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Summary: If you have a table that spans multiple pages, you may want to add a caption to the table and have that caption use different wording on the first page of the table. While Word doesn’t allow you to do this directly, the information in this tip provides a workaround that is easy to implement. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007.)
Chuck has some long tables in his documents, and he would like the table caption to be different for the second and subsequent pages on which the table occurs. For instance, he would like to have the caption on the first page of the table be something like "Table 1 Results" and for the other pages be something like "Table 1 Results (continued)".
The short answer is that Word doesn't allow you to have different captions when the table extends to multiple pages. One obvious solution is to break your table into two—one part for the first page and another for subsequent pages. You could then add multiple captions for the tables. This will only work if your page layout is static (you won't be adding any more text before the table). It can also mess up any "table of tables" that you may add to your document, as you would have two captions for what is essentially the same table.
Another possible workaround is to follow these general steps:
Tip #3417 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 2000 2002 2003 2007
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