To prevent a paragraph border from being applied to a column break, do the
following: Before the heading (that does have a border) in the column
following the break, press Enter to insert a blank paragraph. Then format a
paragraph style as font size 1 pt, spacing before/after zero, line spacing
exactly 1 pt, and apply it to the blank paragraph.
For what it's worth, such paragraph styles can also be useful when the
paragraph mark following a table ends up on the page after the table, thus
forcing a blank page (for more on blank pages in Word, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BlankPage.htm).
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Writer@Large" wrote in message
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That's certainly functional ... IF you only intend to use the style on the
top of a new page. Otherwise, it neccessitates the creaton of a seperate
Heading Style *just* for page breaks.
What an annoying bug in the program! The shading issue, BTW, also affects
all other kinds of breaks (columns, etc.), and this fix does not work for
those situations.