Making a text table flow from page to page?

I'm creating a template in InDesign that will be used to create tags, using a simple table and paragraph formatting to create heirarchy on each tag. I need to flow long lists of text from Word or Excel to the table, and since there are only 10 tags on each page, there will inevitably be multiple pages of tags.
Is there a way to create a table that spans multiple pages (preferably expandable) and allows text to flow into the multiple page tables?
The tags must be formatted a certain way, so there isn't any room for auto-styling unless the new pages follow exactly the styles of the existing pages.

You have the data in an Excel file? Are these "tags" like some sort of product label? D they all look the same, except for the actual text?
If the answer to the above questions is "yes," openthe Help file and look up Data Merge.

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Instead of flowing the table jumps to commence on page 2 and then successfully flows to page 3, 4, etc.
I've run out of ideas. Any help please?
I've reviewed Sections, the Table is set to Move with Text, Inline with Text, etc, etc.
Assistance greatly anticipated.

A small office that every single Mac and iDevice you have can be upgraded to Yosemite or iOS 8 just to open the files that can't get tables to flow over pages, or have facing pages, or clean exports to Word doc or pdfs, outlining, or open RTF or the over 100 other things missing or buggy in Pages 5.5.1, and doesn't care if you can't open files in the future, or from the past, or that they are damaged when you do??
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How do I get text to flow from one page to the next in Pages 5 with the Maverick system?

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Intersect will leave a small Text Box where the two overlap, so not much value there. Subtract will cut a chunk out of one Text Box that is the size of the overlapping piece of the second Text Box:
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Pages 2.0.1v2 en Mac OS X 10.4.7.
I would like to have a 2-column document, where the text flows independently within each column across the pages of the document. That is, when the text of the left column, first page, reaches the end of the first column, first page, I would like the text to flow to the beginning of the left column, page 2. Instead, Pages flows the text to the right column, page 1.
Is that possible.
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I'm not a hundred percent sure that I understand you, but I'll take a stab at it. I think what you're asking for is text overflow from column 1 on page 1 to column 1 on page 2. And then the overflow from column 2 on page 1 to column 2 on page 2. Is that correct? If so, insert two independent text boxes on page 1 (make sure you use the Wrap Inspector to define them as Fixed on Page), and from them create linking text boxes on page two. I tested it and it seems to overflow nicely.
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Intelligent Tables.
Flexible Canvas.
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and
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The link below is now available from the iworks page:
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I found a solutions to my problem (and posted it also to the SAP-SDN forum).
I changed following setting in the LiveCycle Designer (in Netweaver Dev. Studio):
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and
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I don't know how to make scripts or complexed automator workflows... that's why I'm asking.
I'm trying to make a simple app or script to ask me what text to extract from a web page, like name, address and phone number of a web page and paste each one of these data in the righ cell of excel.
I was thinking to promt a request from automator or an applescript to ask me which text to extract from the page or to look throught the HTML of the page to search for specific html tags, from which extracting text and then importing it, or paste it to the specified execl cell. Name in the name cell, address in the address cell and so on.
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I having a problem regarding text flow from service orders IW31/IW32 to requisition ME53N.
I created/updated a service order in IW31/IW32 and enter some text in "Operation Short Text" column. When I release the service order the short text should ideally be reflected in purchase requisition. What's happening right now is that "If the length of text entered in IW32 is more than 40 characters then the text is reflected in requisition ME53N otherwise any updates to this column text are not reflected in ME53N".
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In Pages, the column in the table won't flow onto the second page. The text is hidden. Please help!

In Pages, the column in the table won't flow onto the second page. The text is hidden. Please help!

Thank you for your reply,
When I click 'view' , I can "show inspector". From the table tab, I can pull up the "Format". [See below]. I don't see the "Arrange" or "Object Placement Move with Text"
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Your assistance is genuinely appreciated.
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