Llantony Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Yes, I know this isn't the right place but I can't see anywhere else on the forum and maybe some of you clever people can help! I've been entering a list of books into a table/database in Word. I can't find how to make automatic page breaks. As I add books, and sort in author order, of course the pages change so manual page breaks are no help. When I had fewer pages I copied the table and put in manual page breaks with a big margin at the bottom but it still didn't print the last line.I can't find anything in on-screen help, nor in a large book on Word. I just want it to automatically break at the end of each page so I can print out the whole list! I know it's possible because there was a similar database where I once worked.Please don't tell me to put it into Excel! Things get lost in translation and Word is v simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Starting at the top :TableTable PropertiesRowOptionsUntick 'Allow Row to Break Over Pages' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Or in Office 2007 - click on 'Page layout' tab > expand 'Breaks' then you have a choice of what type of break you want - Page, Column, next page, even page, odd page.Concuring with other posters, if you are using MS Office why not use the default programme for databases - MS Access. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenniswitch Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 I won't tell you to put it into Excel, but I will tell you that anything involving columns, rows and sorting is much easier to do in a spreadsheet than in a Word table (including formatting the page for printing).I do everything possible in Excel: finances, itineraries, inventories, catalogs, mailing lists, tennis league schedules, you name it.If you can ever get over your horror of Excel, I think you'll find that your work is both easier and faster than when you use Word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the InfoGipsy Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 But if you really want a database then don't use Word or Excel. Neither of them is designed for efficient storage and retrieval of data, although either of them is fine for simple lists. I happily use either of them for any application too trivial for Access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenniswitch Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 I quite agree, AIG, but, from his description it doesn't sound as if the OP needs a database for the task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Oh you need to teach me Word if you find it so simple.I find it almost as illogical as Adobe products.Word 2007 is even worse! Always struggle with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Note that Access is only generally included in the Professional version of Office which I doubt the majority of home users will have.Personally I loath Office 2007 with it's irritating and unintuative Ribbon, why they couldn't have made it an option I don't know. I have to use it at work but for private use I will never install it despite the fact that I do possess a genuine copy of 2007 Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the InfoGipsy Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Access isn't the only option if you need a database, it just happens to be the one I've been using for the last 14 years. I've had a play with the database that comes with Open Office and it's got a reasonable feature set as well as being free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenniswitch Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 LyndaandRichard,I'm sure you were directing that comment to the OP, not me, as I'm not a big Word fan either. I find Excel so much easier that I rarely use Word for anything except letters.It's a funny thing about Office 2007, which I have on my US computer, while Office 2003 is on my computer in France. At first I absolutely loathed working in Word or Excel 2007, but after I added buttons for the things I commonly do (or had trouble finding commands on the ribbon tabs), I started to like it better, and I love the ease of saving files as PDFs.Now, whichever computer I'm using, I'm always missing some feature of the other's Office programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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