Table split for no apparent reason and won't rejoin

[Obiwan Johnson]

I'm using Word 2003. I have a table that spans several pages and for some
reason I can't figure, the table splits the top 3 rows (top 2 are header
rows) from the rest of the table by about 2 inches. The table has lines and
shows closed cells on the bottow of the top section and closed cells on the
top of the lower section. In all other respects if looks and acts line it is
still one table. The text above the section break is in two colums. I've
changed about everything I can in Table properties to no avail. I've looked
at reveal codes and I don't have any hard returns anywhere in the table.
Any suggestions. The table gets updated (manually) each month so I don't
want to loose the formatting.

OJ

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Presumably you've got nonprinting characters displayed and are not seeing an
empty paragraph between the tables. Check to make sure none of the rows are
formatted as "Keep with next" and that wrapping for the table is set to
None.

 

[Anne Troy]

Make sure your vertical page alignment is set to TOP and not centered.

<-*-><-*-><-*-><-*-><-*-><-*-><-*-><-*->
Hope this helps!
Anne Troy (better known as Dreamboat)
Author: Dreamboat on Word
Email: Dreamboat*at*Piersontech.com
Web: www.TheOfficeExperts.com

 

[Bob S]

I'm using Word 2003. I have a table that spans several pages and for some
reason I can't figure, the table splits the top 3 rows (top 2 are header
rows) from the rest of the table by about 2 inches. The table has lines and
shows closed cells on the bottow of the top section and closed cells on the
top of the lower section. In all other respects if looks and acts line it is
still one table. The text above the section break is in two colums. I've
changed about everything I can in Table properties to no avail. I've looked
at reveal codes and I don't have any hard returns anywhere in the table.
Any suggestions. The table gets updated (manually) each month so I don't
want to loose the formatting.

OJ

Step one: find out whether it is really one table or two. Place the
insertion point in a cell and then use Table | Select Table. If both
parts get selected, it is one table. If only one part gets selected,
it is two tables.

If it is really two tables, the standard way to joint them is to turn
on formatting marks so you can see the paragraph marks between them,
and delete those paragraph marks.

There are at least a couple cases where tables will not merge even if
everything between them is deleted. If you delete everything between
two tables in Word 2002 and they still don't merge, consider the
possibility that one or both of the tables may be floating. Another
cause is if the two tables have different Table Styles (or
equivalently, different Table | AutoFormat settings).

If you really have one table, turning on gridlines may show you a row
of borderless cells in the "empty" space between the parts.

Bob S