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Article #877Re: Boxes around columns
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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1992 08:39
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1992 08:39
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jim@baker.dartmouth.edu (Jim Shain) writes: > I'm using Word 5.0 on the Macintosh and I would like to have >two columns of text, on one page, with a full box around each column. >The problem is if you put a border around a column, the bottom of >column 1 and the top of column 2, do not have a border (since those are >in the middle of the columns. > I tried putting a return within the column, so a border would >be drawn there. I couldn't get the lines in the appropriate places. >Also, if I change anything in the columns, I would have to change >the place of the blank lines. > Any suggestions?? Instead of doing weird stuff like breaking the text in the middle of a sentence to make a different section, just use Word 5's Picture tools and make a line for both the top and bottom of the columns and use paragraph borders for the vertical lines. -- ______________________________________________________________________________ $ smills@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu $ Oh, you're a HEDGE! $ $ MuffinHed@aol.com $ -Dudley Moore, "Arthur" $ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78a4,b4e0f357e0f87cbb X-Google-Attributes: gidf78a4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-07-13 01:13:46 PST Newsgroups: bit.mailserv.word-mac Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!darwin.sura.net!wupost!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!news.uiowa.edu!news.weeg.uiowa.edu!smills From: smills@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (MuffinHead) Subject: Re: Boxes around columns Message-ID: <1992Jul13.083925.6004@news.weeg.uiowa.edu> Keywords: columns borders Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA References: <1992Jul9.122705.5946@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1992 08:39:25 GMT Lines: 23