Three columns under three header sections in Microsoft Word (Windows)

Question

Hello, I'm struggling with a work project which involves creating a table of cases in Microsoft Word. Last year, I had it perfect. The Word document was already formatted correctly by the person who had this project before me, and I made sure the Excel document, where I'm getting my data from, was spaced to match the Word document. All I had to do was copy and paste the text, and with only a few tweaks the document was ready.

I'm not sure what happened, but this is no longer working for me even though I haven't changed anything in either document. Essentially, I need to have three sets of data in three different columns under the header. I'm attaching a picture so you can see. If I copy and paste the data directly, it goes vertical. I tried creating and formatting three columns, but no matter how much I play around with the column widths and the indents, I can't get each section centered correctly. I've tried copy-pasting the different sets of data separately but it doesn't let me wrap the text, which means the text spreads out across the page instead of staying within a column.

I'm sure there's a way to do this but I'm at a loss as to what I should be doing. I'm attaching a few pictures so you can see what I'm working with and what's happening. Thanks!

Answer 1

As an attorney who plays with Word, I would guess that you need a three-column table, not a three-column section.

Answer 2

In your third screen shot it appears that all that you need to do is adjust the width of the columns to match those of the header row.

If you send me a copy of the document, referencing this thread in the covering email message, I will investigate the issue.

Answer 3

Hi ENM21,

I am writing to follow up on this case. Did you check the above reply? If you still need help, please update us when you have time.

Regards,

Neha

Answer 4

As an attorney who plays with Word, I would guess that you need a three-column table, not a three-column section.

This is mostly working! Unfortunately I have over 2000 entries but when I try to create that many rows, it spreads them across the page rather than downward. But I think I can toy around with it from here and get it working! Worst case scenario I'll have to go page by page. Thanks so much!

Answer 5

As an attorney who plays with Word, I would guess that you need a three-column table, not a three-column section.

This is mostly working! Unfortunately I have over 2000 entries but when I try to create that many rows, it spreads them across the page rather than downward. But I think I can toy around with it from here and get it working! Worst case scenario I'll have to go page by page. Thanks so much!

Three columns, thousands of rows.

Tables