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On Tue, 1 Dec 1998 13:45:15 +1300, pdunford@xtra.co.nz (Patrick
Dunford) wrote:
>>>
>>>No messing around with columns blah blah blah...
>>>
>>Well how do you create a label with an icon on one half and text on
>>the other half?   If I use your sheet and try to insert a picture, the
>>picture is inserted immediately above and as far to the left as
>>possible of the label with the cursor inside it.  I cannot move the
>>picture inside the label afterwards either.   Does your copy of
>>'Word97' behave differently? SNOOPY
>
>No, it is not possible to have tabs inside table columns.
>
But it is possible to vary the width of the columns, which I would
argue is 'equivalent' to having a TAB.
>
>Click View, Toolbars, Drawing. When the toolbar appears it should have a 
>button on it that looks a bit like a text file icon in Explorer (a box 
>with horizontal lines in it). Click the button then click and drag to 
>draw a text box. To set properties like borders, click inside the box 
>then right-click on the outer rectangle (the thingy with the resize 
>handles on it) then choose Format text box from the menu.
>
>As for inserting pictures, right click the picture, choose Format Picture 
>from the menu, click the Position tab then uncheck "Float over text". You 
>can now position the picture like ordinary text.
>
Tried that.  It works well.  Thanks Patrick.  Right clicking the
picture is an especially useful tip, as even if you have incorrectly
entered the picture such that it does Float on top of the text, you
can 'correct' this behaviour by right clicking the picture and
following the instructions you have outlined. 
>
>By default, text and graphics will be vertically centred in the label. To 
>change this, click View, Toolbars, Tables and Borders. You should find 
>three white boxes with lines in them that will change the vertical 
>alignment of the currently selected cell.
>
Yes, although that realigns every bit of art in the selected cell.  If
you want one picture in the top LH corner and another in the bottom RH
corner it seems you can't do that with this method
>
>You can place text exactly by using text boxes. 
>
I would say it allows you to position text 'precisely' rather than
'exactly'.  I mean this in the sense that the text box can be
positioned precisely where you click your mouse button.  But to
position it 'exactly' (say 1.24" from the top of the label, inset
0.83" from the left) would seem to be more a matter of trial and error
with this technique.

Having said that, your method Patrick is much easier to work through
than what I was doing, and so unless you are concerned with the issues
that I have highlighted above, I would go with your method Patrick.
Thanks again for your help. SNOOPY
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