TF
Sat Oct 04 11:27:30 CDT 2003
Suzanne
That's my experience too - around 45/55 pages the document really becomes
slow. However, for this sort of work it is probably feasible to break the
table regularly at the bottom of the page. That should minimise the
performance hit.
Terry
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
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When using a table to create parallel columns, it is usually possibly to
break it from time to time (with headings outside the table, etc.). An
eight-page table should not be a problem, though. I've got a document 59
pages long that is a single table (2,528 rows) that didn't begin to bog down
till after page 50 or so. Now when I want to add onto the end, I split the
table just ahead of where I'm working, then rejoin when I finish. It's a
database that should have been done in Excel to begin with, but I didn't
realize that at the time.
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"Jerry Bodoff" <jabodoff@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Hi TF
>
> So true. I have one document that is a table that is
> about 8 pages long. It takes forever to close the
> document. So far I have not found a better way except
> EXCEL or a WORKS spreadsheet, and that is not much better.
>
> Jerry B.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Jerry
> >
> >Your method is OK but as you say, tables make it easier
> to align text and
> >side notes. However, balance this against very large
> tables really bog down
> >document performance.
> >
> >--
> >Terry Farrell - Word MVP
> >
> >
> >"Jerry Bodoff" <jabodoff@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> >news:044301c38a5a$9965a110$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> >Sara
> >
> >I have done this for notes to text. What I did was set
> >up 2 newspaper columns and put a column break in column
> >1. Typed the text in column 1 and then went to column 2
> >and typed in the "side notes". It did take a little
> >effort to line things up. Is there a flaw in this
> method?
> >I do agree that a 2 column table is easier, especially
> >for lining up text and notes.
> >
> >Jerry Bodoff
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>In Word, "column" refers only to newspaper columns. You
> >>can get the results you want by using a Word table.
> >>Highlight the existing data and choose Table; convert
> >>your data to a one-column table. Then Insert a column
> >>next to the one you created for your new data.
> >>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>I am trying to insert a blank column into an existing
> >>>document. I have an existing document that I would
> >like
> >>>to put in column format. By this I mean, I would like
> >>the
> >>>current data to be in one column and begin adding new
> >>>things in a column next to the existing column. When I
> >>>try to change my document to column format, it puts
> >>>everything in two columns.
> >>>.
> >>>
> >>.
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >