The bottom line was that the Compatibility Option "Don't balance columns for
Continuous section starts" was *not* checked, and the addition of a manual
column break had Word trying to balance two intentionally uneven columns.
Checking that Compatibility Option solves the problem. But columns are not
really the best approach for the given layout; I suggested using a table
instead.
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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message
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Hi Suzanne -
That should be an interesting file - it sounds like El Corrupto may have
stricken once again:-)
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Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Send me the file, and I'll have a look.
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Words into Type
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"sajara" wrote in message
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Thanks, Suzanne. That doesn't resolve it. No matter what I do or how
I
format, the text still disappears on reopen. I have now found that if
I
delete a blank line before the columns, the text reappears, but it
still
re-disappears on reopen. If anyone wants to play with the file, just
let
me
know.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Try this: Go to Format | Columns and click on the Preset picture for
One.
Click OK to close. Then reopen the Columns dialog and reselect the
correct
number of columns, making sure that the "Equal column width" check
box
is
checked.
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"sajara" wrote in message
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It's gone. I checked, and the file is opening in the print view.
The
formatting is also changed on reopen -- the last two lines of text
from
the
left column are now forced into the right column, and the two lines
of
text
that are supposed to be in the right column are nowhere to be seen.
The
only
indications of formatting left are a continuous section break after
the
noncolumned preceding text and a column break after the second
column
before
the remaining noncolumned subseqent text. So the formatting is
different
on
reopen than it was on save/close.
Thanks!
"CyberTaz" wrote:
Is it "gone" or does it continue down the left "column" below the
content
that is *supposed* to be in the left column? The first thing that
comes
to
mind is that the file is simply reopening in Normal View - which
doesn't
*display* column layout. Switch to Print Layout view & see if
that
doesn't
"bring the columns back".
However, the file *should* reopen in the same View in which it
was
last
saved, so even if this is what's happening there is some other
problem
that's causing it to open in a different View. Post back with
your
response
to the above as well as checking for replies from others.
--
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
"sajara" wrote in message
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Hello,
I have a caption in a legal document that is set to two
columns.
I
did
this
by selecting the info & choosing "2 columns." There is
non-columned
info
above and below the caption. All is fine until I reopen the
document.
On
reopen, the info in the right-hand column is gone. I can get
it
back
by
deleting the section breaks Word originally set up & going
through
the
formatting process again, but of course this is really annoying
to
have to
do
this over & over.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Natalie
Word 2003