yes, top to bottom. out of frustration i have recreated the table in a new
document and pasted everything in to that but i would still like to know
what the problem is.

Jon

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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I would expect this to be the other way around. When you say "spread over
several pages," I assume you mean top to bottom, not side to side?

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"JRS" wrote in message
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I have a large two column table spread over several pages. I can see all
of
the text in print layout view but when I switch to normal view it is
truncated. I have tried adjusting all kinds of settings without success.
can
someone help please?

Thanks

Jon