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Tip of the Week - Some Table Solutions

By ILTA Tips posted 08-14-2017 10:45

  

Some Table Solutions

 

Table Header Row doesn't repeat: 

On the Table tab of the Table Properties dialog, make sure that Text wrapping is set to None in the bottom half of the dialog.

 

 How do I control where the page breaks will fall in a table which extends over several pages? 

If you apply the “Page break before” property to row you want to be on a new page, you will get a page break without splitting the table.

 

Unexpected page breaks

Sometimes a slight change, such as adding a row or adding text to an existing row, will cause a large portion of the table to jump to the next page. There are several possible causes of this problem.

 

First, check that you don't have all the rows in your table set to “Keep with Next.” Although this is far and away the most common cause of unwanted page breaks in tables, it can be more difficult to ascertain than you might imagine. If even a single paragraph in any row has this property enabled, it can affect the entire row. If you have merged cells vertically, this complicates the issue. So you need to check every paragraph.

 

If that isn’t the cause of the problem, check whether your rows are set to “Allow row to break across pages.” If the height of any of the rows is too large, and it’s been set not to break across pages, this can cause the table to split inconveniently.3.   

 

Also check the setting for “Text wrapping” on the Table tab of the Table Properties dialog. If the wrapping is set to “Around,” your table will be enclosed in a hidden frame; and tables in frames cannot break across pages. If you set the “Wrapping” to “None”, the problem should go away.

 

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