|Hi Fishy - answers in-line:
|
|"<*(((><{" <Fishy@Ocean.Net> wrote in message
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|> Thank you, Margaret.
|>
|> Q1:  Do I presume correctly then, that "float" means "text wrap =
|> around" ???
|
|"Float" is Word-ese for what pictures (and by extension, other things) do
|when they are in the drawing layer rather than in the text story - see
|http://www.word.mvps.org/faqs/drwgrphcs/DrawLayer.htm
|
|(Actually I don't really like the term as different automatic typesetting
|systems use it in rather different ways - it always means the figure moves
|independently of the text, but the functionality and rules available can be
|quite different from Word's offerings <g>.)
|
|> Q2:  Can I make these options the default and store them in a
|> "floating table" template so they activate automatically when I make
|> other similar forms?
|> If so, how to make them default?
|
|In Word 2002 you can set some Table Properties using Table Styles, but I'm
|pretty sure you can't set positioning in the style. In Word 2000 and for
|general sanity the best idea is probably to save a copy of a basic table
|form as AutoText, then bring it in and edit it where you need it. Or perhaps
|better set yourself up a generic template with a table in place, from which
|you can create new specific forms as you need them?
|
|Another option would be to set up a macro to change the properties and
|position of a selected table - handy if you already have the tables, but
|need to change them all.