WD: Table Heading Rows Do Not Show on Following Pages

• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a

SYMPTOMS

If you have a table that extends over more than one page, and you specify several rows of the table as heading rows, none of them appear on subsequent pages.

CAUSE

This problem occurs in several situations.

Case 1

If more than one page of rows are selected as heading rows, then none will act as heading rows.

Case 2

If multiple rows are designated as heading rows, and a row not designated as a heading row falls in between the first and last heading row, then anything below this row will not be displayed on subsequent pages.

Case 3

If you copy only the rows designated as heading rows to another part of the document or to a new document, and then make the table more than one page, then no rows will act like heading rows.

WORKAROUND

Method 1: Use for Cases 1 and 2

Make sure that no more than one page of contiguous rows are designated as heading rows. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Select the entire table by clicking Select Table on the Table menu.

2. On the Table menu, be sure Headings is cleared (so that it does not have a check mark beside it). If Headings has a check beside it, click it to remove the check mark.

3. Once no headings are selected (highlighted) in the entire table, select only the desired heading rows, and on the Table menu, click Headings.

Method 2: Use for Case 3

When copying the table headings, include at least one extra row beneath the rows designated as headings. You may still need to apply the steps of method 1.