Repeat header row at the top of each page does not work as expected...

Anonymous
2013-10-27T14:55:55+00:00

I have tried to use the table properties option checkbox reading Repeat as header row at the top of each page, however, the header row just does not appear at the top of each page.

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Suzanne S Barnhill 279.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2013-10-27T15:23:13+00:00

To be a repeating header row, the row must be the first row of the table (multiple rows can be selected, but they must include the first and be contiguous. (Make sure, however, that you don't have the entire table selected when you designate a row as the header row.)

In addition, the table must have text wrapping set to None (Tabletab of Table Properties).

If the table contains a manual page break, the header will not repeat. You can, however, insert a page break without breaking the table by formatting a row as "Page break before" (on the Line and Page Breaks tab of the Paragraph dialog).

Note that this applies only to tables. If you want a page header, you need to add a header to the page itself.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-10-04T19:34:22+00:00

    Thank you so much for this solution. I was having this problem and was not sure how to resolve but the text wrap solution worked perfect.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-09-05T03:10:23+00:00

    Excellent!  I am very familiar with tables and could not figure out why the simple setting of the header row would not work.  The table wrapping set to none did it.  But why does this setting influence how the header row works?  Thanks for your help!

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-06-14T08:24:17+00:00

    For future reference, you can break a table without splitting it by applying "Page break before" format to the row you want to start a new page instead of inserting a manual page break.More at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/ControlPgBrksInTables.htm.

    Thank you very much, Susan Barnhill! That is very useful information indeed.

    I'll check it out for my next table.  

    Laura

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-21T19:38:01+00:00

    I consulted this page and followed the instructions with no luck.  I'm inserting my document.  Would you kindly see what I need to do to create a header row of the 1st line of the table (bolded headings) on each page of the table.

    Thank you!

    Joanne Funk

    PS - Deleted the table, as problem was resolved as per last message.

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