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Needed Support for Extended Tables/Figures
When a Table extends beyond the page on which it starts, WORD provides a
mechanism for the table to be labeled on subsequent pages using the "repeat header row" capability. However, it is not always clear to a reader whether the portion of table being observed is a continuation or is the start of the table. What is needed is a conditional title to be placed above the table continuation indicating that it is in fact a continuation, as in "Table A-4 Title Text (cont)" where the text at the end of the conditional title is unique to the continuation page(s) if they occur. It is not always known whether a given table will require continuation, depending on where in the page it starts. But the user should be able to specify a meaningful title to be applied when it does occur. NOTE: There is an acknowledged need for this support, since the US Government documentation standard requires the "(cont) to be shown on continuations (see, for example, MIL-STD-38784, the Standard Practice for Style and Format of Technical Manuals, page 18, para 4.2.7.4, which explicitly requires the title to be repeated followed by Continued or Cont). This is a significant user base needing such a mechanism. For Figures, there is a similar need for title variations to be printed in line below subsequent portions of Figures, such as Figure 6 (Sheet 1 of 3) etc., with only the basic Figure identification to be included in the list of figures without the extended words (sheet 1 of 3) being included in the TOC. In the case of figures, the problem of not knowing whether a continuation will occur or not is not a problem, unlike tables. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.word.tables |
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Needed Support for Extended Tables/Figures
The only way to achieve this is to have the (Cont) in the header row of the
table and cause it to be hidden on the first page by positioning a TextBox over it. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Joe Presson" wrote in message ... When a Table extends beyond the page on which it starts, WORD provides a mechanism for the table to be labeled on subsequent pages using the "repeat header row" capability. However, it is not always clear to a reader whether the portion of table being observed is a continuation or is the start of the table. What is needed is a conditional title to be placed above the table continuation indicating that it is in fact a continuation, as in "Table A-4 Title Text (cont)" where the text at the end of the conditional title is unique to the continuation page(s) if they occur. It is not always known whether a given table will require continuation, depending on where in the page it starts. But the user should be able to specify a meaningful title to be applied when it does occur. NOTE: There is an acknowledged need for this support, since the US Government documentation standard requires the "(cont) to be shown on continuations (see, for example, MIL-STD-38784, the Standard Practice for Style and Format of Technical Manuals, page 18, para 4.2.7.4, which explicitly requires the title to be repeated followed by Continued or Cont). This is a significant user base needing such a mechanism. For Figures, there is a similar need for title variations to be printed in line below subsequent portions of Figures, such as Figure 6 (Sheet 1 of 3) etc., with only the basic Figure identification to be included in the list of figures without the extended words (sheet 1 of 3) being included in the TOC. In the case of figures, the problem of not knowing whether a continuation will occur or not is not a problem, unlike tables. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.word.tables |
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