchecker though.
 
Originally posted by: MAME
Jesus christ! Tables in word are by far the most sporatic 'feature' I have ever had the displeasure of using. Moving them is a bitch and a half.

The dotted outline does NOT properly reflect the actual location of where the table will actually end up. Often times moving a table at the very bottom of the page the smallest amount will make it shoot up to the top in the middle of another table, totally destroying any formatting that was done.

They are impossible to line up easily, as you have to move them by predetermined increments so that once they don't line up, they never will.

Adding a table to the bottom of the page creates a new page with nothing on it and no possible way of deleting it.


What the hell Microsoft....what the hell
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Which is why they made excel....
 
Take some time to experiment with different table features...not as bad as it seems once you know what you're doing
 
Originally posted by: Lonyo
Originally posted by: MAME
Jesus christ! Tables in word are by far the most sporatic 'feature' I have ever had the displeasure of using. Moving them is a bitch and a half.
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Thank god it has a spellchecker though.
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oh my god, it's a typo! That is the internet's first

you will be famous
 
Originally posted by: neonerd
Take some time to experiment with different table features...not as bad as it seems once you know what you're doing
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which features fixes any of the 3 problems I posted?
 
I'd rather use Excel to do it then paste it in.

Also, if you're doing web, use Dreamweaver. SO MUCH BETTER than Frontpage for tables. If you have tables in tables (important for padding, spacing, etc) and they're both the same width, dreamweaver makes your life so much easier for selection.
 
Originally posted by: DLeRium
I'd rather use Excel to do it then paste it in.

Also, if you're doing web, use Dreamweaver. SO MUCH BETTER than Frontpage for tables. If you have tables in tables (important for padding, spacing, etc) and they're both the same width, dreamweaver makes your life so much easier for selection.
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this was just for a simple form that only had 7 tables but it was still a nightmare
 
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