WD2013 : Won't allow tables to break across pages

Anonymous
2013-02-23T00:36:16+00:00

I am an intermediate level user of word but seem to be getting stuck on this item with WD2013.  Routinely when I create or paste in tables, WD2013 will not allow the tables to break across pages.  I have done the usual table properties checks (allow break) and paragraph checks (keep with next) but no luck.  I am admittedly only a few weeks old with WD2013, so I'm hoping it is just another setting I'm missing in the new format.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-03-27T03:32:32+00:00

    I struggled with this issue as well, and I finally figured it out: For my table, it had to do with the Text Wrapping of the table (not the text wrapping of the text).  Here was my fix:

    • Right-click any spot on the table and select Table Properties
    • In the Table tab, look under "Text Wrapping". If it says "Around", change it to "None"
    • Click OK

    If the text wrapping for the table is already set at "None", then your issue is not the same as my issue.

    I was also tearing my hair out on this.

    Turned out in the end that my problem was with the "Table Style" - when I looked to modify this, it (independently of the paragraph styles) had "keep with next" and "keep together" applied.  Switched those off and everything worked as expected.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-10-06T08:55:23+00:00

    I had this problem. Took a while to figure it out through trial and error. This is what worked for me.

    1. In Table Properties (right click after you have selected the table), go to the Row tab.
    2. Check "Allow row to break across pages."
    3. UNCHECK "Repeat as header row at the top of each page."

    If you have "Repeat as header" checked, then the table won't break.

    This may be a bug, but once I did that, the tables broke across pages as they should. No header repeat though.

    It's non-intuitive, but it worked for me.

    I am using Word 2016 and have had the same issue.  If you follow the instructions above, then click your cursor in the first row (not highlight), go back into "Table Properties" and tick the box for "Repeat as header" again.  The table should then remain split with the first row repeated on the second page.  I don't know why you have to repeat this process but it seems to work.

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