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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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Ah, Text wrapping was set to None. I set it to Around and could access the Positioning button and make the changes IsuruDe Silva suggested.
Can I save the new settings as a default? Would I want to?
Thanks to all of you for your help! I'll save this in my How To folder.
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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Any help is appreciated.
Apparently this is still in an issue in Office 2016.
With "premade" tables I had no issues, but with ones used with the "draw table" tool, I couldn't get the tables to break across pages until going to Table properties >Row > uncheck "specify height." Hopefully that helps someone else.
Any table whose rows have a fixed height will not allow rows to break; instead, whole rows will move to the following page.
If you are saying that the whole table moves to the following page, check for "Keep with next" formatting.
Now that is just counter intuitive... one would assume that the option to 'allow table to break across pages' would function.... But the above option did work for me. Thanks.
Note that applying "Keep with next" formatting to table rows (or, to be more precise, to all rows except for the last one) would ensure that all rows stay together on the same page. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/keeptableon1page.htm.