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From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 22 Feb 2010 09:28 In this case, I agree, since the OP claims to have created the table. Often one encounters this issue in editing/revising the work of others, however. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman(a)verizon.net> wrote in message news:1805o5h09c2m55t9425bg4ollp6h089ca1(a)4ax.com... >I agree that the setting was probably inherited from the previous row > -- but how did that one get it? I don't know of any way to get that > accidentally, as there is no default shortcut or simple place to click > by mistake, nor is there any built-in style that has Page Break > Before. > > On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:27:50 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" > <sbarnhill(a)mvps.org> wrote: > >>But the setting is inherited when you press Tab to create a new row--and >>may >>well have been applied to the preceding rows (especially the heading row). >> >>-- >>Suzanne S. Barnhill >>Microsoft MVP (Word) >>Words into Type >>Fairhope, Alabama USA >>http://word.mvps.org >> >>"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman(a)verizon.net> wrote in message >>news:iav3o59tes748o9ejorjog8l26e7r30cbv(a)4ax.com... >>> On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:29:01 -0800, Toody >>> <Toody(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >>> >>>>I've created a table with one row and one column, but later I added a >>>>second >>>>row. When I added text to the second row, suddenly the last row moved >>>>to >>>>the next page, even though Print Preview showed that there was enough >>>>room >>>>for the row and text. When I tried to move that row back to its original >>>>position, I notice black dots on either side of the table, which act >>>>like >>>>a >>>>page break. I can't get the row and text back to its original page. What >>>>do I >>>>do? >>>> >>>>What's going on? Is there a way to get rid of the dotted lines so that I >>>>can >>>>place the last row with the rest of the rows on the same page? >>>> >>>>Any help will be appreciated. >>>> >>>>I have Word 2003. >>> >>> Maybe the paragraph in the second row is formatted with "Page Break >>> Before". >>> >>> Click in that paragraph and go to the Format > Paragraph dialog. Click >>> the Line & Page Breaks tab of that dialog. If "Page Break Before" is >>> checked, uncheck it. >>> >>> If that's the cause, I can't tell you how it happened -- that setting >>> is very hard to apply by mistake. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Jay Freedman >>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org >>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the >>> newsgroup >>> so all may benefit. >>>
From: Peter T. Daniels on 22 Feb 2010 09:48 Page Break doesn't fit the symptom of "black dots on either side of the table." On Feb 22, 9:28 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...(a)mvps.org> wrote: > In this case, I agree, since the OP claims to have created the table. Often > one encounters this issue in editing/revising the work of others, however.. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org > > "Jay Freedman" <jay.freed...(a)verizon.net> wrote in message > > news:1805o5h09c2m55t9425bg4ollp6h089ca1(a)4ax.com... > > > > >I agree that the setting was probably inherited from the previous row > > -- but how did that one get it? I don't know of any way to get that > > accidentally, as there is no default shortcut or simple place to click > > by mistake, nor is there any built-in style that has Page Break > > Before. > > > On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:27:50 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" > > <sbarnh...(a)mvps.org> wrote: > > >>But the setting is inherited when you press Tab to create a new row--and > >>may > >>well have been applied to the preceding rows (especially the heading row). > > >>-- > >>Suzanne S. Barnhill > >>Microsoft MVP (Word) > >>Words into Type > >>Fairhope, Alabama USA > >>http://word.mvps.org > > >>"Jay Freedman" <jay.freed...(a)verizon.net> wrote in message > >>news:iav3o59tes748o9ejorjog8l26e7r30cbv(a)4ax.com... > >>> On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:29:01 -0800, Toody > >>> <To...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >>>>I've created a table with one row and one column, but later I added a > >>>>second > >>>>row. When I added text to the second row, suddenly the last row moved > >>>>to > >>>>the next page, even though Print Preview showed that there was enough > >>>>room > >>>>for the row and text. When I tried to move that row back to its original > >>>>position, I notice black dots on either side of the table, which act > >>>>like > >>>>a > >>>>page break. I can't get the row and text back to its original page. What > >>>>do I > >>>>do? > > >>>>What's going on? Is there a way to get rid of the dotted lines so that I > >>>>can > >>>>place the last row with the rest of the rows on the same page? > > >>>>Any help will be appreciated. > > >>>>I have Word 2003. > > >>> Maybe the paragraph in the second row is formatted with "Page Break > >>> Before". > > >>> Click in that paragraph and go to the Format > Paragraph dialog. Click > >>> the Line & Page Breaks tab of that dialog. If "Page Break Before" is > >>> checked, uncheck it. > > >>> If that's the cause, I can't tell you how it happened -- that setting > >>> is very hard to apply by mistake. > > >>> -- > >>> Regards, > >>> Jay Freedman > >>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org > >>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the > >>> newsgroup > >>> so all may benefit.-
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 22 Feb 2010 11:10 It does if the table is viewed in Normal/Draft view. There is a dotted line stretching left and right of the table. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim(a)verizon.net> wrote in message news:d3734d94-da08-46a9-a4e1-1306df3e8ad3(a)l26g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... Page Break doesn't fit the symptom of "black dots on either side of the table." On Feb 22, 9:28 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...(a)mvps.org> wrote: > In this case, I agree, since the OP claims to have created the table. > Often > one encounters this issue in editing/revising the work of others, however. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org > > "Jay Freedman" <jay.freed...(a)verizon.net> wrote in message > > news:1805o5h09c2m55t9425bg4ollp6h089ca1(a)4ax.com... > > > > >I agree that the setting was probably inherited from the previous row > > -- but how did that one get it? I don't know of any way to get that > > accidentally, as there is no default shortcut or simple place to click > > by mistake, nor is there any built-in style that has Page Break > > Before. > > > On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:27:50 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" > > <sbarnh...(a)mvps.org> wrote: > > >>But the setting is inherited when you press Tab to create a new row--and > >>may > >>well have been applied to the preceding rows (especially the heading > >>row). > > >>-- > >>Suzanne S. Barnhill > >>Microsoft MVP (Word) > >>Words into Type > >>Fairhope, Alabama USA > >>http://word.mvps.org > > >>"Jay Freedman" <jay.freed...(a)verizon.net> wrote in message > >>news:iav3o59tes748o9ejorjog8l26e7r30cbv(a)4ax.com... > >>> On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:29:01 -0800, Toody > >>> <To...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >>>>I've created a table with one row and one column, but later I added a > >>>>second > >>>>row. When I added text to the second row, suddenly the last row moved > >>>>to > >>>>the next page, even though Print Preview showed that there was enough > >>>>room > >>>>for the row and text. When I tried to move that row back to its > >>>>original > >>>>position, I notice black dots on either side of the table, which act > >>>>like > >>>>a > >>>>page break. I can't get the row and text back to its original page. > >>>>What > >>>>do I > >>>>do? > > >>>>What's going on? Is there a way to get rid of the dotted lines so that > >>>>I > >>>>can > >>>>place the last row with the rest of the rows on the same page? > > >>>>Any help will be appreciated. > > >>>>I have Word 2003. > > >>> Maybe the paragraph in the second row is formatted with "Page Break > >>> Before". > > >>> Click in that paragraph and go to the Format > Paragraph dialog. Click > >>> the Line & Page Breaks tab of that dialog. If "Page Break Before" is > >>> checked, uncheck it. > > >>> If that's the cause, I can't tell you how it happened -- that setting > >>> is very hard to apply by mistake. > > >>> -- > >>> Regards, > >>> Jay Freedman > >>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org > >>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the > >>> newsgroup > >>> so all may benefit.-
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