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MS Office Forum / Word / Tables / December 2004numeric formatting within a cell
My employer has recently asked me to switch all of the form templates I created a few years ago from Word Perfect to WORD. In my job, I chart medical appointments and insurance payments for the kids at a private school. So, in the chart I created for the kids, I have wording in some colums and numbers in others. I need to know how to format only the colums that I select within the table to automatically show in monetary values so that I do not constantly have to type in the $ sign and decimal point. I have looked at all of the dropdown menus and somehow cannot find this feature. Is there or is ther not a way in Word to assign numeric formating to table cells? No, Word can't do this unless the number is a field value. Excel might be a better choice. > My employer has recently asked me to switch all of the form templates I > created a few years ago from Word Perfect to WORD. In my job, I chart [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > at all of the dropdown menus and somehow cannot find this feature. Is there > or is ther not a way in Word to assign numeric formating to table cells? In addition to the advice from Jezebel, use an Excel "table" in the Word document.  SignaturePlease respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP > My employer has recently asked me to switch all of the form templates I > created a few years ago from Word Perfect to WORD. In my job, I chart [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > there > or is ther not a way in Word to assign numeric formating to table cells? Thanks Doug and Jezebel. I just started in on the Word thing 4 weeks ago and I'm still a little lost. So, if I do and exel table and then put it in the word document, can I expand the table as I need? It acctually sounds more simple to just type in all the $ and decimals. The charts for my students are updated on a twice weekly basis, and if I can't expand the Exel table once it is in Word, it may not be worth the hassle. > In addition to the advice from Jezebel, use an Excel "table" in the Word > document. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > there > > or is ther not a way in Word to assign numeric formating to table cells? Expand in what sense? For most purposes the Excel table inserted in Word will be just like the Word table, but while you're working on it you're using Excel not Word. It's size is whatever size you want to display in the Word document, ultimately limited by the size of the page. You can also set things up so the the 'table' you see in Word is effectively a window into a larger spreadsheet. This is useful if there is additional data you need to make the visible part work, but which the end-users don't need to see. > Thanks Doug and Jezebel. I just started in on the Word thing 4 weeks ago and > I'm still a little lost. So, if I do and exel table and then put it in the [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > > there > > > or is ther not a way in Word to assign numeric formating to table cells? > My employer has recently asked me to switch all of the form templates I > created a few years ago from Word Perfect to WORD. In my job, I chart [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > at all of the dropdown menus and somehow cannot find this feature. Is there > or is ther not a way in Word to assign numeric formating to table cells? Hi Diane, Unless you're using fields (which I wouldn't recommend for simple table maintenance), there is nothing you can set in Word to force a table cell to adopt a particular numeric format by default. Cheers > > My employer has recently asked me to switch all of the form templates I > > created a few years ago from Word Perfect to WORD. In my job, I chart [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > at all of the dropdown menus and somehow cannot find this feature. Is there > > or is ther not a way in Word to assign numeric formating to table cells? |
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