Publisher 97, How do I align text vertically?

Hi Mary - I don't know if this went through before. It doesn't look like it.
I clicked to post, unknown to me the page had timed out, and what I had
typed in was gone (This would be an improvement in browsers that I'd like to
see. How do I get that text back? You have to type what you want into
Notepad, save the file, and then copy and paste to the internet if you want
to avoid this issue.)

This feature with right-tabs is a new one for me (thank you!), but not what
I'm thinking of. I think that Pub97 must be able to do what I want, because
I've been able to do this in more recent versions of Publisher that I've
used, and it seems like an obvious feature that you'd like in a publishing
program. I think it must be buried somewhere. Let me describe again.

I can align text vertically (manually) by adding some returns at the top,
and doing it by sight. I can achieve greater accuracy in vertically aligning
the text, if I make the line/font size the minimum of 4 pt, and then adding
some returns at the top. What I'd like to be able to do, however, is to
click on a button that centers the text between the top and bottom margins
automatically, just like how I can click on the button that aligns text
horizontally between the left and right margins.

Is your text filling the entire page? Have you thought about creating rectangle
above and below where you want the text to start and stop. The text will wrap.

Publisher 97 doesn't have the format text box as future versions do, there is no
command to center the text vertically in a text box.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"slack7639" <slack7639.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Mary - I don't know if this went through before. It doesn't look like it.
> I clicked to post, unknown to me the page had timed out, and what I had
> typed in was gone (This would be an improvement in browsers that I'd like to
> see. How do I get that text back? You have to type what you want into
> Notepad, save the file, and then copy and paste to the internet if you want
> to avoid this issue.)
>
> This feature with right-tabs is a new one for me (thank you!), but not what
> I'm thinking of. I think that Pub97 must be able to do what I want, because
> I've been able to do this in more recent versions of Publisher that I've
> used, and it seems like an obvious feature that you'd like in a publishing
> program. I think it must be buried somewhere. Let me describe again.
>
> I can align text vertically (manually) by adding some returns at the top,
> and doing it by sight. I can achieve greater accuracy in vertically aligning
> the text, if I make the line/font size the minimum of 4 pt, and then adding
> some returns at the top. What I'd like to be able to do, however, is to
> click on a button that centers the text between the top and bottom margins
> automatically, just like how I can click on the button that aligns text
> horizontally between the left and right margins.

.. . . Is your text filling the entire page?

No, it's a table with a number of cells:

9 rows - 2 of varying height, 4 are merged together, all of them go the
width of the page, there are 1/2" margins

2 columns - a line down the middle, except where the rows are merged together

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.. . . Have you thought about creating a rectangle above and below where you
want the text to start and stop. The text will wrap.

Problem isn't with the text wrapping, it's with the text being auto spaced
vertically within the cell, or text box.

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.. . . Publisher 97 doesn't have the format text box as future versions do,
there is no command to center the text vertically in a text box.

Amazing! This is what I needed to know. Thank you!

Looks like I have to do it manually: Set a blank row above the text to 4
pt, put in some Returns, and center it by sight.

I wonder how this function could have been left out? Well, they've since
improved on it, 100% +!

Thank you for your help.

Hi Helen! Thanks for the tip!

The way I edit: I type in how I want to see the text within the cell, and
then center it vertically.

Since I can't do auto-vertical-center, I need the control I get from my
work-around: Set a blank row above the text to something small, like 4 pt,
put in a couple of Returns, and then center it by sight.

If I use the automated spacing features too much, it gets out of my control,
and then it looks different than how I want.

You can also tab in a cell by pressing ctrl+tab. You can adjust the tab settings
from the ruler.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"slack7639" <slack7639.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Helen! Thanks for the tip!
>
> The way I edit: I type in how I want to see the text within the cell, and
> then center it vertically.
>
> Since I can't do auto-vertical-center, I need the control I get from my
> work-around: Set a blank row above the text to something small, like 4 pt,
> put in a couple of Returns, and then center it by sight.
>
> If I use the automated spacing features too much, it gets out of my control,
> and then it looks different than how I want.

Hi Mary!

Thanks, I might forget that I can do that!

I still use Office 97 - mostly Excel, then Word, and Access for labels. I
never make any Power Point presentations, and I could never get Outlook to
work (errors came up, printing options were limited ... I looked around, and
now use Calendarscope).

The only things not working for me are with Pub 97: no vertical align, and
the inability to do mail merge (probably due to a security patch). Other
than that, I love Office 97.

Are there any compelling reasons to upgrade? And to which version?