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.
No matter what I try, I can't get this to function correctly.
If I take the block of text names that I posted above and place them into CorelDraw as Paragraph Text, I then click the COLUMNS button and the menu comes up. I have tried all sorts of settings to turn these 1 column of text into 3 columns of text and nothing works at all. I either get the same column of text with no changes happening to it, or the column turns blank and all names disappear...when that happens, if I drag out the paragraph text frame to either the left or right, then the names will appear all of a sudden but they are still in a single column.
Could you show me an example of the settings in the column menu that you would set this to in order to get the list of names in my original post to be broken into 3 columns?
check the steps:
Which version of CorelDraw are you using? I do not see these exact menus in mine. I am using X4.
Oh, sorry, I missed this point. I did the samples using X7 for avoid to use the latest version, but version X4 is too old and it may doesn't include the same options.
I tried it in 2017 and it's still not producing the desired effect and just seems to be a very very clunky process that takes much more time than needed. I really appreciate your suggestions Ariel!