Table on a page changes to sit in footer on next two pages

Hi,

I have a table in a Word document that is fine on the first page then when it exceeds the page size it changes to sit in the footer of the next two pages for the next two lines of the table, then moves back to being a normal table on the fourth page.

Does anyone know why this has happened and how to stop it from happening again?

We resolved it by removing the footer, but on some occasions that solution won't be acceptable.

1. It is not possible to remove the footer part of a Word document, although it is certainly possible to reduce the space reserved for it.
2. It is possible that there was some large image or text box in the primary header and that (a) your sections are set to have a different first-page header and footer and that page four started a new section. This is a wild guess.

No one here can likely tell you what happened without actually seeing the document with the problem. You can save a sample document with the problem on OneDrive or DropBox and posting a link to it here. You could remove confidential or proprietary information before saving that copy.

Here are instructions: Why a sample file is important for troubleshooting - - - - - - - and how to do it.

Each Section of a Word document has three header parts and three footer parts, whether or not you ever see them. They cannot be removed but space reserved for them can be minimized.

References:

• Header/Footer Settings Recap

Note that I am human, not omniscient, but have been a Word user for more than thirty years and have seen many strange things. It is possible that someone else will recognize what happened to your document without actually seeing the document.