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tables and column breaks
I'm trying to do a layout that consists of a series of tables on two-column
pages in landscape mode. I want to keep all lines of all tables together. The first problem is that the check mark for not breaking tables doesn't seem to apply to column breaks, only page breaks. (table properties, row, options, 'allow row to break across pages'). So my alternative would seem to be inserting column breaks manually between various tables. This is, of course, a crummy solution because it requires manual reformatting every time a table gets more or fewer rows. But even worse, the column breaks don't work like page breaks. That is, if I turn on paragraph marks and insert a page break, I see a line (for the page break) followeed on that same line by a paragraph mark, and the table following that paragraph mark starts at the very top of the next page. However, if I instead insert a column break, the column break line is on a line by itself, and there is a paragraph mark at the top of the second column. This causes the table to start a line lower in the right hand column than the left hand column. I saw some advice about making paragraph marks single pixel high with zero line spacing, I suppose I should try that, but this is very very unintuitive and painful. It is actually easier just to bang on the enter key and insert blank lines, and no less manual to maintain that as table sizes change. |
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tables and column breaks
My approach to this is to use the "Keep with next property." Apply it to
however many rows it takes to force the table to the next column. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...bleOn1Page.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...ksInTables.htm for general principles. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jerry Goodwin" wrote in message ... I'm trying to do a layout that consists of a series of tables on two-column pages in landscape mode. I want to keep all lines of all tables together. The first problem is that the check mark for not breaking tables doesn't seem to apply to column breaks, only page breaks. (table properties, row, options, 'allow row to break across pages'). So my alternative would seem to be inserting column breaks manually between various tables. This is, of course, a crummy solution because it requires manual reformatting every time a table gets more or fewer rows. But even worse, the column breaks don't work like page breaks. That is, if I turn on paragraph marks and insert a page break, I see a line (for the page break) followeed on that same line by a paragraph mark, and the table following that paragraph mark starts at the very top of the next page. However, if I instead insert a column break, the column break line is on a line by itself, and there is a paragraph mark at the top of the second column. This causes the table to start a line lower in the right hand column than the left hand column. I saw some advice about making paragraph marks single pixel high with zero line spacing, I suppose I should try that, but this is very very unintuitive and painful. It is actually easier just to bang on the enter key and insert blank lines, and no less manual to maintain that as table sizes change. |
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