is there a way to repeat content of cell from last row from previous page?

[ip]

I have a table that slits across multiple pages. The table is a simple
grid with header rows.
In firts column there is a group identifier that is nonblank only if
row is first in group (see below)
--------------------------------------------------
Parent Name Children Names
--------------------------------------------------
Mary Anne
Betty
John Mark
Peter John
Paul
Amy

If table goes to next page, and break occurs in the middle of group, I
want Parent name to appear:

--------------------------------------------------
Parent Name Children Names
--------------------------------------------------
Mary Anne
Betty
John Mark
Peter John
Paul
____ page break _____

--------------------------------------------------
Parent Name Children Names
--------------------------------------------------
Peter Amy

(Page breaks are automatic)

Is there a way to do this? I thought to use somethign as follows:
whenever Parent Name changes, I insert an incremental bookmark to the
parent name (bk1, bk2, ...). and the SEQ field that increments by one
whenever parent name changes
Then I would add a line to header row that has a REF field in first
column, and the bookmark name for this REF field would be bk+value of
SEQ field. Is this possible? I tried
{REF bk{={SEQ xx}}} but this generates "Error!Reference not found"...

Thanks in advance for any advice

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi Ip,

Try the STYLEREF field. The help topic explains how it works.

I have a table that slits across multiple pages. The table is a simple
grid with header rows.
In firts column there is a group identifier that is nonblank only if
row is first in group (see below)
--------------------------------------------------
Parent Name Children Names
--------------------------------------------------
Mary Anne
Betty
John Mark
Peter John
Paul
Amy

If table goes to next page, and break occurs in the middle of group, I
want Parent name to appear:

--------------------------------------------------
Parent Name Children Names
--------------------------------------------------
Mary Anne
Betty
John Mark
Peter John
Paul
____ page break _____

--------------------------------------------------
Parent Name Children Names
--------------------------------------------------
Peter Amy

(Page breaks are automatic)

Is there a way to do this? I thought to use somethign as follows:
whenever Parent Name changes, I insert an incremental bookmark to the
parent name (bk1, bk2, ...). and the SEQ field that increments by one
whenever parent name changes
Then I would add a line to header row that has a REF field in first
column, and the bookmark name for this REF field would be bk+value of
SEQ field. Is this possible? I tried
{REF bk{={SEQ xx}}} but this generates "Error!Reference not found"...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[ip]

Cindy,
thank you very much. Since I posted the queston, I found other posts
sugestign styleref and I tried to use it.

It works, but the solution seems quite complicated: since I want to
show "Parent Name" in the middle of the group ONLY if the middle of the
group appears as first row on a page, I need to be able to detect
automatic page breaks. I have done it with a series of SEQ and IF
fields (on each row, IF fields checks if this row is first on a new
page, and if so, it resolves to STYLEREF field.
Do you know of any simpler way?

Thanks

Iza

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi Ip,

It works, but the solution seems quite complicated: since I want to
show "Parent Name" in the middle of the group ONLY if the middle of the
group appears as first row on a page, I need to be able to detect
automatic page breaks. I have done it with a series of SEQ and IF
fields (on each row, IF fields checks if this row is first on a new
page, and if so, it resolves to STYLEREF field.
Do you know of any simpler way?

Don't know if it's "simpler" from your point of view, but personally I
might consider just running a macro on the document just before
printing/publishing. (IOW static, not dynamic generation of the "repeat
content").

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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