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linking text between two tables in Word

Anonymous
2017-05-04T14:54:33+00:00

I'm trying to figure out if it's possible (and not having a lot of luck) to link text between two cells in two different tables (on two different pages) in Word. Can anyone help me with this?

I.e, if the text in one of the table cells at the bottom of page 10 runs long, I'd like it to automatically flow into one of the table cells at the top of page 11. Does that make sense?

In this case I can't just set the row on page 10 to automatically break across pages because the tables need to be set up differently on odd and even pages.

I'm on a Mac (Office 365), but most end users of the document will be running Windows (not sure what version of Word yet) - if that matters.

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  1. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 322.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2017-05-04T22:50:39+00:00

    With Word on Windows (not sure about on a Mac) if you insert Textboxes inside the tables and then link the first to the second, the text will then flow from one textbox to the next.

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  2. Paul Edstein 82,826 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2017-05-04T23:41:08+00:00

    Do you need to use two cells? Ordinarily, a table cell will expand to accommodate the content and, if that means flowing across a page boundary, it will continue on the next page.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-05-05T03:45:21+00:00

    thanks! unfortunately that doesn't seem to work in this case as the page layout on the next page is mirrored. (So on page 10, the text is in the second column, but on page 11, the text wants to be in the first column.).

    (At least if there's a way to flip the tables for odd/even pages, I haven't figured that out yet either!)

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