Needed Support for Extended Tables/Figures

When a Table extends beyond the page on which it starts, WORD provides a
mechanism for the table to be labeled on subsequent pages using the "repeat
header row" capability. However, it is not always clear to a reader whether
the portion of table being observed is a continuation or is the start of the
table. What is needed is a conditional title to be placed above the table
continuation indicating that it is in fact a continuation, as in "Table A-4
Title Text (cont)" where the text at the end of the conditional title is
unique to the continuation page(s) if they occur. It is not always known
whether a given table will require continuation, depending on where in the
page it starts. But the user should be able to specify a meaningful title to
be applied when it does occur. NOTE: There is an acknowledged need for this
support, since the US Government documentation standard requires the "(cont)
to be shown on continuations (see, for example, MIL-STD-38784, the Standard
Practice for Style and Format of Technical Manuals, page 18, para 4.2.7.4,
which explicitly requires the title to be repeated followed by Continued or
Cont). This is a significant user base needing such a mechanism.
For Figures, there is a similar need for title variations to be printed
in line below subsequent portions of Figures, such as Figure 6 (Sheet 1 of 3)
etc., with only the basic Figure identification to be included in the list of
figures without the extended words (sheet 1 of 3) being included in the TOC.
In the case of figures, the problem of not knowing whether a continuation
will occur or not is not a problem, unlike tables.

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The only way to achieve this is to have the (Cont) in the header row of the
table and cause it to be hidden on the first page by positioning a TextBox
over it.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Joe Presson" wrote in message
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When a Table extends beyond the page on which it starts, WORD provides
a
mechanism for the table to be labeled on subsequent pages using the
"repeat
header row" capability. However, it is not always clear to a reader
whether
the portion of table being observed is a continuation or is the start of
the
table. What is needed is a conditional title to be placed above the table
continuation indicating that it is in fact a continuation, as in "Table
A-4
Title Text (cont)" where the text at the end of the conditional title is
unique to the continuation page(s) if they occur. It is not always known
whether a given table will require continuation, depending on where in the
page it starts. But the user should be able to specify a meaningful title
to
be applied when it does occur. NOTE: There is an acknowledged need for
this
support, since the US Government documentation standard requires the
"(cont)
to be shown on continuations (see, for example, MIL-STD-38784, the
Standard
Practice for Style and Format of Technical Manuals, page 18, para 4.2.7.4,
which explicitly requires the title to be repeated followed by Continued
or
Cont). This is a significant user base needing such a mechanism.
For Figures, there is a similar need for title variations to be
printed
in line below subsequent portions of Figures, such as Figure 6 (Sheet 1 of
3)
etc., with only the basic Figure identification to be included in the list
of
figures without the extended words (sheet 1 of 3) being included in the
TOC.
In the case of figures, the problem of not knowing whether a continuation
will occur or not is not a problem, unlike tables.

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.word.tables