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Old January 6th, 2005, 03:43 AM
Jim Wood
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Default Tables won't break across pages.

I've got a series of Word documents that are composed largely of tables...
this for annotation in what becomes a wide margin. Under Word in Office 2000
I never had a problem, except that Widow/Orphan control didn't seem to work
in tables. No big deal, this could be managed manually.

But now, using Word for Office 2003/XP, I cannot get a table to break across
page transitions. Only 'complete' table cells can be accommodated on a page,
otherwise contiguous cells break apart and slip to the next page, leaving a
big white space on the previous one.

Am I missing something? I'm almost ready to reinstall Office 2000!
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Old January 6th, 2005, 03:55 AM
Hélène
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Table Properties, Row tab, check "Allow row to break across pages" box.

"Jim Wood" wrote:

I've got a series of Word documents that are composed largely of tables...
this for annotation in what becomes a wide margin. Under Word in Office 2000
I never had a problem, except that Widow/Orphan control didn't seem to work
in tables. No big deal, this could be managed manually.

But now, using Word for Office 2003/XP, I cannot get a table to break across
page transitions. Only 'complete' table cells can be accommodated on a page,
otherwise contiguous cells break apart and slip to the next page, leaving a
big white space on the previous one.

Am I missing something? I'm almost ready to reinstall Office 2000!

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Old January 6th, 2005, 04:03 AM
Jim Wood
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Thanks, Hélène,

But that box is already checked... defaults that way, I think. I even tried
unchecking the box and the rechecking it again... no dice. I have to split
the table manually to fit as many cells on one page as I can, then live with
the white space on the previous page. Something here is different than with
Office 2000.

-Jim

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Old January 6th, 2005, 04:14 AM
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Make sure the text in the relevant cells is not formatted as "Keep with
next."

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"Jim Wood" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Hélène,

But that box is already checked... defaults that way, I think. I even

tried
unchecking the box and the rechecking it again... no dice. I have to

split
the table manually to fit as many cells on one page as I can, then live

with
the white space on the previous page. Something here is different than

with
Office 2000.

-Jim


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Old January 6th, 2005, 04:37 AM
Jim Wood
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Thanks, Suzanne,

But I thought of that, too. This one really has me baffled. (I think) I've
tried everything!

Jim
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Old January 6th, 2005, 08:33 AM
John Batterham
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Jim,

Did you create these documents in Word 2000 or Word 2003, or doesn't it
matter on your computer?

Have you looked at whether you have chosen apply formatting to the whole
table within the Modify Style of the particular style you are using for this
table, rather than some of the other single row or cell options?


"Jim Wood" wrote:

Thanks, Suzanne,

But I thought of that, too. This one really has me baffled. (I think) I've
tried everything!

Jim

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Old January 6th, 2005, 08:27 PM
yamie
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I am having a similar problem. How do I verify that the text is not formatted
as "keep with next?"

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Make sure the text in the relevant cells is not formatted as "Keep with
next."

--
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.

"Jim Wood" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Hélène,

But that box is already checked... defaults that way, I think. I even

tried
unchecking the box and the rechecking it again... no dice. I have to

split
the table manually to fit as many cells on one page as I can, then live

with
the white space on the previous page. Something here is different than

with
Office 2000.

-Jim



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Old January 6th, 2005, 11:16 PM
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Click in each paragraph in the affected cells (one at a time) and go to
Format | Paragraph. On the Line and Page Breaks tab, make sure "Keep with
next" is not checked.

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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.

"yamie" wrote in message
...
I am having a similar problem. How do I verify that the text is not

formatted
as "keep with next?"

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Make sure the text in the relevant cells is not formatted as "Keep with
next."

--
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.

"Jim Wood" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Hélène,

But that box is already checked... defaults that way, I think. I even

tried
unchecking the box and the rechecking it again... no dice. I have to

split
the table manually to fit as many cells on one page as I can, then

live
with
the white space on the previous page. Something here is different

than
with
Office 2000.

-Jim




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Old January 11th, 2005, 02:27 AM
Jim Wood
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Boy,

Do I ever feel the dummy. I was using tables to create a running 2-column
page, with text entered in the right column, and only brief
headings/annotations in the left. Well, well, lo and behold, it was cells in
the left column that were marked 'keep with next.' I must have done that
once for some reason, then when I copied and pasted parts of the table
(including lots of empty cells for later writing) the formatting 'multiplied.'

I will sit in the corner for a while.

--Jim
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Old January 11th, 2005, 03:37 AM
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Isn't this always the way? As soon as you swear up and down that you haven't
done something, or that you've tested for A, B, and C, they come back to
bite you!

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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.

"Jim Wood" wrote in message
...
Boy,

Do I ever feel the dummy. I was using tables to create a running 2-column
page, with text entered in the right column, and only brief
headings/annotations in the left. Well, well, lo and behold, it was cells

in
the left column that were marked 'keep with next.' I must have done that
once for some reason, then when I copied and pasted parts of the table
(including lots of empty cells for later writing) the formatting

'multiplied.'

I will sit in the corner for a while.

--Jim


 




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