Table formatting Q (inserting page break before

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There must be a table setting I am not aware that controls how tables respond to Insert Page Break commands before them. In a report I’m ediitng, whenever I insert a page break above a table, and then Cut or delete the hard paragraph return above the table, the table goes back to the previous page. Essentially, removing thhis hard return (which I don’t want b/c it lowers the position of the table by the height of a return) seems to remove the Insert Page Break field.

In a blank Word document, this doesn’t happen. Deleting or cutting the hard return after inserting a page break as above causes the table to move to the top of that new page, the result I want to occur in all documents.

I’ve looked at the table options but don’t see any setting that would control this. Perhaps the option is elsewhere in Word and not in table options?

Anyone?

Thanks.

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There must be a table setting I am not aware that controls how tables respond to Insert Page Break commands before them. In a report I’m ediitng, whenever I insert a page break above a table, and then Cut or delete the hard paragraph return above the table, the table goes back to the previous page. Essentially, removing thhis hard return (which I don’t want b/c it lowers the position of the table by the height of a return) seems to remove the Insert Page Break field.

In a blank Word document, this doesn’t happen. Deleting or cutting the hard return after inserting a page break as above causes the table to move to the top of that new page, the result I want to occur in all documents.

I’ve looked at the table options but don’t see any setting that would control this. Perhaps the option is elsewhere in Word and not in table options?

Anyone?

Thanks.

I had a similar problem in 2003. There if I used the “normal” view, now more accurately called “draft”, you can see both the page break and the hard return. You have to be sure to be viewing all the formatting marks to find this. I haven’t tried it yet in 2007, but the draft view seems to be acting the same in other areas.

As an alternative, just go and format the paragraph, and set the height to “exactly” 1 point high. It will essentially disappear.

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I had a similar problem in 2003. There if I used the “normal” view, now more accurately called “draft”, you can see both the page break and the hard return. You have to be sure to be viewing all the formatting marks to find this. I haven’t tried it yet in 2007, but the draft view seems to be acting the same in other areas.

As an alternative, just go and format the paragraph, and set the height to “exactly” 1 point high. It will essentially disappear.

I tried Draft view but the pages are miniscule, way too small to see, and switiching to One Page view resets the Document Views to Print Layout.

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One workaround for Insert>Page Break problems is to click in the next paragraph and tick the “Page Break Before” checkbox. I think it should work in a table.

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Yes, I know about that the Page Break Before option but don’t want to use it because most of my coworkers get confused by that setting, and several of them will be reviewing this.

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I tried Draft view but the pages are miniscule, way too small to see, and switiching to One Page view resets the Document Views to Print Layout.

The size of any of the views can be quickly adjusted by holding down the CTRL key and rolling the mouse wheel. Incidentally, this seems to apply to most software.

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Hmm, that didn’t work for me in Draft view, and I haven’t set my mousecontrol settings to differ from default. It does work for me for instance with this webpage (ctrl + mousewheel results in larger or smaller view)

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I just checked it again; it works for me.

You can also go to the “View” tab in 2007 (You ARE using 2007, yes) and click on the Zoom button. Zooms can be adjusted there.

There is also a “dial-a-zoom” slider at the bottom right of the screen.

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