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Most tables have some sort of heading which indicates what is in each column of the table. This heading can be a row or two in size, and you typically apply some sort of special formatting to the heading row (or rows). When your table gets long enough, you may be wondering how you can get your special heading rows to appear at the top of the portion of the table that appears on each new page. You do this by following these steps:
What you see on the screen at this point depends on the view you are using. If you are using Normal view, you will notice no difference in the screen. If you are using Print Layout view, however, the headings will appear any time your table is split across pages.
It should be noted that this feature is intended to repeat a row or rows that appear at the beginning of your table. If the row or rows you select in step 1 are not the first rows of the table, then the Repeat Header Rows tool will not be available. Further, if you set up header rows and then add additional rows before the first row of the table, then Word gets rid of the header rows and you'll need to respecify which rows you want to be headers.
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2014-04-06 23:32:34
Hi
I use tables in all of my documents.
I have a problem with some of my documents. A paragraft marker appears at the end of the last few rows. All of my text is moved up to the right of my table.
These are real problems for me.
These paragraft do not delete or move as I delete or add rows to my tables.
Questions: How did they get added to my table? And how do I get rid of them.
I think I can put them to use by adding text to the end of each row in a table.
Bill
2014-04-06 23:30:29
Hi
I use tables in all of my documents.
I have a problem with some of my documents. A paragraft marker appears at the end of the last few rows. All of my text is moved up to the right of my table.
These are real problems for me.
These paragraft do not delete or move as I delete or add rows to my tables.
Questions: How did they get added to my table? And how do I get rid of them.
I think I can put them to use by adding text to the end of each row in a table.
Bill
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