Multi-Page table pasting as just one page

[katbaggins]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel I'm working with multi-page documents containing tables - once those documents are done the finished tables on them must be copy/pasted into another master document, containing many multi-page tables. The problem is that sometimes (maybe 25% of the time) a multi-page table that I copy from one document pastes into the master document as just one page.

The pasted 1pg table is hard to describe - the top of the table reaches far above and below the page (into the margins, right up against the edge of the white virtual page in word) yet you can't scroll up or down to view all of it. I've tried setting my cursor in the bottommost left cell and hitting "tab", hoping it will bring up the rest of the table, but the cursor just disappears as though it's happily sitting in the cell below it just out of my view. If I copy that mostly hidden table by hitting apple+a I can paste it in it's entirety elsewhere.

It doesn't seem to be specific to the master document, as the next table I paste usually works perfectly. (So I don't think the master is corrupted)

Ugh. Has anyone else ever had this (strange) problem? Word is fully updated.

 

[John McGhie]

Sounds to me like you are pasting the table as something other than "Inline
with text".

Word will split tables only if they are in line with text. If they are
graphics objects, you have to get them the right size.

Turn on your paragraph marks so you can see what you're doing properly, and
you probably won't get the problem.

Cheers

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel I'm
working with multi-page documents containing tables - once those documents are
done the finished tables on them must be copy/pasted into another master
document, containing many multi-page tables. The problem is that sometimes
(maybe 25% of the time) a multi-page table that I copy from one document
pastes into the master document as just one page.

The pasted 1pg table is hard to describe - the top of the table reaches far
above and below the page (into the margins, right up against the edge of the
white virtual page in word) yet you can't scroll up or down to view all of it.
I've tried setting my cursor in the bottommost left cell and hitting "tab",
hoping it will bring up the rest of the table, but the cursor just disappears
as though it's happily sitting in the cell below it just out of my view. If I
copy that mostly hidden table by hitting apple+a I can paste it in it's
entirety elsewhere.

It doesn't seem to be specific to the master document, as the next table I
paste usually works perfectly. (So I don't think the master is corrupted)

Ugh. Has anyone else ever had this (strange) problem? Word is fully updated.

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[katbaggins]

Thank you John! This helped fix the problem, but I have a follow-up question if you have the time for it. Three different users are creating the tables that I'm manipulating, and one of them always makes tables that has text wrapping (under table properties) set to "Around" instead of "None" by default. When I change it to None the table pastes perfectly - it's when text wrapping on the table-to-be-pasted is set to "around" that there's a problem.

Is there a way to change the default on this user's version of Word so I don't have to manually change each table?

Thanks again!

 

[CyberTaz]

The default *is* 'None' , so the user is either deliberately changing the
setting -or- they're dragging the tables around. The latter automatically &
necessarily applies the 'Around' text wrapping.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[katbaggins]

Thank you! I'll make sure everyone I work with knows this and this problem should be gone forever. Thanks!