Table continuations

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I am working with Word 2003 and we have many documents that contain tables.
Right now we have the tables set up so that the column headers are on the top
row of the table. The tables are very tight and we go as close to the edge
as we can get. Unfortunately our global office is putting a new document
system in place and we are going to loose 1.5" on the side margins for a
watermark. This is causing us a lot of headaches with our tables. My
thought is to have the table headings go down the first column instead of
acros the first row. Is there a way to make the heading column repeat like
it does for the heading row? This way if we had more than the set number of
columns then it would repeat on the next page.
 
The flat answer is no, but I'm curious about your statement of the problem:
if you're losing 1.5" on the side, why are you trying to put the column
headings on the side instead of the top? Or are you asking how to rotate the
table? That can certainly be done, by using a landscape section.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Fairhope, Alabama USA

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For the whole formating of the document, if I go with the page landscaped, I
could get all the information on the current tables, but that has been a pain
in the past trying to manage all the section breaks and headers. Actually
that could be the way we go, since the new system will PDF and add the header
for us. If there is a way to rotate the whole table and realign the table
headings, that could also work. The tables are being used to write in
information that is required from the table headings. My thought was to
record the line items down the column instead of across the row. This would
also give us more room to write, for those who do not write as small as me.
 
Are you just saying that you basically want to rotate the content of the
table? This can actually be done. Copy the table, open Excel, and use Paste
Special: Transpose, which will convert rows to columns and vice versa. Then
copy/paste back into Word.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Does that allow me to do what I originally asked? To carry the heading
column over to the next page.
 
Anything that is actually a heading row (that is, the top row in the table)
can be carried over, but if your "headings" are now stubs, then no.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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