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Old February 18th, 2006, 04:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
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Default Adding a phrase to row headings in split tables in Word

Word doesn't offer any built-in way to accomplish the first task, and I'm
not convinced you really want to do the second.

There is a workaround (proposed by Word MVP Terry Farrell) to get a
"continued" notice in a table, but it's a bit fiddly, and how well it works
depends on how the word "continued" is added (it will be easier, for
example, if it's in parentheses than if it follows an em dash). The trick is
that your table caption must be in a heading row; you then add the notice to
the table caption itself, using a text box or AutoShape (no line, white
fill) to cover it up on the first page of the table. The AutoShape must be
anchored outside the heading row (so that it doesn't also repeat), usually
to a paragraph in the first nonheading row.

As for the TOC, it sounds as if you already have the table heading appearing
in the TOC and just want to add the "continued" pages. This is not going to
be possible (since the repeated heading is an artifact that doesn't actually
appear on those pages), nor is it really advisable. It is the nature of a
TOC to indicate the page where something *starts*. Inclusive pages are
inferred from the starting page of the next item. Moreover, if you add the
continued notice to the table heading, you're not going to be able to
include it in the TOC (because the "continued" part would be included).
You'll have to use a TC field to get it into the TOC. So you may want to
rethink the whole necessity of adding "continued" to the table caption!

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"Allan TFF" wrote in message
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I'm working in a long table that runs over many pages. I know how to

repeat
the row headings at the top of each page, but I'd like to repeat the table
name (which is in the first row of the table, so that's easy enough) PLUS

the
word 'Continued' on each new page that the table spills onto. Is there a
simple way to acheive this?
And then... how I can I mark the resultant 'This table continued'so that
it's in my Table of Contents?
Allan