WD: No Table Headings Following Next Page Section Break

ID: Q114940

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a
Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Word does not repeat a table heading after a manual page break or any type of section break.

CAUSE

This functionality is by design of Microsoft Word. When you insert a "hard" page break or any kind of section break within a table, Word splits that table into two individual tables. In order for Headings in a table to work, the table must be one continuous table.

MORE INFORMATION

Word automatically repeats table headings only for tables that are split by "soft" page breaks.

To set Headings within a table, follow these steps:

1. Click in the first row of the table or select the rows that you want

   to see on the top of the table on all pages.

   NOTE: The first row of the table must be in the selection.

2. On the Table menu, click Headings. A check mark appears beside

   Headings when your insertion point is in the row(s) designated as
   Headings.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, pages 296-297

Additional query words: docerr documentation error

Keywords          : kbdta word8 winword kbtable word6 word7 word95 kbformat 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a,97;MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a,98
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: December 10, 1998