Header Row wont repeat in merged table

[Tiff]

hello

I am having trouble using the header row repeat funciton in a table
which I created by merging with an excel data source, I am selecting
the header row and choosing, header row repeat, but it still doesn't
work...any ideas?

 

[Jeffrey Weston [MSFT]]

Hey Tiff,

I used Word 2004 and performed the following steps to make it create the
Repeating Header Row:

1. New document, construct table "skeleton" table, attach data source,
insert data merge fields and merge.
2. With Merged Table in new document:
a) Select first row of the table
b) Table | Heading Rows Repeat

The first row selected should now be inserted as the first row on each
additional page of the document.

Are these the same steps you are performing?

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[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Tiff:

I think you may inadvertently have created two tables there. Try this:

1) Click in a cell in the first row (the one you want to be a header).
Don't select anything, just place the insertion point in there.

2) Hit Command + OPTION + T

The entire table should be highlighted/selected. If it isn't, you have two
separate tables close together.

The heading row would repeat, but it doesn't need to, because the table that
gets broken across the pages is a different table.

To cure it:

1) delete the top row.

2) Click in your first data row

3) Choose Table>Insert>Rows above

4) Re-type your headings in the new blank row

5) Use Heading Rows Repeat on that.

Cheers

hello

I am having trouble using the header row repeat funciton in a table
which I created by merging with an excel data source, I am selecting
the header row and choosing, header row repeat, but it still doesn't
work...any ideas?

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