How to Continue Headers in Split Tables in InDesign

Learn how to set table headers as "continued" when split across frames.

Jason Hoppe Jason Hoppe

In this InDesign how-to video, Jason Hoppe demos a clever way to have one table header for the first instance of a split table, and a different one for all subsequent locations. It takes a little bit of behind-the-scenes magic, but it gets the job done nicely!

This comes from Jason’s “Tabs and Tables” session at CreativePro’s InDesign + Type Summit 2021.

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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025

This article was first published on March 11, 2022

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