T
Tina
Is there a way to freeze rows in Word tables like you can
in Excel so the table headers are left at the top of the
page?
in Excel so the table headers are left at the top of the
page?
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K
kchriqui
Repeated table headings are visible only in print layout
view or when you print the document.
Select the heading row or rows. The selection must include
the first row of the table.
On the Table menu, click Heading Rows Repeat.
Note Microsoft Word automatically repeats table headings
on new pages that result from automatic page breaks. Word
does not repeat a heading if you insert a manual page
break within a table.
view or when you print the document.
Select the heading row or rows. The selection must include
the first row of the table.
On the Table menu, click Heading Rows Repeat.
Note Microsoft Word automatically repeats table headings
on new pages that result from automatic page breaks. Word
does not repeat a heading if you insert a manual page
break within a table.
S
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Unfortunately, no, Word has nothing comparable to Freeze Panes (though I
often wish it did). I would be tempted to say that whenever you get involved
in a table wide enough to require this, you should be thinking about working
in Excel instead, especially since it would be rare to actually print such a
wide table from Word. As for *long* tables, you can, as kchriqui points out,
designate one or more rows at the top of the table as heading rows and they
will repeat on each page. Unfortunately, not only can you see the repeated
headings only in Print Layout view, you can't even see them there if your
zoom level doesn't display the entire page and you scroll down to a point on
the page where the headings are no longer visible.
often wish it did). I would be tempted to say that whenever you get involved
in a table wide enough to require this, you should be thinking about working
in Excel instead, especially since it would be rare to actually print such a
wide table from Word. As for *long* tables, you can, as kchriqui points out,
designate one or more rows at the top of the table as heading rows and they
will repeat on each page. Unfortunately, not only can you see the repeated
headings only in Print Layout view, you can't even see them there if your
zoom level doesn't display the entire page and you scroll down to a point on
the page where the headings are no longer visible.
C
Carl
I found using this function in MSWord 97 doesn't all ways
work. My solution is to copy a table "heading" from
another doc that will repeat on the next page and paste
imediately above my table.
Any one else with this problem? Any comments?
work. My solution is to copy a table "heading" from
another doc that will repeat on the next page and paste
imediately above my table.
Any one else with this problem? Any comments?
S
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Are you saying that setting a row as a heading doesn't make it repeat?
Remember, it must be the first row in the table (you can select multiple
contiguous rows at the top, however), and you must be in Page Layout view to
see it.
Remember, it must be the first row in the table (you can select multiple
contiguous rows at the top, however), and you must be in Page Layout view to
see it.
C
Carl
Yeah. It extends the selection (selection is styled
as "Normal") to the entire row and formats the selected
row to bold with 4pt before & 2 pt after spacing then
stops with the first row selected.
These spacings I have set in a style called "Table" in
Normal.dot.
I am guessing that by me amending "Table" it may have
caused this?
as "Normal") to the entire row and formats the selected
row to bold with 4pt before & 2 pt after spacing then
stops with the first row selected.
These spacings I have set in a style called "Table" in
Normal.dot.
I am guessing that by me amending "Table" it may have
caused this?
S
Suzanne S. Barnhill
If you are using a table style that has specific formatting for the heading
row, then setting a row as a heading presumably would change the formatting,
but you can override this with direct formatting or modify the table style
as needed. The only significant point is whether it repeats as a heading row
on subsequent pages.
row, then setting a row as a heading presumably would change the formatting,
but you can override this with direct formatting or modify the table style
as needed. The only significant point is whether it repeats as a heading row
on subsequent pages.