WD97: Soft Page Breaks Appear Misplaced in Tables in Normal View

ID: Q195141

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

Page breaks in a Word for Windows table in Normal view may not appear 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 depends 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. To find this setting, do the following:

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.  |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                            |                            |

Keywords          : kbualink97 kbdta winword word97 kbtable 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: January 23, 1999