[sectionbreakvictim]

Hello Kyle:

I cannot tell you how relieved I am to find, finally, someone that knows
what I am talking about. This alone makes my suffering better... I have to
tell you, I found a way around the pestilent problem (although everytime I
use it I'm haunted by the possibility that it will happen again) and I will
post it not as a reply to your post, but as a reply to myself. I really do
hope it helps you to, for I know what it's like to be caught in the
frustrations provided by some Windows peculiarities (doesn't everyone?),
which are more the frustrations of technology and this world of supposed
disconnection which we have created for ourselves, but that is a topic for
another forum. Cheers!

"Kyle Hayes" wrote:

WAIT DON'T GIVE UP!!!! I share the same exact frustration you are having as I
have just searched Google to find help on this same exact issue. If I push
return after a header or bullet or a numbered item, it screws up when below
section breaks are involved and is extremely annoying!!!

"sectionbreakvictim" wrote:

Please help, I will try to be as specific as possible in order to solve this
issue. I have posted it in some places and asked many people, but nobody
seems to really understand what the problem is let alone help me solve it. It
is not a serious problem; it's a pesky, but serious little nuisance.

The cast

-My computer. A week-old laptop with good features regarding speed, memory,
etc.
-Microsoft Word. 2002 avatar.
-Me. A 15-year Word and computer user.
-Nuisance. A persistent entity whose origins and purpose remain unknown.

The plot

I am typing a paper for school using Word. I have just finished the first
chapter, and will begin the next. I do a section break: Insert, Break,
Section break types, Next page.
I am in the next page. I am typing again. Suddenly, I wish to start a new
paragraph, so I hit enter. I hit enter but the cursor does not move to the
next line. Instead it moves one space to the right. When I start typing the
cursor moves to the next line, as intended.

If I hit enter two times in a row it moves to the next line, but still is
one space to the right. If I start typing, it will indeed move down one line,
two in total.

This is not a new nuisance, I have always experienced it. However, sometimes
when I do a next page break it doesn't happen, but once it happens in a
document it never stops.

Despair

Why does this happen? How can I stop it? It is visually unbearable. I have
experienced this normally over the years. It is no new thing or a thing that
has to do with my computer or this version of Word. It has to do with Word.

I greatly appreciate your help, if indeed it does solve this thing.
Otherwise, I appreciate your intention to help€¦ it makes me feel as if there
will be a solution someday.