An odd thing just happened in a document based on a template that I
have been using for years. The template is for a case summary document
that is essentially 7-8 pages of tables each separated by a few lines
of text.

This afternoon, I used the template to create a new document. One of
the tables, containing a header row and 2 data rows, happened to fall
at the bottom of page 1 so that the page break occurs between the
first and second data row. The header and row 1 are at the bottom of
page 1. At the top of page 2, the header is repeated followed by row
2.

The odd behavior is that the cursor will not display in the parts of
the table at the bottom of page 1 (header row and row 1). If I click
anywhere in the header row or the first data row, the rulers indicate
that the cursor is there, but it is not visible.

If I position the cursor just above the table and use the down arrow
key to navigate into the table, the cursor disappears, but if I type,
text appears in the cells. If I hold the shift key and use the arrow
keys, no text is highlighted, but if I press the Delete key, text is
deleted. So the cursor is in the table, just not visible.

I did a little experimenting. I was able to make the behavior come and
go depending on where the table is in the document.

The cursor is invisible in these situations:

1. I added a page break at the top of page 1 so that the table now
spans page 2 & 3. Problem remains.

2. I deleted all of the text before the table. It works normally. I
then added blank lines until it crossed the page 1-2 break. Problem
returns.

3. I added more blank lines until the table is wholly on page 2.
Problem disappears. I added more blank lines until it spans pages 2 &
3. Problem returns.

The cursor acts normally (is visible) in these situations:

1. In Draft view or Outline view. It only occurs in Print Layout view.

2. If I add enough blank lines just above the table so that the entire
table moves to page 2 or if I delete enough text above the table so
that the entire table is on page 1. It only occurs if the table spans
2 pages.

3. There are several other tables in this document that span pages.
None of them exhibit the behavior. I copied one of these tables to the
same position at the bottom of page 1. It did not exhibit the
behavior.

4. I copied the table to the bottom of page 2 so that it spanned pages
2 & 3. It worked correctly.

This suggests to me that it may be related to the display attributes
of the repeated header row. It looks like the rows just above the
repeated header row have acquired some of the *display* attributes of
the header row on next page.

Puzzled...

Any suggestions?