Portion of a table will not print

[fclrunner]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel I have a table with about 30 rows and eight columns spanning two pages. The margins are set to 1in. or greater all around. On screen the table appears fine. However, the bottom of the first page of the table will not print. In print preview, the bottom quarter of the page appears with cells outlined but with no cell content. When printing, that same portion that shows up with empty cells in the preview is below the bottom margin of the first printed page and does not flow onto the second page - it is not printed at all.

 

[John McGhie]

Make sure you have enabled "Allow row to split across pages" for all rows in
the table.

It sounds as though Word is unable to split the table where it needs to.

Cheers

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel I
have a table with about 30 rows and eight columns spanning two pages. The
margins are set to 1in. or greater all around. On screen the table appears
fine. However, the bottom of the first page of the table will not print. In
print preview, the bottom quarter of the page appears with cells outlined but
with no cell content. When printing, that same portion that shows up with
empty cells in the preview is below the bottom margin of the first printed
page and does not flow onto the second page - it is not printed at all.

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[fclrunner]

Thanks for your comment. It seems that attribute is set by default as it had already been enabled for all rows, and so that did not solve the problem. However, it was helpful being directed to the Table Properties dialog box, as there were other features that are very useful. Ultimately, I used a work-around of copying and pasting the table in two segments to a new blank document. Whatever formatting quirks were present in the original didn't carry over and the printing is now working correctly.

 

[John McGhie]

Check the original table to see if you have one column straddled across all
rows.

For example: If all of the cells are merged in column 3, from the to row
all the way to the bottom row, Word will be unable to split the table
correctly

People often create such a straddle by nesting tables, then forget they have
done it.

Cheers

Thanks for your comment. It seems that attribute is set by default as it had
already been enabled for all rows, and so that did not solve the problem.
However, it was helpful being directed to the Table Properties dialog box, as
there were other features that are very useful. Ultimately, I used a
work-around of copying and pasting the table in two segments to a new blank
document. Whatever formatting quirks were present in the original didn't carry
over and the printing is now working correctly.

--

The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]