[Xazos]

Hi I'm new to this forum but have visited other forums. I have a problem with word 2016 which others have tried to help me with, to no avail. It's probably really simple but I'm just not getting it and am become more frustrated. Here it is. I am just trying to make a simple 3 column directory that will probably around 10 pages long. I set up the margins, columns, then under paragraph I set my spacing and since I want to keep everything looking trim and no breaking between columns and pages. Then I import my worksheet from Excel and insert all the necessary fields, do a preview and everything looks good to go. Right? No when I click on finish and merge with both window orphan control(default) and keep lines together and click on all records to finish the merge all the data does indeed appear but in a single column. The funny thing is if I just use orphan control it puts all the data in the 3 columns like I want but then I get addresses breaking across both columns and pages. I've wracked my brain and took all advice but I just can't get it to work. Help!!!!

Xazos

[Peter T. Daniels]

In Table Layout Properties Rows, there's a box for "break rows
across pages." I forgeet whether it's "allow" or "don't allow."

But if you overwhelm it with widow/orphan, with keep lines together, etc.,
you might be telling Word never to make a column/page break, and that
would be a problem!

On Monday, June 13, 2016 at 3:31:03 AM UTC-4, Xazos wrote:
Hi I'm new to this forum but have visited other forums. I have a
problem with word 2016 which others have tried to help me with, to no
avail. It's probably really simple but I'm just not getting it and am
become more frustrated. Here it is. I am just trying to make a simple
3 column directory that will probably around 10 pages long. I set up
the margins, columns, then under paragraph I set my spacing and since I
want to keep everything looking trim and no breaking between columns and
pages. Then I import my worksheet from Excel and insert all the
necessary fields, do a preview and everything looks good to go. Right?
No when I click on finish and merge with both window orphan
control(default) and keep lines together and click on all records to
finish the merge all the data does indeed appear but in a single column.
The funny thing is if I just use orphan control it puts all the data in
the 3 columns like I want but then I get addresses breaking across both
columns and pages. I've wracked my brain and took all advice but I
just can't get it to work. Help!!!!

Xazos




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Xazos