word document - how to create custom section headers?

Anonymous
2017-08-17T16:37:36+00:00

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 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2017-08-21T23:43:35+00:00

Try using a STYLEREF field.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-08-22T15:38:23+00:00

    Yes, I was able to insert a StyleRef field into the page header. That basically did the trick, I'm just having problems getting it to appear on all pages. The field seems to exist on the header of every page in the doc, but some of them don't display, they are blank. I've gotten the first and last section to show up, not the 4 sections between them. This is unexpected behavior.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-08-21T18:43:03+00:00

    My header isn't in a table, it's marked as Heading 1 text. There are 3 tables within the section, so this way won't work. Is it possible to make it so that Heading 1 text repeats at the top of each page?

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-08-21T12:17:47+00:00

    Thanks, Stefan. I see what you are getting at and it may work for me because my first header is always at the top of the first page.  And I'm not using a Table of Contents. But how do I make the title repeat at the top of each page?

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  4. 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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