how to stop graphics jumping around

Hi all,

Have a table, used at a school by teachers to put tick marks along a range of student behaviour. Table is 4 columns wide Column 1 header is student name, column 2 header is "usually" column 3 header is "usually" column 4 header is "seldon".

So if we go to row 1 and we see the student is John Doe, we now have to put a tick mark under the appropriate heading, but it will vary whether it is aligned left, centre, right, or even right on the line, depending on the student. ie it does not go in the center of the box (or whatever).

Most of the people who use this are not that computer savvy so what I have now is a graphic of a tick mark at every student and they just use the arrows to move the graphic along to the appropriate spot. What is bugging me is the graphic does not just move in a straight line. It may do so across the first cell, then jump up (or wherever) when it moves to the next cell. It is driving me nuts. How can I do this or what setting do I need to change so I can get a graphic of a tick mark to move on top of a table without it leaping around as it moves from one cell to another.

Help!

Thanks,

Lauren

You might want to use checkboxes from the Forms toolbar or from the Fax
template instead of the tick marks you are using. There are a number of ways
to handle checkboxes in documents / templates. Take a look at the Checkbox
template available at http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm for an
exploration of these. For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles.

Hope this helps,

--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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Hi all,

Have a table, used at a school by teachers to put tick marks along a range
of student behaviour. Table is 4 columns wide Column 1 header is student
name, column 2 header is "usually" column 3 header is "usually" column 4
header is "seldon".

So if we go to row 1 and we see the student is John Doe, we now have to
put a tick mark under the appropriate heading, but it will vary whether it
is aligned left, centre, right, or even right on the line, depending on the
student. ie it does not go in the center of the box (or whatever).

Most of the people who use this are not that computer savvy so what I have
now is a graphic of a tick mark at every student and they just use the
arrows to move the graphic along to the appropriate spot. What is bugging me
is the graphic does not just move in a straight line. It may do so across th
e first cell, then jump up (or wherever) when it moves to the next cell. It
is driving me nuts. How can I do this or what setting do I need to change so
I can get a graphic of a tick mark to move on top of a table without it
leaping around as it moves from one cell to another.

Help!

Thanks,

Lauren