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Pam is having a problem with a table. In the table, when she reaches the bottom of a page, instead of automatically going onto the next one, the text disappears off the sheet. It is still there; if she deletes rows further up then the text becomes visible.
Pam wonders how she can fix the behavior. There are several possible causes for the problem, Pam, and you'll have to try a few things to see what works.
Before trying anything, however, make sure that your table is exhibiting the problem, meaning that it has text that flows beyond the bottom margin of the page. That way, if one of the fixes works, you'll see the table flow as it should to the next page. First of all, check the formatting of the paragraphs used within the table. If the paragraphs have the 'Keep with Next' setting selected, then it can cause problem with the flowing of the paragraphs within the table. Each paragraph tries to stay on the same page as the following paragraph, and since they can't all fit on the same page, Word can get a bit confused. Select all the paragraphs in the table, display the Line and Page Breaks tab of the Paragraph dialog box and clear the Keep with Next check box.
Next thing to check is the formatting of the table rows. You can set them up so that rows don't break across pages, meaning that a row won't split between two pages. If the table has a single row, and that row extends longer than a page, then Word once again gets a bit confused.
If you want to find a given value in a range, column or row, select that range, column(s) or row(s) before opening Find and Replace in Excel. For example, to limit your search to a specific column, select that column first, and then open the Find and Replace dialog. In Excel, 2010 or any other version probably, if I enter in a cell, a long single-line text that is longer than the width of the cell, Excel sometimes render the text across the next adjacent cells; some other times, it gets cut off at the boundary with the adjacent cell to the right.
Right-click the table, choose Properties, display the Row tab, and select the Allow Row to Break Across Pages check box. There is another table property worth checking. If text wrapping for the table is turned on, then it can cause problems with the table extending beyond the bottom of the page. Right-click the table, choose Properties, display the Table tab, and click None in the Text Wrapping area. Another thing to check is the compatibility settings used within Word. If the document is based on an old template, or the document was originally created in a very old version of Word, then it is possible that the compatibility settings are causing some weird text flowing problems.
You check the compatibility settings by clicking Tools Options Compatibility tab. If all else fails, try selecting the table, converting it to text, and then converting it back into a table. This should 'reset' many of the table settings and your table may start behaving as expected.
Fix as follows: 1) Select Table. 2) Select Properties. 3) Select Text Wrapping - select 'Around.' May have to uncheck rows (break across page and repeat as header row. Thanks Munish Sharma Per my earlier post: 'We have a title (DEFINITIONS) (for table of contents purposes) then a table of definitions; I cannot remove the blank page between title and table (hence have title on top of a blank page and then table on next page).
In addition, the first row will not repeat on each page. I have tried all the usual check boxes and page break fixes, but nothing works, any thoughts'.
I'm using Word2010, and have a 3-column table in a landscape page orientation section of a document where many of the cells in the 3rd column contain text that's greater than 1 page long. All these table rows break to a new page despite having the 'Allow row to break across pages' turned on for the entire table. If I turn this off, it seems to have the opposite effect and some rows display then get corrupted.
Basically nothing works to make the next row continue on the same page - NOTHING! This seems to be a serious BUG in word, something that should have been picked up before release, or at lease since and FIXED! I've got a one-row table that is set to allow rows to break across pages. I've set the row height to be at least 3'. I've discovered that if there's less than 3' at the bottom of the page for the table, it won't break but will instead start on the new page. If I set it to at least 1', it works fine. Based on the design of the doc, I really need the row to be a minimum of 3', but don't want to have blank space on the page if the user expands a row in a table before it.
I'm using Word 2007 and need a one row table as there are protected sections before and after it. The section breaks are continuous so I know that's not the issue.
I'm guessing there's no way around this, but thought I'd check.