Table Header Rows after a Manual Page Break

Ed had his table set up the way he wanted, with a couple of rows repeated at the top of each page. He ran into a problem, however, when he inserted a manual page break in the middle of the table. When he did, the formerly repeating rows no longer repeated at the top of the table.

The reason for this is rather simple—when you insert a page break into a table you are, in reality, splitting the table into two separate tables. The rows that were repeating are no longer in the new table, but in the original table.

To get around this problem, don't insert a manual page break in the table to force a row to a new page. Instead, use this formatting approach:

1. Put the insertion point at the beginning of the row that you want on the new page.
2. Choose Paragraph from the Format menu. Word displays the Paragraph dialog box. (To display the dialog box in Word 2007, display the Home tab of the ribbon and click the small icon at the bottom-right of the Paragraph group.)
3. Make sure the Line and Page Breaks tab is displayed. (Click here to see a related figure.)
4. Select the Page Break Before check box.
5. Click on OK.

Now the row will always start at the beginning of a new page, your table is not "broken" into two parts, and your desired rows will still repeat at the top of each page.