Split Table

I have a table in Word that has split itself. Half the table is on one page,
half is on the next. When I select the table, the whole thing on both pages
highlights, but the Split Table option is still black. Any ideas? I have
tried going to the end of the first page's table and hitting delete, but that
doesn't work either.

From you explanation I assume that you have _one_ table. There could be more
reasons for the table to split on two pages:

A: There _is not_ room for the entire table on one page. If this is the
case, you will need to edit the text or change the formatting in order to fix
this (e.g. change font size, paragraph spacing, column widths).

B: There may be room for the entire table on one page but you have Format
Paragraph Line and Page Breaks “Keep with next� turned on for all or part
of the table. This could force part of the table to move to the next page
(this may depend on the settings applied to the text that follows after the
table).

C. If there is empty space below the part of the table that appears on the
first page, the reason is most likely that the table cells (or at least one
cell in the first row on the second page) has Table Table Properties Row
tab “Allow row to break across pages� _turned off_. (this forces the entire
row to move to the next page if there is not room for it). If this is true,
you can move part of the row back on the first page by turning “Allow row to
break across pages� _on_ (you must first select the cells to which you want
to apply that setting).

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Regards
Lene Fredborg
DocTools – Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation – add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word


"Karen" wrote:

I have a table in Word that has split itself. Half the table is on one page,
half is on the next. When I select the table, the whole thing on both pages
highlights, but the Split Table option is still black. Any ideas? I have
tried going to the end of the first page's table and hitting delete, but that
doesn't work either.

B: fixed it, thanks so much!

"Lene Fredborg" wrote:

From you explanation I assume that you have _one_ table. There could be more
reasons for the table to split on two pages:

A: There _is not_ room for the entire table on one page. If this is the
case, you will need to edit the text or change the formatting in order to fix
this (e.g. change font size, paragraph spacing, column widths).

B: There may be room for the entire table on one page but you have Format
Paragraph Line and Page Breaks “Keep with next� turned on for all or part
of the table. This could force part of the table to move to the next page
(this may depend on the settings applied to the text that follows after the
table).

C. If there is empty space below the part of the table that appears on the
first page, the reason is most likely that the table cells (or at least one
cell in the first row on the second page) has Table Table Properties Row
tab “Allow row to break across pages� _turned off_. (this forces the entire
row to move to the next page if there is not room for it). If this is true,
you can move part of the row back on the first page by turning “Allow row to
break across pages� _on_ (you must first select the cells to which you want
to apply that setting).

--
Regards
Lene Fredborg
DocTools – Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation – add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word


"Karen" wrote:

I have a table in Word that has split itself. Half the table is on one page,
half is on the next. When I select the table, the whole thing on both pages
highlights, but the Split Table option is still black. Any ideas? I have
tried going to the end of the first page's table and hitting delete, but that
doesn't work either.