Word Hacks [Electronic resources]

Hack 20 Repeat a Section Heading Across Pages

Instructions or examples in a document can span multiple pages. This hack shows you how to help your readers follow along by repeating the heading on each page.

If you've got a lengthy example, such as a procedure or a sample computer program, you may want the title of the example to repeat on each page. If you were absolutely, positively sure your page breaks wouldn't change, you could duplicate the heading with a REF field at the top of each page.

But what if your page breaks change? Here's a way to get your heading to repeat on multiple pages.

First, select all of the text in the section, including the heading (you can always add or remove text later).

Next, select TableConvertText to Table and press the OK button, as shown in Figure 3-25.

Next, select TableTable Properties and choose "None" for the border. Now select just the section heading and again select TableTable Properties. Click the Row tab and check the "Repeat as header row at the top of each page" box, as shown in Figure 3-26.

Now if your section spans multiple pages, the heading will repeat at the top of each page, as shown in Figure 3-27.