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I've got a simple table with two columns (A&B), two rows (1&2) . The first
cells - A1 & B1 are less than one page. However, A2 has text that extends
over two pages. I only want lines to show at the bottom border of A1 & A2
and on the right border, but lines keep appearing in the middel of the cell
at the end of each page as well as at the end of the cell. I've tried all
sorts of configurations but it appears there is a default somewhere that
insists cell borders go at the end of the page for each column as well as at
the end of the cell. I turn off all borders. Then click for borders only on
the right side of A1 and A2, and at the bottom of A1 and A2. But lines keep
appearing midway through A2 as it extends more than one page. Any idea how
to cut that out? I've selected allow text to break across pages, not that it
has anything to do with this.
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If you DON'T allow text to break across pages, you will have a bottom border
after your last row. The downside of this is that you may have considerable
white space if the cells don't exactly fill the page. Also, what you may be
seeing at the bottom of your page is not a user-assigned border, but the
gridlines that appear in tables by default. To turn off the gridlines, use
the Table menu; the last entry is Show (or Hide) Gridlines.

"Industrial Numbat" wrote in
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I've got a simple table with two columns (A&B), two rows (1&2) . The
first
cells - A1 & B1 are less than one page. However, A2 has text that extends
over two pages. I only want lines to show at the bottom border of A1 & A2
and on the right border, but lines keep appearing in the middel of the
cell
at the end of each page as well as at the end of the cell. I've tried all
sorts of configurations but it appears there is a default somewhere that
insists cell borders go at the end of the page for each column as well as
at
the end of the cell. I turn off all borders. Then click for borders only
on
the right side of A1 and A2, and at the bottom of A1 and A2. But lines
keep
appearing midway through A2 as it extends more than one page. Any idea
how
to cut that out? I've selected allow text to break across pages, not that
it
has anything to do with this.



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Unfortunately the text is much greater than one page - it goes across three
pages, so when I don't allow text to break across pages, only the first third
of the text appears and the rest becomes hidden text that will not print.
It's a perplexing problem. I'm fairly good with word and I don't know why
this border keeps appearing at the bottom of each page that is still within
the single cell. It shouldn't have a border until the end of the cell, but
for some reason it keeps appearing at the bottom of the page (in the middle
of the cell). At one point it was doing it at the top of each page for that
cell, but I managed to turn that off.

"Richard O. Neville" wrote:

If you DON'T allow text to break across pages, you will have a bottom border
after your last row. The downside of this is that you may have considerable
white space if the cells don't exactly fill the page. Also, what you may be
seeing at the bottom of your page is not a user-assigned border, but the
gridlines that appear in tables by default. To turn off the gridlines, use
the Table menu; the last entry is Show (or Hide) Gridlines.

"Industrial Numbat" wrote in
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I've got a simple table with two columns (A&B), two rows (1&2) . The
first
cells - A1 & B1 are less than one page. However, A2 has text that extends
over two pages. I only want lines to show at the bottom border of A1 & A2
and on the right border, but lines keep appearing in the middel of the
cell
at the end of each page as well as at the end of the cell. I've tried all
sorts of configurations but it appears there is a default somewhere that
insists cell borders go at the end of the page for each column as well as
at
the end of the cell. I turn off all borders. Then click for borders only
on
the right side of A1 and A2, and at the bottom of A1 and A2. But lines
keep
appearing midway through A2 as it extends more than one page. Any idea
how
to cut that out? I've selected allow text to break across pages, not that
it
has anything to do with this.




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Did you turn off the gridlines? You may also have to make a selection in the
print menu so the gridlines don't print.

"Industrial Numbat" wrote in
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Unfortunately the text is much greater than one page - it goes across
three
pages, so when I don't allow text to break across pages, only the first
third
of the text appears and the rest becomes hidden text that will not print.
It's a perplexing problem. I'm fairly good with word and I don't know why
this border keeps appearing at the bottom of each page that is still
within
the single cell. It shouldn't have a border until the end of the cell,
but
for some reason it keeps appearing at the bottom of the page (in the
middle
of the cell). At one point it was doing it at the top of each page for
that
cell, but I managed to turn that off.

"Richard O. Neville" wrote:

If you DON'T allow text to break across pages, you will have a bottom
border
after your last row. The downside of this is that you may have
considerable
white space if the cells don't exactly fill the page. Also, what you may
be
seeing at the bottom of your page is not a user-assigned border, but the
gridlines that appear in tables by default. To turn off the gridlines,
use
the Table menu; the last entry is Show (or Hide) Gridlines.

"Industrial Numbat" wrote in
message ...
I've got a simple table with two columns (A&B), two rows (1&2) . The
first
cells - A1 & B1 are less than one page. However, A2 has text that
extends
over two pages. I only want lines to show at the bottom border of A1 &
A2
and on the right border, but lines keep appearing in the middel of the
cell
at the end of each page as well as at the end of the cell. I've tried
all
sorts of configurations but it appears there is a default somewhere
that
insists cell borders go at the end of the page for each column as well
as
at
the end of the cell. I turn off all borders. Then click for borders
only
on
the right side of A1 and A2, and at the bottom of A1 and A2. But lines
keep
appearing midway through A2 as it extends more than one page. Any idea
how
to cut that out? I've selected allow text to break across pages, not
that
it
has anything to do with this.






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