word document - how to create custom section headers?

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I have a Word 2016 document with 6 sections in it. Each section contains 3 tables. It's possible for the tables to span more than one page. When they do, I'd like to repeat the section header at the top of the second page, with " (continued)" tacked onto the end of the header. I looked at "fields" for this, but I don't see that level of customization. Can anyone suggest what Word features I should use to create this effect?

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Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K MVP Volunteer Moderator

Try using a STYLEREF field.

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Stefan Blom 353.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2017-08-18T21:58:42+00:00

There is no simple way to do what you want, but there is a somewhat clumsy workaround...

What you can do is add an ordinary repeated header to the table, include "(continued)" and, on the first page of the table, cover it with a text box. Note that you mustn't anchor the text box to the repeated table header, of course.
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Anonymous

2017-08-18T13:07:12+00:00

I've also looked at modifying the Style for Heading 1, but again, I don't see such customization for heading styles.
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