Table split vertically across pages in Word

["Rob Partridge" <rob -at- holly -dot- com -dot- au>]

Hi,

I've got a bit of a weird request. I've a client who has a document where
facing pages contain tables that match in contents. For example, in a row on
the left page, there would be a requirement and description, and on the
right page, a solution and a description.

__________  ___________
|req1    |  |sol 1    |
|        |  |         |
__________  ___________
|req2    |  |sol 2    |
__________  ___________
|req3    |  |sol 3    |
|        |  |         |
__________  ___________
even page     odd page

At the moment this is being maintained by using a single large table and
manually adding and subtracting spaces to make the cells in each page line
up. As you can imagine, this is a nightmare to maintain, plus numbering
doesn't work correctly.

Is there any way to get a table to straddle pages horizontally in Word? I
realise I can dummy up pages in A3, using a single table and a blank column
across the virtual page split. But this means the document has to be printed
with difficulty.

Any ideas on how to solve it?

Thanks in advance,

Rob Partridge
Technical Writer
Holly Australia



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