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WD: Soft Page Breaks Appear Misplaced in Tables in Normal View

Article ID: 153068

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005


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SYMPTOMS

Page breaks in a Word for Windows table viewed in Normal view may not be displayed as expected. Sometimes the page break appears at the sides of the table, and sometimes it appears within one or more of the row cells only.

CAUSE

This behavior is dependent upon whether there are multiple lines within a table cell at the page break and whether "Allow row to break across pages" has been selected for the particular row of the table. This setting is found by:
  1. On the Table menu, click Cell Height and Width, and then select the Row tab.
  2. Under Indent from Left, select or clear the "Allow row to break across pages" check box.

MORE INFORMATION

NOTE: In the following examples, the page break is indicated with a dotted line (.....).

Example of a table where the page break occurs within an empty row:
     |                            |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                            |                            |
..... ---------------------------------------------------------...........
     |                            |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                            |                            |
				
Examples of a table where the page break occurs within a row containing one paragraph of text:
     |                                                         |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     | This is sample text this is|                            |
     | sample text this is sample |                            |
     | text this is sample text   |                            |
     |............................|                            |
     | this is sample text this is|                            |
     | sample text this is sample |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                                                         |
				

-or-

     |                            |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                            | This is sample text this is|
     |                            | sample text this is sample |
     |                            | text this is sample text   |
     |                            |............................|
     |                            | this is sample text this is|
     |                            | sample text this is sample |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                            |                            |
				

-or-

     |                            |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     | This is sample text this is| This is sample text this is|
     | sample text this is sample | sample text this is sample |
     | text this is sample text   | text this is sample text   |
     |............................|............................|
     | this is sample text this is| this is sample text this is|
     | sample text this is sample | sample text this is sample |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                            |                            |
				
Examples of a table where the page break occurs in a row containing multiple paragraphs:
     |                                                         |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     | This is sample paragraph.  |                            |
     | This is sample paragraph.  |                            |
     | This is sample paragraph.  |                            |
     |............................|                            |
     | This is sample paragraph.  |                            |
     | This is sample paragraph.  |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                                                         |
				

-or-

     |                            |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                            | This is sample paragraph.  |
     |                            | This is sample paragraph.  |
     |                            | This is sample paragraph.  |
     |                            |............................|
     |                            | This is sample paragraph.  |
     |                            | This is sample paragraph.  |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                            |                            |
				

-or-

     |                            |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     | This is sample paragraph.  | This is sample paragraph.  |
     | This is sample paragraph.  | This is sample paragraph.  |
     | This is sample paragraph.  | This is sample paragraph.  |
     |............................|............................|
     | This is sample paragraph.  | This is sample paragraph.  |
     | This is sample paragraph.  |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                            |                            |

				

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