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[pinkcloud]

I am trying to put the title at the head of each column in a Word table into a header so that it reads through to 50 or so pages, I don’t have to put it into each page and it stays put when the content of a page changes.

I cannot make it sit directly on top of the table.

Can anyone help please?

pinkcloud

[Jutta]

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[pinkcloud]

Thanks for all of the effort you put into this Jutta.

The very extensive article you have attached covers all kinds of things including automatic page breaks, footers, how to put graphics into headers and all kinds of things.

All I want to do is repeat the first line of the Word table through all of the pages?

pinkcloud

[Jutta]

pinkcloud
here is a simple Explanation to your Question,

Create the same header or footer for each page
(You don't have to use the Footer but is handy)

1. Make sure you select "Print Layout View" in Word!!

On the View menu, click "Header and Footer" to open the header or footer (header and footer: A header, which can consist of text or graphics, appears at the top of every page in a section. A footer appears at the bottom of every page. Headers and footers often contain page numbers, chapter titles, dates, and author names.) area on a page.
(After you clicked on Header and Footer, the Header and Footer Toolbar will open, for you to be able to use the different Buttons)
To create a header, enter text or graphics in the header area.
To create a footer, click Switch Between Header and Footer  on the Header and Footer toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.) to move to the footer area, and then enter text or graphics.
If necessary, format text by using buttons on the Formatting toolbar.
When you finish, click Close on the Header and Footer toolbar.

All done, to test if you have all the same Headers on every Page, just click under your First Page Header, and hold you Finger on Enter until you see the next, and the next Page scrolling up..

[pinkcloud]

pinkcloud
here is a simple Explanation to your Question,

Create the same header or footer for each page
(You don't have to use the Footer but is handy)

1. Make sure you select "Print Layout View" in Word!!

On the View menu, click "Header and Footer" to open the header or footer (header and footer: A header, which can consist of text or graphics, appears at the top of every page in a section. A footer appears at the bottom of every page. Headers and footers often contain page numbers, chapter titles, dates, and author names.) area on a page.
(After you clicked on Header and Footer, the Header and Footer Toolbar will open, for you to be able to use the different Buttons)
To create a header, enter text or graphics in the header area.
To create a footer, click Switch Between Header and Footer  on the Header and Footer toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.) to move to the footer area, and then enter text or graphics.
If necessary, format text by using buttons on the Formatting toolbar.
When you finish, click Close on the Header and Footer toolbar.

All done, to test if you have all the same Headers on every Page, just click under your First Page Header, and hold you Finger on Enter until you see the next, and the next Page scrolling up..

Thanks Jutta but these are the standard intructions for headers and footers and I've never had any problem with that.

I want to repeat the first line of the Word table through all 50 or so pages of the table but if I put it in a header I cannot make it sit directly on top of the table.

I'd be grateful if anyone can help.

pinkcloud

[Jutta]

Pinkcloud, have you tried to align your Header Vertically and Horizontally, to "stay Put", example below

 
Center a header or footer (header and footer: A header, which can consist of text or graphics, appears at the top of every page in a section. A footer appears at the bottom of every page. Headers and footers often contain page numbers, chapter titles, dates, and author names.), or align it with the left or right margin (margin: The blank space outside the printing area on a page.).

On the View menu, click Header and Footer.

If necessary, click Show Previous  or Show Next  on the Header and Footer toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click the Toolbars tab.) to move to the header or footer you want to adjust.

On the Formatting toolbar, click an alignment button.
If there is still no Success

Then  it is back to this, sorry if you can not follow it!
Repeat a table heading on subsequent pages   

When you work with a very long table (table: One or more rows of cells commonly used to display numbers and other items for quick reference and analysis. Items in a table are organized into rows and columns.), it must be divided where a page break (page break: The point at which one page ends and another begins. Microsoft Word inserts an "automatic" (or soft) page break for you, or you can force a page break at a specific location by inserting a "manual" (or hard) page break.) occurs. You can make adjustments to the table to make sure than the information appears as you want it to when the table spans multiple pages.

Repeated table headings are visible only in print layout view (print layout view: A view of a document or other object as it will appear when you print it. For example, items such as headers, footnotes, columns, and text boxes appear in their actual positions.) or when you print the document.

Select the heading row or rows. The selection must include the first row of the table.
On the Table menu, click Heading Rows Repeat.

[Jutta]

Pinkcloud,
just came across this Article,
 
this is written for Word 2007, but should work in 2003 as well,

http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6129_102-0.html?threadID=298520