[Solved] Page Break After Table Continues Table

[mkellam2]

Hi,

In Open Office Writer, I have a page with a table and I want to add a page afterward that does not have a table. BUT if I add a page break, the following page continues the table. I would like to insert a page break so that the following page does not have a table, but I seem unable to get Open Office to do this. Is there a way to accomplish this?

Thanks! Mike

[RusselB]

Without having a copy of your document to look at, the best I can do is guess that the cursor is still within the table boundaries when you are entering the page break.
Use View -> Non-Printing Characters (Ctrl+F10) to turn the display of those characters on/off.
With that display on, you should be able to easily see if your cursor is still in the table or not.

[mkellam2]

Thanks for your reply. You are correct. The cursor is still within the boundaries because there is no blank line above or below the table, so if I click anywhere on the page, the cursor ends up in the table.

Once when it happened, I deleted everything on several pages and inserted some carriage returns and then put the table between them, but if the table is already there without the carriage returns, I don't seem to be able to click outside the table.

I have the same issue with multi-column formatted pages.

When I view Non-Printing Characters, it only shows me elements within the table and elements in the header and footer, so my attempt at a page break ends up either in the table or in the footer.

I didn't know if there was a way to create a blank line outside the table so I can click outside the table and the footer to insert the page break.

Thanks again! Mike

[RusselB]

Sounds like you need to use a smaller (fewer lines/rows) table.
I had no problems with a quick 2x2 table.
If you can't make your table smaller, try adjusting the top and/or bottom margins so that your table moves up (reduction of top margin) and/or gives more room at bottom (reduction of bottom margin)

[RoryOF]

Turn on /View /non printing characters. Place cursor at beginning of first or end of last cell of table and press Alt Enter to force a blank paragraph above or below the table. Then you can position the cursor on that paragraph and insert a page break.

[mkellam2]

Ahh, great! Thanks I appreciate that! Mike