keep with next inside table

Question

"Keep with next" for paragraph formatting does not seem to work on paragraphs inside a table (Word 2007) -- can anyone explain?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Inside tables, "Keep with next" only works if you apply it to entire rows. It will then keep the row(s) on the same page as the following row.

Answer 2

It's fairly common to set up a template for things like resumes and invoices with one "starter" row, because there's no way to know in advance how many items will be added to any document. The intention is that you (or whoever is filling in the details) will get to the end of the row holding the first item and press Tab, which will create a new row for the next item.

Answer 3

Thanks for responding. Please see my reply to first reply, the text in question is all in one single "row", I think I will insert a row and solve the problem that way.

Thank you.

Answer 4

Thank you for the explanation. It answers my question but does not work for my particular problem. I am editing a resume made by someone else with a Word template, and the Word template seems to be laid out in a table with most of the text in one "row", so that if I apply "keep with next" to that row the entire row jumps to the next page, instead of just the heading. I suppose a solution is to split the table by inserting a row. But it's curious that the Word template is set up that way.

Same issue with next suggestion.

Thanks for answering.

Answer 5

To add a bit... If you want the paragraphs within a single cell to stay together, you must go to the Table Properties dialog (on the right-click menu in a table, or on the Table Tools > Layout tab of the ribbon when in a table), go to the Row tab of the dialog, and clear the check box for "Allow row to break across pages".