How do I fix a table on page 3, so that when typing text it skips page 3 and continues onto page 4

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Brett

Hi

I hope someone can help me, as this is driving me crazy

I want add a table in landscape format on page 3. This is simple. But The hard part is making it stay on page 3, when I'm typing on page 2, and I get to the end of the page, word simply pushes the table down to page 4

So my question is: How do I fix a table on page 3, so that when typing text it skips page 3 and continues onto page 4

PLEASE Help
BRETT
 
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Guest

From your description, perhaps page 3 was defined by lots
of carriage returns. If page 2 is seperated from page 3
by a page break it might be what you need. Press CTL-
Enter to insert a page break.
-----Original Message-----
Hi,

I hope someone can help me, as this is driving me crazy.

I want add a table in landscape format on page 3. This
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is simple. But The hard part is making it stay on page 3,
when I'm typing on page 2, and I get to the end of the
page, word simply pushes the table down to page 4.
So my question is: How do I fix a table on page 3, so
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that when typing text it skips page 3 and continues onto
page 4.
 
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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

Word does not have text-flow capabilty, which is what would be required to
achieve this.

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Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
Brett said:
Hi,

I hope someone can help me, as this is driving me crazy.

I want add a table in landscape format on page 3. This is simple. But
Click to expand...
The hard part is making it stay on page 3, when I'm typing on page 2, and I
get to the end of the page, word simply pushes the table down to page 4.
So my question is: How do I fix a table on page 3, so that when typing
Click to expand...
text it skips page 3 and continues onto page 4.
 
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Brett

Thanks Doug

I came to that same conclusion after trying just about everything. Maybe it could be an inclusion in the next version. Would be nice of us writing a PhD thesis
 
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Dayo Mitchell

Fixing a table on page 3 and letting text flow around it is a feature of
desktop publishing, not word processing, and is something Word isn't
designed to do, so don't look for it anytime soon, I should think.

For a Ph.D. thesis, isn't the table related to the text before and after it,
in which case you would *want* it to move with its associated text, no? I'm
picturing a horrible scenario where you edit the beginning substantially and
discover your table is presented 5 pages before you explain it. If you want
to be able to refer to Table 2 on page 3, use cross-references to generate
the numbers, then Word will update them for you when/if they change.

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