how do I make a horizontally lined table with text?

[accudata]

I attempting to make an form with a few vertical and several horizontal lines with text on the horizontal lines. How do I do this? I have two manuals and find nothing.

 

[Zelandakh]

Use the maketable extension - search the Quark extensions list on their site.

 

[accudata]

Sorry, I'm new here are don't know where you mean for me to go?

 

[accudata]

By the way, I am using version 3.32 on PC. Since I am using PC, do the extension apply to me or is it something that I have to purchase additionally. I really do not care to make any additional purchases.

 

[Zelandakh]

apols, was thinking of fractions.

Go to quark.com and search the downloads for extensions - these are free add ons for Quark to allow you to do cool stuff quickly. I can't find a tables one though...

 

[MichaelOfford]

You could always space the text out using tabs and then draw lines over the top.

You can embed (cut and paste) the horizontal lines into the text.

 

[nichole]

Not sure if this will help your situation, but it's a little work-around I use for when I need evenly spaced horizontal and vertical lines (like a table). I make a text box and in the measurements palette set the columns to the number of columns across that I need. Then I make a small text box, rotate it 90 degrees, and set the number of columns to the number of rows that I need. Then I stretch it to fill the size of the table. On both boxes, I set the gutter width to the smallest setting, use the gutter lines as a guide to draw horizontal & vertical lines with the line tool, then delete them and insert separate tiny boxes into each cell.

You could probably do the same by stepping and repeating a line, but who wants to do all the math?

hope this helps, - nichole

 

[kagran]

Following on from nichole's suggestion.

I have a couple of tables I made using Quark some time ago - if you'd like to see an example you can email me at
zenobia@orbix.co.uk.

(It wasn't my own idea; I got it from one of my sons who used text boxes in rows to produce a crossword.)