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October 19th, 2007, 01:38 PM
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Big row table doesn't span across pages but lenghtens the current
Hi,
I'm trying to sort out a problem that's driving me crazy. Something gone wrong with some documents at my company and I have to understand what happened in order to avoid any future issues. In these documents I have a table with just one big row and two columns. The left column contains a long text and the right column contains its translation in another language, so I expect this big single row to span across several pages. And, usually, it does. We have to use tables like this because Word does not allow "parallel" columns. And now some of these documents behave this way: if I type text in a column, the column does not span on a new page but it lengthens the current page at will. If you are typing in draft mode, it's hard to notice that, but if you print the page or switch to print view, you can see the text "sinking" at the bottom of the first page, below the bottom margin... and all the text below this margin is gone, until you switch back to the draft view. What I checked by myself (I'm using the Italian version of Word, so I also have some troubles to translate and understand the hints I'm founding around the web): - page size is A4 - row table option "Allow row to break across pages" is selected. - paragraph options “Keep with next”, “Keep lines together" and “Widow/Orphan control" are all unselected - table in not in a hidden frame (according to this page: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...ksInTables.htm) This behaviour as been verified with Word 2007 and also is occurring with previous versions of Word. These documents are always saved in .doc binary format and edited by many users with different versions of Word, ..... Before giving up and ascribe this behaviour to some unidentified document corruption, I'm posting this question here and see if I can have some useful suggestions from you wise guys. Thanks! 
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October 19th, 2007, 02:18 PM
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On the Table tab of the Table Properties dialog box, make sure that the
"Text wrapping" is set to "None" (in Word 2007, you can display this dialog box by clicking the Table Tools: Layout ribbon tab, and then clicking the Properties button Table Properties). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Franco Fassio" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm trying to sort out a problem that's driving me crazy. Something gone wrong with some documents at my company and I have to understand what happened in order to avoid any future issues. In these documents I have a table with just one big row and two columns. The left column contains a long text and the right column contains its translation in another language, so I expect this big single row to span across several pages. And, usually, it does. We have to use tables like this because Word does not allow "parallel" columns. And now some of these documents behave this way: if I type text in a column, the column does not span on a new page but it lengthens the current page at will. If you are typing in draft mode, it's hard to notice that, but if you print the page or switch to print view, you can see the text "sinking" at the bottom of the first page, below the bottom margin... and all the text below this margin is gone, until you switch back to the draft view. What I checked by myself (I'm using the Italian version of Word, so I also have some troubles to translate and understand the hints I'm founding around the web): - page size is A4 - row table option "Allow row to break across pages" is selected. - paragraph options "Keep with next", "Keep lines together" and "Widow/Orphan control" are all unselected - table in not in a hidden frame (according to this page: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...ksInTables.htm) This behaviour as been verified with Word 2007 and also is occurring with previous versions of Word. These documents are always saved in .doc binary format and edited by many users with different versions of Word, .... Before giving up and ascribe this behaviour to some unidentified document corruption, I'm posting this question here and see if I can have some useful suggestions from you wise guys. Thanks!
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October 19th, 2007, 03:10 PM
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Big row table doesn't span across pages but lenghtens the curr
I already checked that since it's a suggestion I found in the url I quoted
about hidden frames... sorry, I forgot to mention it in my message Thanks anyway! "Stefan Blom" wrote: On the Table tab of the Table Properties dialog box, make sure that the "Text wrapping" is set to "None" (in Word 2007, you can display this dialog box by clicking the Table Tools: Layout ribbon tab, and then clicking the Properties button Table Properties). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Franco Fassio" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm trying to sort out a problem that's driving me crazy. Something gone wrong with some documents at my company and I have to understand what happened in order to avoid any future issues. In these documents I have a table with just one big row and two columns. The left column contains a long text and the right column contains its translation in another language, so I expect this big single row to span across several pages. And, usually, it does. We have to use tables like this because Word does not allow "parallel" columns. And now some of these documents behave this way: if I type text in a column, the column does not span on a new page but it lengthens the current page at will. If you are typing in draft mode, it's hard to notice that, but if you print the page or switch to print view, you can see the text "sinking" at the bottom of the first page, below the bottom margin... and all the text below this margin is gone, until you switch back to the draft view. What I checked by myself (I'm using the Italian version of Word, so I also have some troubles to translate and understand the hints I'm founding around the web): - page size is A4 - row table option "Allow row to break across pages" is selected. - paragraph options "Keep with next", "Keep lines together" and "Widow/Orphan control" are all unselected - table in not in a hidden frame (according to this page: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...ksInTables.htm) This behaviour as been verified with Word 2007 and also is occurring with previous versions of Word. These documents are always saved in .doc binary format and edited by many users with different versions of Word, .... Before giving up and ascribe this behaviour to some unidentified document corruption, I'm posting this question here and see if I can have some useful suggestions from you wise guys. Thanks!
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October 19th, 2007, 03:22 PM
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Big row table doesn't span across pages but lenghtens the curr
Click the Page Layout tab on the ribbon. In the Page Setup group, click
Columns, and then click More Columns. (In Word 2003, it's Format | Columns). Click the "One" option (even if it already appears to be selected), and then click OK. If the above doesn't work, make sure that the table is not inside a frame or text box (neither of which can span a page break). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Franco Fassio" wrote in message ... I already checked that since it's a suggestion I found in the url I quoted about hidden frames... sorry, I forgot to mention it in my message Thanks anyway! "Stefan Blom" wrote: On the Table tab of the Table Properties dialog box, make sure that the "Text wrapping" is set to "None" (in Word 2007, you can display this dialog box by clicking the Table Tools: Layout ribbon tab, and then clicking the Properties button Table Properties). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Franco Fassio" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm trying to sort out a problem that's driving me crazy. Something gone wrong with some documents at my company and I have to understand what happened in order to avoid any future issues. In these documents I have a table with just one big row and two columns. The left column contains a long text and the right column contains its translation in another language, so I expect this big single row to span across several pages. And, usually, it does. We have to use tables like this because Word does not allow "parallel" columns. And now some of these documents behave this way: if I type text in a column, the column does not span on a new page but it lengthens the current page at will. If you are typing in draft mode, it's hard to notice that, but if you print the page or switch to print view, you can see the text "sinking" at the bottom of the first page, below the bottom margin... and all the text below this margin is gone, until you switch back to the draft view. What I checked by myself (I'm using the Italian version of Word, so I also have some troubles to translate and understand the hints I'm founding around the web): - page size is A4 - row table option "Allow row to break across pages" is selected. - paragraph options "Keep with next", "Keep lines together" and "Widow/Orphan control" are all unselected - table in not in a hidden frame (according to this page: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...ksInTables.htm) This behaviour as been verified with Word 2007 and also is occurring with previous versions of Word. These documents are always saved in .doc binary format and edited by many users with different versions of Word, .... Before giving up and ascribe this behaviour to some unidentified document corruption, I'm posting this question here and see if I can have some useful suggestions from you wise guys. Thanks!
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October 19th, 2007, 03:52 PM
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Big row table doesn't span across pages but lenghtens the curr
And of course make sure that "Allow rows to break over pages" is set.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... Click the Page Layout tab on the ribbon. In the Page Setup group, click Columns, and then click More Columns. (In Word 2003, it's Format | Columns). Click the "One" option (even if it already appears to be selected), and then click OK. If the above doesn't work, make sure that the table is not inside a frame or text box (neither of which can span a page break). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Franco Fassio" wrote in message ... I already checked that since it's a suggestion I found in the url I quoted about hidden frames... sorry, I forgot to mention it in my message Thanks anyway! "Stefan Blom" wrote: On the Table tab of the Table Properties dialog box, make sure that the "Text wrapping" is set to "None" (in Word 2007, you can display this dialog box by clicking the Table Tools: Layout ribbon tab, and then clicking the Properties button Table Properties). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Franco Fassio" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm trying to sort out a problem that's driving me crazy. Something gone wrong with some documents at my company and I have to understand what happened in order to avoid any future issues. In these documents I have a table with just one big row and two columns. The left column contains a long text and the right column contains its translation in another language, so I expect this big single row to span across several pages. And, usually, it does. We have to use tables like this because Word does not allow "parallel" columns. And now some of these documents behave this way: if I type text in a column, the column does not span on a new page but it lengthens the current page at will. If you are typing in draft mode, it's hard to notice that, but if you print the page or switch to print view, you can see the text "sinking" at the bottom of the first page, below the bottom margin... and all the text below this margin is gone, until you switch back to the draft view. What I checked by myself (I'm using the Italian version of Word, so I also have some troubles to translate and understand the hints I'm founding around the web): - page size is A4 - row table option "Allow row to break across pages" is selected. - paragraph options "Keep with next", "Keep lines together" and "Widow/Orphan control" are all unselected - table in not in a hidden frame (according to this page: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...ksInTables.htm) This behaviour as been verified with Word 2007 and also is occurring with previous versions of Word. These documents are always saved in .doc binary format and edited by many users with different versions of Word, .... Before giving up and ascribe this behaviour to some unidentified document corruption, I'm posting this question here and see if I can have some useful suggestions from you wise guys. Thanks!
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October 22nd, 2007, 10:05 AM
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I did everything but the problem is still there.
I also tried a drastic approach: - deleted everything in the document (selected everything with ctrl-click with the mouse pointer on the left margin and then pressed the delete key). - document seemed to be totally empty (except headers and footers) - drawn a new 2x1 table - typed text in the left cell... the text sinks below the first page margin :-( Of course if I try the same with a new document, the cell correctly breaks in the new page... unfortunately it's not possible to attach this document to this post and let you see... and I don't know if policies allows me to upload the file somewhere and put the link here.. Thanks for your valuable help! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Click the Page Layout tab on the ribbon. In the Page Setup group, click Columns, and then click More Columns. (In Word 2003, it's Format | Columns). Click the "One" option (even if it already appears to be selected), and then click OK. If the above doesn't work, make sure that the table is not inside a frame or text box (neither of which can span a page break). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Franco Fassio" wrote in message ... I already checked that since it's a suggestion I found in the url I quoted about hidden frames... sorry, I forgot to mention it in my message Thanks anyway! "Stefan Blom" wrote: On the Table tab of the Table Properties dialog box, make sure that the "Text wrapping" is set to "None" (in Word 2007, you can display this dialog box by clicking the Table Tools: Layout ribbon tab, and then clicking the Properties button Table Properties). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Franco Fassio" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm trying to sort out a problem that's driving me crazy. Something gone wrong with some documents at my company and I have to understand what happened in order to avoid any future issues. In these documents I have a table with just one big row and two columns. The left column contains a long text and the right column contains its translation in another language, so I expect this big single row to span across several pages. And, usually, it does. We have to use tables like this because Word does not allow "parallel" columns. And now some of these documents behave this way: if I type text in a column, the column does not span on a new page but it lengthens the current page at will. If you are typing in draft mode, it's hard to notice that, but if you print the page or switch to print view, you can see the text "sinking" at the bottom of the first page, below the bottom margin... and all the text below this margin is gone, until you switch back to the draft view. What I checked by myself (I'm using the Italian version of Word, so I also have some troubles to translate and understand the hints I'm founding around the web): - page size is A4 - row table option "Allow row to break across pages" is selected. - paragraph options "Keep with next", "Keep lines together" and "Widow/Orphan control" are all unselected - table in not in a hidden frame (according to this page: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...ksInTables.htm) This behaviour as been verified with Word 2007 and also is occurring with previous versions of Word. These documents are always saved in .doc binary format and edited by many users with different versions of Word, .... Before giving up and ascribe this behaviour to some unidentified document corruption, I'm posting this question here and see if I can have some useful suggestions from you wise guys. Thanks!
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October 24th, 2007, 09:23 AM
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Follow-up: It seems to have been a case of corruption. Copying the contents,
except for the final paragraph mark, to a new blank document fixed the issue. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... You can send the document to , and I'll take a look. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Franco Fassio" wrote in message ... I did everything but the problem is still there. I also tried a drastic approach: - deleted everything in the document (selected everything with ctrl-click with the mouse pointer on the left margin and then pressed the delete key). - document seemed to be totally empty (except headers and footers) - drawn a new 2x1 table - typed text in the left cell... the text sinks below the first page margin :-( Of course if I try the same with a new document, the cell correctly breaks in the new page... unfortunately it's not possible to attach this document to this post and let you see... and I don't know if policies allows me to upload the file somewhere and put the link here.. Thanks for your valuable help! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Click the Page Layout tab on the ribbon. In the Page Setup group, click Columns, and then click More Columns. (In Word 2003, it's Format | Columns). Click the "One" option (even if it already appears to be selected), and then click OK. If the above doesn't work, make sure that the table is not inside a frame or text box (neither of which can span a page break). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Franco Fassio" wrote in message ... I already checked that since it's a suggestion I found in the url I quoted about hidden frames... sorry, I forgot to mention it in my message Thanks anyway! "Stefan Blom" wrote: On the Table tab of the Table Properties dialog box, make sure that the "Text wrapping" is set to "None" (in Word 2007, you can display this dialog box by clicking the Table Tools: Layout ribbon tab, and then clicking the Properties button Table Properties). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Franco Fassio" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm trying to sort out a problem that's driving me crazy. Something gone wrong with some documents at my company and I have to understand what happened in order to avoid any future issues. In these documents I have a table with just one big row and two columns. The left column contains a long text and the right column contains its translation in another language, so I expect this big single row to span across several pages. And, usually, it does. We have to use tables like this because Word does not allow "parallel" columns. And now some of these documents behave this way: if I type text in a column, the column does not span on a new page but it lengthens the current page at will. If you are typing in draft mode, it's hard to notice that, but if you print the page or switch to print view, you can see the text "sinking" at the bottom of the first page, below the bottom margin... and all the text below this margin is gone, until you switch back to the draft view. What I checked by myself (I'm using the Italian version of Word, so I also have some troubles to translate and understand the hints I'm founding around the web): - page size is A4 - row table option "Allow row to break across pages" is selected. - paragraph options "Keep with next", "Keep lines together" and "Widow/Orphan control" are all unselected - table in not in a hidden frame (according to this page: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...ksInTables.htm) This behaviour as been verified with Word 2007 and also is occurring with previous versions of Word. These documents are always saved in .doc binary format and edited by many users with different versions of Word, .... Before giving up and ascribe this behaviour to some unidentified document corruption, I'm posting this question here and see if I can have some useful suggestions from you wise guys. Thanks!
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December 19th, 2007, 12:55 AM
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I had the exact same problem and corrected it by making a minimal adjustment
to the bottom margin of the page. I don't know why it worked but it did. Jackie "Stefan Blom" wrote: Follow-up: It seems to have been a case of corruption. Copying the contents, except for the final paragraph mark, to a new blank document fixed the issue. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... You can send the document to , and I'll take a look. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Franco Fassio" wrote in message ... I did everything but the problem is still there. I also tried a drastic approach: - deleted everything in the document (selected everything with ctrl-click with the mouse pointer on the left margin and then pressed the delete key). - document seemed to be totally empty (except headers and footers) - drawn a new 2x1 table - typed text in the left cell... the text sinks below the first page margin :-( Of course if I try the same with a new document, the cell correctly breaks in the new page... unfortunately it's not possible to attach this document to this post and let you see... and I don't know if policies allows me to upload the file somewhere and put the link here.. Thanks for your valuable help! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Click the Page Layout tab on the ribbon. In the Page Setup group, click Columns, and then click More Columns. (In Word 2003, it's Format | Columns). Click the "One" option (even if it already appears to be selected), and then click OK. If the above doesn't work, make sure that the table is not inside a frame or text box (neither of which can span a page break). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Franco Fassio" wrote in message ... I already checked that since it's a suggestion I found in the url I quoted about hidden frames... sorry, I forgot to mention it in my message Thanks anyway! "Stefan Blom" wrote: On the Table tab of the Table Properties dialog box, make sure that the "Text wrapping" is set to "None" (in Word 2007, you can display this dialog box by clicking the Table Tools: Layout ribbon tab, and then clicking the Properties button Table Properties). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Franco Fassio" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm trying to sort out a problem that's driving me crazy. Something gone wrong with some documents at my company and I have to understand what happened in order to avoid any future issues. In these documents I have a table with just one big row and two columns. The left column contains a long text and the right column contains its translation in another language, so I expect this big single row to span across several pages. And, usually, it does. We have to use tables like this because Word does not allow "parallel" columns. And now some of these documents behave this way: if I type text in a column, the column does not span on a new page but it lengthens the current page at will. If you are typing in draft mode, it's hard to notice that, but if you print the page or switch to print view, you can see the text "sinking" at the bottom of the first page, below the bottom margin... and all the text below this margin is gone, until you switch back to the draft view. What I checked by myself (I'm using the Italian version of Word, so I also have some troubles to translate and understand the hints I'm founding around the web): - page size is A4 - row table option "Allow row to break across pages" is selected. - paragraph options "Keep with next", "Keep lines together" and "Widow/Orphan control" are all unselected - table in not in a hidden frame (according to this page: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...ksInTables.htm) This behaviour as been verified with Word 2007 and also is occurring with previous versions of Word. These documents are always saved in .doc binary format and edited by many users with different versions of Word, .... Before giving up and ascribe this behaviour to some unidentified document corruption, I'm posting this question here and see if I can have some useful suggestions from you wise guys. Thanks!
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