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"Invisible" shading (i.e., non-printable?) in table cells?
Don't know what this would be called but in a table that I have, I have
locked certain cells in certain columns that correspond to non-printable areas of a label template. As the label template doesn't somehow signal what is printable and what is not, I made the label sheet into a form and locked the pertinent cells/columns. But to make it visually easier for the user, wondered if there was a way to shade those cells on the screen but that wouldn't print out on the labels themselves which, if they did, would just mean a waste of printer ink. Is there a way to do this? Tx. |
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"Invisible" shading (i.e., non-printable?) in table cells?
Actually, in a form, you can elect to have the form fields shaded (and this
field shading doesn't print), but that would be the reverse of what you want, since the form fields are the editable portion rather than the protected portion, and if you choose "Print data only for forms," it is the form field data that will be printed, not the protected portion. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "StargateFanFromWork" wrote in message ... Don't know what this would be called but in a table that I have, I have locked certain cells in certain columns that correspond to non-printable areas of a label template. As the label template doesn't somehow signal what is printable and what is not, I made the label sheet into a form and locked the pertinent cells/columns. But to make it visually easier for the user, wondered if there was a way to shade those cells on the screen but that wouldn't print out on the labels themselves which, if they did, would just mean a waste of printer ink. Is there a way to do this? Tx. |
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"Invisible" shading (i.e., non-printable?) in table cells?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
... Actually, in a form, you can elect to have the form fields shaded (and this field shading doesn't print), but that would be the reverse of what you want, since the form fields are the editable portion rather than the protected portion, and if you choose "Print data only for forms," it is the form field data that will be printed, not the protected portion. Yes, that is understood. But, then, what does your reply mean - that it can't be done? or were these just musings on the built-in shading features of forms? g Still hoping ... -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "StargateFanFromWork" wrote in message ... Don't know what this would be called but in a table that I have, I have locked certain cells in certain columns that correspond to non-printable areas of a label template. As the label template doesn't somehow signal what is printable and what is not, I made the label sheet into a form and locked the pertinent cells/columns. But to make it visually easier for the user, wondered if there was a way to shade those cells on the screen but that wouldn't print out on the labels themselves which, if they did, would just mean a waste of printer ink. Is there a way to do this? Tx. |
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"Invisible" shading (i.e., non-printable?) in table cells?
I think I was suggesting that, if I correctly understood what you were
trying to do, it was unlikely to be easily done. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "StargateFanFromWork" wrote in message ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Actually, in a form, you can elect to have the form fields shaded (and this field shading doesn't print), but that would be the reverse of what you want, since the form fields are the editable portion rather than the protected portion, and if you choose "Print data only for forms," it is the form field data that will be printed, not the protected portion. Yes, that is understood. But, then, what does your reply mean - that it can't be done? or were these just musings on the built-in shading features of forms? g Still hoping ... -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "StargateFanFromWork" wrote in message ... Don't know what this would be called but in a table that I have, I have locked certain cells in certain columns that correspond to non-printable areas of a label template. As the label template doesn't somehow signal what is printable and what is not, I made the label sheet into a form and locked the pertinent cells/columns. But to make it visually easier for the user, wondered if there was a way to shade those cells on the screen but that wouldn't print out on the labels themselves which, if they did, would just mean a waste of printer ink. Is there a way to do this? Tx. |
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