Disappearing rows in Pages tables

With the table selected, and if the rows exceed the page height, when you have the Arrange panel Text Wrap set to anything but Inline with Text, the table rows are truncated at the bottom of the current page. This will also be true if Object Placement is set to Stay on Page.

When you insert a table, its default Arrange panel settings are Object Placement: Move with Text and Text Wrap: Inline with Text. These settings allow the table to flow smoothly across page boundaries as its rows exceed the page height.

Add or delete a table in Pages on Mac - Apple Support

But the whole row gets bumped down instead of just what doesn’t fit on the page, leaving a large empty space on the first page since there is a lot of content in that row. Is there no way to fix this??

I’m using it to box separate parts of a knitting pattern. Materials and Abbreviations in row 1 (2 columns), Notes in row 3, and Pattern in row 4, all neatly boxed in, visually easier to follow. Microsoft Word can easily perform this. I’m a huge Apple fan but cannot get over what a challenge this simple request seems to be.

We aren't Apple employees here, and we have no influence on Apple. We're just volunteering to share what we know. If you are convinced that no changes within the boundaries of what Pages, or Numbers, can do are going to be acceptable, then we can't help.

Things you can do to squeeze the maximum Table content into a page are:

Resize the columns to give the ones with the most content the most space.

Shrink the Document Margins

Decrease the Print Zoom setting, or Use Smaller fonts

Try U. S. Legal, if your printer supports it.

Think about using Landscape Orientation.

If you're not going to print to paper, change your document size to whatever works. (About the same as changing the zoom.)

Starting a question of your own can be effective because the different Problem Description may attract someone with a better answer.

Best,

Jerry

You are welcome.

A Table may not be the best way to organize the text in your document if this is happening. What sort of layout are you creating? What is it that attracted you to the Table approach?

Jerry