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Jim Wood
May 14, 2004, 1:25:01 PM5/14/04
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Word's 'widow and orphan' control utility does a good job
with regular text entry, but when a document has much of
the entry in tables, it seems that the tables can break
for pages anywhere. Is manual control the only option in
this case?
with regular text entry, but when a document has much of
the entry in tables, it seems that the tables can break
for pages anywhere. Is manual control the only option in
this case?
Jon Weaver
May 14, 2004, 4:40:34 PM5/14/04
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Jim,
1) Widow and orphan control paragraph formatting does not work with tables
2) Keep lines together paragraph formatting does not work with tables
3) You can, however, keep the text within a given row in a table from
breaking across pages
o Click inside any cell in the table row(s) whose text you do not want to
break across pages
o On the Table menu, click Table Properties to display the Table Properties
dialog box
o Click the Row tab
o Click to clear the Allow row to break across pages check box
o Click OK
1) Widow and orphan control paragraph formatting does not work with tables
2) Keep lines together paragraph formatting does not work with tables
3) You can, however, keep the text within a given row in a table from
breaking across pages
o Click inside any cell in the table row(s) whose text you do not want to
break across pages
o On the Table menu, click Table Properties to display the Table Properties
dialog box
o Click the Row tab
o Click to clear the Allow row to break across pages check box
o Click OK
Jon
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
May 14, 2004, 5:09:51 PM5/14/04
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Jon is right. Once you give Word permission to break a row, it has carte
blanche to break it anywhere. This can be especially annoying when you have
more than one paragraph in a cell and would like to be able to apply "Keep
lines together" to keep the paragraphs intact and force Word to split the
row between them. In addition, "Keep with next" operates only between rows,
not within them. If you think about it, in a table with some cells merged
vertically, if you had conflicting formatting in adjacent cells, Word would
go crazy trying to figure out what to do, and you'd see table rows jumping
back and forth between pages. OTOH, "Page break before" does yeoman duty in
tables because it allows you to insert a page break at a specific point
without splitting the table (and losing your continuing headings).
blanche to break it anywhere. This can be especially annoying when you have
more than one paragraph in a cell and would like to be able to apply "Keep
lines together" to keep the paragraphs intact and force Word to split the
row between them. In addition, "Keep with next" operates only between rows,
not within them. If you think about it, in a table with some cells merged
vertically, if you had conflicting formatting in adjacent cells, Word would
go crazy trying to figure out what to do, and you'd see table rows jumping
back and forth between pages. OTOH, "Page break before" does yeoman duty in
tables because it allows you to insert a page break at a specific point
without splitting the table (and losing your continuing headings).
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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Jim Wood
May 14, 2004, 11:24:23 PM5/14/04
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I wasn't aware of that command in the cell box, it ought
to do the ticket just fine. I'll just have to keep
paragraphs short! Many thanks.
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