[Joe Presson[_2_]]

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.

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