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Subject:Re: Table Heading Problem From:"Ridder, Fred" <F -dot- Ridder -at- DIALOGIC -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 18 Mar 1998 09:09:29 -0500
Susan,
One approach that should work is to format the text of the heading or
sub-heading you want to repeat using a character style. Then, using a
STYLEREF field code will insert the most recent preceding text that
is formatted with that style, to which you can add your "continued"
manually. BTW, this is the same technique you would use to generate
running headers or footers that pick up some item of text from the
page, such as a function name in a software API reference.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Carol Vineyard [SMTP:susan -dot- vineyard -at- EUDORAMAIL -dot- COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 12:48 PM
> Subject: Table Heading Problem
>
> I am working on a document with several pages of text under each heading.
> I would
> like to be able to generate a TOC from the headings, but the style
> requires that
> each heading that continues over to another page repeat that heading and
> add "continued."
> To partly solve this problem, I can put the text (which is mostly lists)
> into tables
> and let the headings be the table headings and repeat automatically;
> however, I can't
> think of a way to add "continued" to all but the first table heading. Is
> this getting
> confusing?
>
> Another problem: is there anyway to have sub-headings repeat? (When a
> number two
> level heading continues to a next page, I have to repeat it with
> "coninued" also)
> Should I just forget tables and a generated TOC and use page breaks and
> just build
> my TOC myself? Can anyone think of a better way to do this? I'm using
> Word 6 today,
> but may have something a little more up-to-date by the end of the week so
> suggestions
> in any version are welcome.
>
> --Susan Vineyard
> susan -dot- vineyard -at- eudora -dot- com
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