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From: a752@mindlink.UUCP (Bruce Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Word for Windows Query
Message-ID: <3688@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 30 Oct 90 19:42:14 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> jewell@Data-IO.COM writes:
> Anybody know how to do negative leading in Word for Windows?
> 
> Lets say I have two paragraphs, call them Para One and
> Para Two. When I type them in, they look like this. (for
> the purposes of this article, let the '$' character stand for
> the end of paragraph symbol.)
> 
> Para One$
> 
> Para Two starts here and runs on for a while, with
> out really saying anything.$
> 
> However, I want to format them so they will print like this:
> 
> Parag One$      Para Two starts here and runs on for
>                 a while, with out really saying anything.$
> 
> Now, you might why I want to do this, well several of the manuals
> I'm working on have notes, cautions, and warnings stored in this
> fashion.
> 
> Doing this sort of thing in Ventura is no problem. But I haven't
> yet figured this out in WinWord. Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> (Yes, I have RTFM and it was no help.)
> 
> Thanks.


     Try the table function.  Insert a table 2 columns wide and as many rows
high as you might need.  As you type inside each cell of the table, the cell
will be wedged open vertically as needed to accomodate the wrapping lines of
text.  Horizontally related cells are kept the same height.  This is a
wonderful way of having say "questions" on the left and "answers" on the right.
--
Bruce Dunn   Vancouver, Canada    a752@mindlink.UUCP