WD: How to Make Table Headings Different on First Page

ID: Q176858

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

When you select a row of a multipage table and click Headings on the Table menu, that row will automatically be repeated at the top of the table on all subsequent pages.

This article describes how to make the headings that appear on the first page different from the headings that appear on subsequent pages of the table.

For example, you can use this method to create a multipage table in which the heading reads "Results of Survey" on all pages, and all but the first page also includes the word "Continued."

MORE INFORMATION

To create this effect, in the first row of the table, type the heading that will appear on all but the first page. Then, use a text box to cover up any words that you don't want to appear on the first page. To accomplish this, follow these steps:

1. In the first row of the table, type the text that you want to appear on

   the second and subsequent pages of the table. (In the example given
   in the "Summary" section of this article, you would type "Results of
   Survey, Continued.")

2. Select the first row.

3. On the Table menu, click Headings. At this point, the text will

   appear at the top of the table on every page.

4. On the Insert menu, click Text Box, and draw a text box over the first

   heading (make sure that the text box remains selected). On the Format
   menu, click Text Box, and click the Colors And Lines tab. Under Fill, in
   the Color box, click White; under Line in the Color Box, click No Line,
   and then click OK.

5. Size and position the text box so that it obscures the word or words

   that should not appear on the first page. Also, make sure the text box
   does not obscure any borders of the first row of the table. (In the
   example, you would move the Text Box so that it covered the comma and
   the word "Continued.")

6. On the tools menu, click Options. Click the View tab and select Object

   Anchors, and then click OK.

7. Click to select the text box. Drag the anchor of the text box to the

   left of the table to the second row.

8. Lock the anchor by doing the following:

   a. On the Format menu, click Text Box.

   b. Click the Position tab.

   c. Click to select the Lock Anchor check box.

   d. Click OK.

   NOTE: You will now see a lock on the anchor icon.

The text box now obscures the unwanted text on the first page, and the extra text is visible on the rest of the pages of the table.

For additional information about table headings, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q114940
   TITLE     : WD: No Table Headings Following Next Page Section Break

   ARTICLE-ID: Q157550
   TITLE     : WD97: Headings Inside Table Don't Display in Document Map

   ARTICLE-ID: Q132916 (Word 6.x)
   TITLE     : WD: Table Heading Rows Do Not Show on Following Pages

   ARTICLE-ID: Q176855
   TITLE     : WD: Table Heading Rows Do Not Show on Following Pages

For additional information about this situation in earlier versions of Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q128906
   TITLE     : WD: How to Create a Different First Page Table Heading

Additional query words: word8 word97

Keywords          : macword98 kbtable 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: February 13, 1999