Hi everyone,
Is there a macro out there that can do the following....
Take a block of names as seen below for example and with the click of a assigned shortcut, bring up a macro UI with the ability to break the single column of names into a user defined number of columns..... so, lets say I have the column of names below and I wanted to break this into 3 equal columns of names.... the macro would ask me the number of columns I wish for the text to be broken up into, I type in 3, hit the button and it does the work of breaking the single column into 3 equal columns of 5 names per column.
But, if there were let's say 17 names, that means that the columns can't contain an equal amount of names. So, the macro would then default to always making the last column have the extra names....so, as example, a column of 17 names would have 2 columns of 5 names and the 3rd column would have 7 names.
Adam AllamZachary AmundsenOlivia AndersonBrady BaldwinKyle BarbourElla BosleyAusten BradenJonathan BrownGwenyth BurdisAbigail BurkhardtHannah BurkhardtKinzye CarpenterGarrett CarvounisRyker ChervenyJayden Clark
This would really help me out in many situations. If any of you macro gurus could help me out I would greatly GREATLY appreciate it!!!
For divide on 3 columns, you don't need a macro. Just use a Paragraph text, choose 3 columns under Text menu and break apart (Ctrl+K)
It sound strange that you want the last column longer than previous... usually it's shorter
When I try that, it makes a blank white squarre and when I adjust the paragraph text width or height it reveals all of the text in a single column.
Thank you, Ariel, this is great! I didn't know you could break apart a paragraph text block like that; and I have been a CorelDraw user since 1992. But I rarely use paragraph text if ever. That saves a lot of time, I'll be using this tip a lot from now on.