How to add a footer to a table in Microsoft Word?

Question

I have a table that is longer than one page. I have found the option to make the header of the table to be added to the second portion of the table after the page break. Is there a way to do the same thing with a footer on the table? I want to add a footer so that if my table was 1000 entries long (12 pages), that the first and last row of each page would be consistent; a header and footer for the table. If I edit the rest of the document (above the table) the table will shift up/down and I want to header and footer of the table to remain at the page breaks. Any ideas?

PAGE BREAK

HEADER OF TABLE
TBL TBL TBL
TBL TBL TBL
TBL TBL TBL
TBL TBL TBL
FOOTER OF TABLE

PAGE BREAK

HEADER OF TABLE
TBL TBL TBL
TBL TBL TBL
FOOTER OF TABLE

TEXT TEXT TEXT
TEXT TEXT TEXT

PAGE BREAK

Solution

There's no option in Word to do it. The only way I know of is to put the table into its own section and use the page footers to mimic what you want. See the explanation here for a rough explanation.