Tables + Microsoft Word = PURE HELL

[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

 

[Fritzo]

Yeah, same way in Frontpage. You get a feel for them after a while though.

 

[rh71]

All I need to read is your title and I'll say I AGREE.

 

[KeyserSoze]

I agree a hundred percent.

Also, damn auto-formatting. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.





KS

 

[maziwanka]

use excel and then copy and paste into word

 

[DingDingDao]

Yep, me too. I just read the title. Word + tables = NO.

 

[MAME]

Originally posted by: maziwanka
use excel and then copy and paste into word

I should have used Excel but I have plenty of things I hate about it as well

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: maziwanka
use excel and then copy and paste into word

For the win.

 

[Jawo]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86

Originally posted by: maziwanka
use excel and then copy and paste into word

For the win.

wouldnt do it anyother way!!!!

 

[VTHodge]

Originally posted by: maziwanka
use excel and then copy and paste into word

For maximum Hell avoidance use "Paste Special -> Picture" so it won't page break, can easily be resized, centered, etc.

 

[MAME]

Originally posted by: VTHodge

Originally posted by: maziwanka
use excel and then copy and paste into word

For maximum Hell avoidance use "Paste Special -> Picture" so it won't page break, can easily be resized, centered, etc.

interesting

 

[blakeatwork]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86

Originally posted by: maziwanka
use excel and then copy and paste into word

For the win.

Nahh... actually using the tools available means you can't bitch about the problem you're having..

 

[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.

Thank god it has a spellchecker though.

 

[neutralizer]

Agreed. But what's worse is columns in word.

 

[Maverick]

yeah word is such a POS...they really need to just overhaul the whole thing.

 

[Leper Messiah]

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

Which is why they made excel....

 

[neonerd]

Take some time to experiment with different table features...not as bad as it seems once you know what you're doing

 

[MAME]

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.

Thank god it has a spellchecker though.

oh my god, it's a typo! That is the internet's first

you will be famous

 

[MAME]

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

which features fixes any of the 3 problems I posted?

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

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.

 

[MAME]

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.

this was just for a simple form that only had 7 tables but it was still a nightmare