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How to stop table from splitting across pages between rows (leaving gaps) in Pages

Tried to find an answer almost everywhere (online, Apple forums, etc.) and found this : https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250824790 but it wasn't correct. I found my answer after playing around everywhere I could think of in Pages > Format and Document panes, and finally this is what worked for me: when you select your table and select Format pane > Arrange > toggle between "Stay on Page" and "Move in Text" and voilà it's fixed. I assume it's a bug and I have no time to waste trying to figure it out or Apple on this one. But wanted to at the very least share with the community.


iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Mar 12, 2021 8:15 AM

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Posted on Mar 12, 2021 11:10 AM

"…this is what worked for me: when you select your table and select Format pane > Arrange > toggle between "Stay on Page" and "Move in Text" and voilà it's fixed."


The significant part is not that you've 'flipped the switch,' but which state you left the switch in.


The image in your post shows the selected object set to "Move with text" and to be placed "inline with the text." With those settings, a table in Pages on my Mac moves downward on the page as text is added above it, and when the text above fills the available space, the table is pushed, a row at a time, onto the next page below. If there are header rows on the table, a copy of these is shown above the rows now on the second page.


If the Arrange panel is left in the state shown below, "Stay on Page", with text wrap "Above and Below,"

my table stays where it is placed on the page, and, and, if more text is added above the table, that text, or the text between it and the table flows past the table to the space below, and if necessary, to the next page.


Regards,

Barry

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Mar 12, 2021 11:10 AM in response to JEL888

"…this is what worked for me: when you select your table and select Format pane > Arrange > toggle between "Stay on Page" and "Move in Text" and voilà it's fixed."


The significant part is not that you've 'flipped the switch,' but which state you left the switch in.


The image in your post shows the selected object set to "Move with text" and to be placed "inline with the text." With those settings, a table in Pages on my Mac moves downward on the page as text is added above it, and when the text above fills the available space, the table is pushed, a row at a time, onto the next page below. If there are header rows on the table, a copy of these is shown above the rows now on the second page.


If the Arrange panel is left in the state shown below, "Stay on Page", with text wrap "Above and Below,"

my table stays where it is placed on the page, and, and, if more text is added above the table, that text, or the text between it and the table flows past the table to the space below, and if necessary, to the next page.


Regards,

Barry

How to stop table from splitting across pages between rows (leaving gaps) in Pages

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