Entering a table with the keyboard and more

J

Jack Gillis

I have just begun using tables in my Word documents and have four
questions. Some are related to page layout, some are not. If there is
a better place to ask those non related ones please point me there. I
will really appreciate any help.

First:
How can I enter a table using only the keyboard without going through
Go To (Ctrl G)?

Second:
Help for using calculations in tables implies that tables can be named.
I can find no way to name a table.
Maybe I have misread the Help. Did I?

Third:

Is it possible to do calculations on table entries from outside the
table in which they appear, such as in another table or from within a
paragraph outside the table?

and finally Fourth:

Is there a way to have the text from paragraph wrap around a small table
that is on the left or right side of the page?

Thank you very much.
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

1. The right arrow key from the end of the previous paragraph will take you
into the first cell of the table.

4. If you have Word 2000 or 2002, you can either drag a table by its handle
(in Print Layout view) or set the text wrapping to Around on the Table tab
of Table Properties to make text wrap around it. This can cause problems,
however, if the document is opened in Word 97 or earlier, which will convert
the table to a framed table, with unpredictable results. You're therefore
better off putting the table in a frame to begin with (use the Insert Frame
button on the Forms toolbar), but note that a frame can't extend more than
one page (nor can a wrapped table in Word 2000, though this is an option in
Word 2002).

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

Jack Gillis

Thank you very much, Suzanne, for the answers to 1 and 4. They were
exactly what I was lookin for.
 
J

Jack Gillis

Thank you, Mike. That completes the story and is very helpful.

Jack

Mark said:
Jack,

For #2 (and #3), the name given to a table is a bookmark. Select
the whole table (Alt+Doubleclick), then click Insert-> Bookmark.

Note that table calculations (and linking table elements to text)
in Word can be quite aggravating, so unless your needs are extremely
simple you may be better off pasting Excel links into your docs.
Click to expand...

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