Help! MS Word question: How do I create a chart (not excel) to combine 4 diff. event timelines...

[zonkers]

so I can display what was going in diff. fields at the same time? Sort of like this sample below but without borders or any dashes.


--------Science----Sports----- Politics----Reigon

June----xxxxxx-----xxxxxx-----xxxxxxxxxx---xxxxxx

July---xxxxxxx-----xxxxxx-----xxxxxxxxxx---xxxxxx


It should be easy but I just can't find any solution. In MSWORD, I tried insert/object/chart but it got too weird. I also tried creating columns but they only format text side by side.

[RebelOne]

1. Have you tried using tabs?

[zonkers]

2. I tried following the MSword tutorial to use tabs. It got too confusing but I

guess that is the way to go. Man, I sure miss my typewriter.

[uppityperson]

3. I have had that rant also. Typewriters have their place.

good luck

[zonkers]

4. I found a good "tabs" tutorial online. Thanks for the attention, all!

http://www.baycongroup.com/word2003/word06.htm#tab

[Goblinmonger]

5. Why not just insert a table

with the appropriate number of rows and columns?

[applegrove]

6. Make a table. Then on each line you can merge boxes into bigger ones, or slip them

into smaller ones. Really easy. Just highlight the box(s) and choose merge or split from the Table drop down box. Then split into two columns or more. Or merge two boxes. So each line can be adjusted accordingly.

[zonkers]

7. Mege boxes into bigger ones? Slip them into smaller ones? I can ususally

figure stuff out but this particular stuff is not very intuitive. I give up. thanks anyway.

[SOteric]

8. Tables is it's own tab on the toolbar,

the drop down menu comes with a quick, easy to use, one click option for merging and dividing the 'cells' you create in the table. You can even change the borders around some of the 'cells' but not others.

[mtnester]

9. Corel n/t

:p

[Phillycat]

10. Use table.

It's pretty self-explanatory.

[zonkers]

11. Yeah but when you type, the width of the rows change. So adding data to a cell

messes with the uniformity of the whole table. I know I am making a fuss over this but man it just really pisses me off. I have never failed to learn how to do anything on my pc -- fixing bugs, messing with the registry. It's only MSWoRd that messes me up.

[Phillycat]

12. Well, word sucks.

You can set the size of the cells, I think.

[dropkickpa]

13. you need to select the fixed cell width option, and they won't

resize.

[zonkers]

16. Ahhh, I am stoked everyone's helping me out. Thanks. I am getting the hang of it.

I see its really all about "knowing the terms" to look for especially in MSword help. Their is just no forgiveness if you use the wrong term. I will now look up fixed cell width option.

[Goblinmonger]

19. You can also go to Table Properities

and then Cell, and then Options (bottom right), and make sure wrap text is checked and not fit text. Of course, then your text will wrap.

[seaglass]

14. Tables are easy for me, I use them a lot (in fact I did my resume

and my husband's using tables - with no borders of course).

If you have any questions I'd be happy to help.

[LisaM]

15. Use a Word Table, I agree

They are very easy. You can change all the borders after it's finished.

I never have had a problem sizing it, but I would suggest putting your table into a landscape format.

After it's done, you can choose Table, AutoFormat to choose how you want it to look.

Also, here's a tip for sorting tables. Enter all your data, then create a column to the far right called "sort". Enter your sorting criteria (can be numbers, letters, etc.). Sort the table and then delete the column. You don't have to move any rows around when you do this.

[El Fuego]

17. I HATE MSWORD!!!

Nothing in MSWord is intuitive. With WordPerfect, it's easy figure out anything you might want to do. In Word, I always have to go the help index, and then it takes forever to get the info I want. And quite often the answer is "You just can't do it in Word."

I don't have an answer for you, I just wanted to RANT!!!

[crispini]

18. Make it in Excel and cut and paste it into Word

Bet that would work. :D