WD: Soft Page Breaks Appear Misplaced in Tables in Normal View

• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a
• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

Page breaks in a Word for Windows table viewed in Normal view may not be displayed as expected. Sometimes the page break appears at the sides of the table, and sometimes it appears within one or more of the row cells only.

CAUSE

This behavior is dependent upon there being multiple lines within a table cell at the page break and whether or not the "Allow row to break across pages" has been selected for the particular row of the table. This setting is found by:

1. On the Table menu, click Cell Height and Width and then select the Row tab.

2. Under Indent from Left, select or clear the "Allow row to break across pages" check box.

MORE INFORMATION

NOTE: In the following examples, the page break is indicated with a dotted line (.....).

Example of a table where the page break occurs within an empty row:

     |                            |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                            |                            |

     |                            |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                            |                            |

     |                                                         |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     | This is sample text this is|                            |
     | sample text this is sample |                            |
     | text this is sample text   |                            |
     |............................|                            |
     | this is sample text this is|                            |
     | sample text this is sample |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                                                         |

    -or-

     |                            |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                            | This is sample text this is|
     |                            | sample text this is sample |
     |                            | text this is sample text   |
     |                            |............................|
     |                            | this is sample text this is|
     |                            | sample text this is sample |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                            |                            |

    -or-

     |                            |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     | This is sample text this is| This is sample text this is|
     | sample text this is sample | sample text this is sample |
     | text this is sample text   | text this is sample text   |
     |............................|............................|
     | this is sample text this is| this is sample text this is|
     | sample text this is sample | sample text this is sample |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                            |                            |

     |                                                         |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     | This is sample paragraph.  |                            |
     | This is sample paragraph.  |                            |
     | This is sample paragraph.  |                            |
     |............................|                            |
     | This is sample paragraph.  |                            |
     | This is sample paragraph.  |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                                                         |

    -or-

     |                            |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                            | This is sample paragraph.  |
     |                            | This is sample paragraph.  |
     |                            | This is sample paragraph.  |
     |                            |............................|
     |                            | This is sample paragraph.  |
     |                            | This is sample paragraph.  |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                            |                            |

    -or-

     |                            |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     | This is sample paragraph.  | This is sample paragraph.  |
     | This is sample paragraph.  | This is sample paragraph.  |
     | This is sample paragraph.  | This is sample paragraph.  |
     |............................|............................|
     | This is sample paragraph.  | This is sample paragraph.  |
     | This is sample paragraph.  |                            |
      ---------------------------------------------------------
     |                            |                            |