WD: How to Make Table Headings Different on First Page (176858)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q176858

SUMMARY

When you select a row of a multipage table and click Headings on the Table menu, that row will automatically be repeated at the top of the table on all subsequent pages.

This article describes how to make the headings that appear on the first page different from the headings that appear on subsequent pages of the table.

For example, you can use this method to create a multipage table in which the heading reads "Results of Survey" on all pages, and all but the first page also includes the word "Continued."

MORE INFORMATION

To create this effect, in the first row of the table, type the heading that will appear on all but the first page. Then, use a text box to cover up any words that you don't want to appear on the first page. To accomplish this, follow these steps:

  1. In the first row of the table, type the text that you want to appear on the second and subsequent pages of the table. (In the example given in the "Summary" section of this article, you would type Results of Survey, Continued.)
  2. Select the first row.
  3. On the Table menu, click Headings. At this point, the text will appear at the top of the table on every page.
  4. On the Insert menu, click Text Box, and draw a text box over the first heading (make sure that the text box remains selected). On the Format menu, click Text Box, and click the Colors And Lines tab. Under Fill, in the Color box, click White; under Line in the Color Box, click No Line, and then click OK.
  5. Size and position the text box so that it obscures the word or words that should not appear on the first page. Also, make sure the text box does not obscure any borders of the first row of the table. (In the example, you would move the Text Box so that it covered the comma and the word "Continued.")
  6. On the tools menu, click Options. Click the View tab and select Object Anchors, and then click OK.
  7. Click to select the text box. Drag the anchor of the text box to the left of the table to the second row.
  8. Lock the anchor by doing the following:

    1. On the Format menu, click Text Box.
    2. Click the Position tab.
    3. Click to select the Lock Anchor check box.
    4. Click OK.
    NOTE: You will now see a lock on the anchor icon.
The text box now obscures the unwanted text on the first page, and the extra text is visible on the rest of the pages of the table.

For additional information about table headings, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

114940 WD: No Table Headings Following Next Page Section Break

157550 WD97: Headings Inside Table Don't Display in Document Map

132916 (Word 6.x) WD: Table Heading Rows Do Not Show on Following Pages

176855 WD: Table Heading Rows Do Not Show on Following Pages

For additional information about this situation in earlier versions of Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

128906 WD: How to Create a Different First Page Table Heading

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/7/2003
Keywords:kbhowto kbtable KB176858
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