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Table top row seems separated from the rest of the table

Anonymous
2016-03-11T21:31:52+00:00

I'm working on a Word document done by somebody else that has several tables. The top row which seems to be a header row, moves to the top of a page when moving the text. It looks as if it were separated from the whole table. Any idea how to make the header row to move together with the rest of the table? Thank you for any input.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-03-19T14:26:39+00:00

    I think you are on target regarding the normal text paragraph between the two tables and also about the text wrapping. These tables have actually only two rows. I don't even know how they managed to make them both header rows. I'll keep playing with them and see if I can figure out exactly what the issue is for future projects. Thanks for your valuable input.

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  2. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-03-19T13:13:21+00:00

    Just marking a row in the middle of a table as a header row won't split the table. In fact, Word 2013 won't even let you select a middle row as a header row; the Repeat Header Rows button is disabled except for contiguous rows at the top of the table. It is, however, possible to join two tables that have header rows (by deleting the paragraph between them). But when I do that, the second header row is ignored on the next page; only the top row is repeated.

    So it seems likely that either there is a normal text paragraph between the two tables (it maybe formatted as 1 pt or Hidden), or one of the tables has text wrapping set to Around.

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  3. Stefan Blom 340.9K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-03-11T22:23:51+00:00

    If you mean that the header row repeats at the top of each new page as the table expands, you have repeated header rows activated. On the very first page of the table, select the top row; on the Table Tools Layout tab, click Properties. In the Table Properties dialog box, clear option for repeated heading (which you will find on the Row tab).

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  4. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-03-11T22:45:12+00:00

    Perhaps the table heading row is in the page header?

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-03-11T22:40:06+00:00

    Thanks for your prompt reply. Repeating header is not checked on this table.  I just started working on this document and I can see  it has plenty of tables (2 x 2) sharing the same header. So, the author of the manuscript used it on each table. I have to get rid of the header before importing the file to Indesign. Is there a way to look for row headers and change them to no header automatically? Like using a macro or Find/Change maybe.

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