Pages 5.5 table pagination broken, inserts spurious page break

Originator:ajpike
Number:rdar://18858096 Date Originated:03-Nov-2014 02:10 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iWork Product Version:Pages 5.5
Classification:Serious Bug Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
Pages 5.2.2 and earlier could have tables that started in the middle of a page, then flowed across multiple pages. In Pages 5.5 on Mavericks, mutipage tables break the page immediately before the table, creating a large empty space in the document. 

Steps to Reproduce:
Create a new document with the Invoice template. Add 12 rows to the invoice’s table.

Expected Results:
The table continues to the bottom of the first page, then the last few rows appear at the top of the second page.

Actual Results:
The entire table jumps to the second page, leaving the invoice’s header on a mostly blank first page.

Regression:
This functionality was possible on Pages ’09 through Pages 5.2.2. This breaks existing documents (for example invoices) that were laid out with multipage tables.

Notes:
As far as I can find, there is no alternative way to do this.

Comments

It has workaround. Insert „Soft Enter" before table using Shift+Enter, then table will overflow correctly.

By erben.fr at April 22, 2015, 10:47 p.m. (reply...)

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