Thanks for responding, Doug. The break is not consistent from one time to
another, and I'm pretty sure there's no pattern for how much extra space it
leaves on the page(s) that break prematurely. I haven't been able to pin
down any actions that cause the split, but I generally see it after I've
done a bunch of editing on other parts of the file (but I think once the
table is reassembled, it stays together the rest of that session).
The table definitely has to be allowed to split across pages, because
altogether it's about 20 inches deep. If I split it into multiple tables,
I'd have to keep readjusting them to fit neatly on the pages, or leave the
document messed up until I'm ready to finalize it. The reassembled table
breaks fine. Since I don't have much text, I might be able to avoid breaks
by making it four columns instead of two, or doing something with page
styles to make this part of the document be two print columns. Haven't tried
that yet, so I'm not exactly sure how to do it.
I haven't played with frames at all yet (I'm a new user). Do they flow
properly across page boundaries?
No imports happening here, the document has been an .odt from the beginning
(although it has been pulled out of a larger document that I turned into a
master -- the table is since that time, though).
----- Original Message -----
From: "DougT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [users] Page Breaks in Table
Barbara Duprey wrote:
I'm using OOo 2.0.4, mainly Writer, and I like it a lot. I'm having a
problem with one of my tables, though. Writer keeps breaking it
across pages for no reason I can detect, generally making one or more
internal pages with only one or two rows. The table has about 20
two-column rows, with the first column containing a graphic (about an
inch tall) and the second column containing a short line of text.
I've tried changing the graphic anchor from "to paragraph" to "as
character," but the table still breaks strangely. It seems to be
related to not having text in the first column, because if I add and
delete a blank anywhere in the first column (but not the second), the
table reassembles for a while. The premature breaks show in Print
Preview, also. Any clues? Am I going to have to add text I really
don't want?
Does the table break consistently or does the position of the break
change? If it changes, what action provokes the change?
Have you verified in the menu > Table | Table Properties | Text Flow that
the box "Allow tables to split across pages and columns" box is unchecked?
(You can also get to the Table Properties from the Tables Toolbar when you
have it set to Viewable.
Have you tried inserting the table in a suitably sized frame?
The only other notion I have is that perhaps you imported this document
from a Redmondian application and there is something that got fouled in
the conversion.
Happy New Year,
DougT
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