Cannot Repeat Header Row When Table Nested Within Another Table

Question

This applies to Microsoft Word 2007.

I have a table nested inside of a cell of another table. I want the nested table to repeat its header row when it spans pages, but I can't get it to work; the header row will not repeat. Any thoughts?

Answer 1

You cannot have a repeating header row in a table that is nested within another table.  The only thing that you can do to get the appearance of a repeating header row is manually insert the text that you want to appear into the first row of the nested table after a page break.

Answer 2

Well that's pretty ridiculous. :/

Answer 3

Say I want the 4th row of a very long table to be the repeating header row on subsequent pages. What I do is break the table into 2 tables.  Cut the first 3 rows to the clipboard.  Add a blank line (paragraph) above the remaining table and paste the first 3 rows back into the document above this blank line. Or, you can use the split table command.

Select the 3-row table, properties, table tab, text wrapping, around. Then grab the little plus sign at the upper left corner of the table and drag it into position to exactly merge with the top line on the table below. If you have trouble getting it just right, use the Positioning dialog box to make slight adjustments.

Set the top row of the lower table to automatically repeat its top (header) row. It now appears to be a single table with the 4th row as the repeating header.

Answer 4

Me either, and I detest dealing with them unawares (when copied from Web pages).

Answer 5

I have never had any reason to use a nested table.