Breaking Up Is Not Hard to Do (Just Like Getting Back Together) With OpenOffice Writer Tables

   

Splitting Up
If you've tried to insert a page break in a table, you might have gotten a little frustrated.

A normal page break  just jumps the table to the next page.

You can let the table naturally split over pages (Under Table > Table Properties, Text Flow tab, there's a check box for this and it's the default setting.)

If you want more control over where the split is, here's what to do. You actually split the table first, then insert a page break.

1. Click where you want the page break to be.
2. Choose Table > Split Table.
3. You'll see this window.

4. Select how to split.

• Select Copy Heading to repeat the heading without changing it.
• Select Custom Heading (Apply Style)  if you want a heading but a different one. The new blank row that's inserted for your heading has the same paragraph style as the first row in the original table. You usually want this one.
• Select the other Custom Heading if you want a heading with different content, and a different paragraph style.
• For no heading, select No Heading.

5. Click OK.
6. Now insert the page break above the second table (Insert > Manual Break, select Page, click OK).

Note: Be careful about splitting tables containing formulas.

Getting Back Together

What if you want to get the tables back together and it's too late to Undo?

1. Select all the rows in the second table and copy them.
2. Go to the bottom of the first table.
3. Make a new blank row. (Click in the bottom row and choose Table > Insert > Rows, or click the Insert Row icon.)

4. Click in the first cell of the new blank row.
5. Just paste.
6. Delete the second row. (Or if you're feeling confident, in step 1 you could have just Cut instead of Copying.)

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