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Word table cell across pages

This seems to be an easy problem to solve, but yet took me almost an afternoon to google and finally figure out the solution myself.

Behaviour:

  1. A table with large cells
  2. The cell would not split across pages, even if one follows the solutions from microsoft support (check on OrchardSix's answer)
  3. The option of Allow row to break across pages is not available

Solution:

  1. Check if you change the Text Direction of the cell or its neighbour cells from originally horizontal to vertical, for example, | XXX | multiple lines with a lot of content | change the Text Direction | X | multiple lines | | | | ---------------------------> | X | with a lot of | | | | on column XXX | X | content |
  2. If you did, then change the Text Direction back to the originally horizontal, then follow OrchardSix's answer from microsoft support

Tips:

  1. Use newlines instead of Text Direction.
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