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Word 2007: Repeating outline "Heading 1" when that topic spans multiple pages

Hello - In Word 2007, I have a document with outline headings for which I have used the "Heading 1" and "Heading 2" styles, and using a Table of Contents field at the beginning. Most level-1 sections are very short (it's basically a detailed glossary) though some have more details. What I want to happen is, when a page break occurs within a level-1 topic, the level-1 heading to be repeated on the next page, ideally with something like "(Continued)" appended. Like so:

 

Topic 1

Subtopic 1A

Subtopic 2B

Topic 2

Subtopic 2A

<page break>

Topic 2 (continued)

Subtopic 2B

Subtopic 2C

Topic 3

...

 

To be clear - these are not table headers, nor are they page headers.  Also, I would prefer that the repeated headers due to the page breaks not appear in the TOC.  This can't be an unusual need, but I can't see any way to modify the Heading 1 style to make this happen.

 

Thanks for any advice you can give!

 

B. Meyer

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It can't be done.  Not in the body of text as you have requested.  Those fields that you are willing to update have to be somewhere.  If they are part of the flowwing text then they won't stay put as the first line on new page.

 

You might use a borderless two row table and make row 1 a repeating header row. 

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Last updated May 9, 2023 Views 3,484 Applies to: