Manual page breaks are notorious for behaving like that: they assume
that the paragraph continues after the break. The easiest way to avoid
the problem (which may not apply to all versions of Word) is to remove
the manual page break and then format the paragraph which should start
on a new page with "Page break before"; you'll find this setting on the
Line and Page Breaks tab of FormatParagraph.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Keith G Hicks" wrote in message
...
This happens to me all the time and I don't know why. I have the last
line
of text on a page (let's say this is page 5) left aligned and there
are some
tab settings. Then using CTRL+Enter to force a new page (let's say
this is
page 6) I want the first line of the new page to be center aligned and
no
tab settings. If I change the formatting of the line on page 5, the
first
line on page 6 takes on that formatting. When I change the first line
on
page 6 back, then the last line on page 5 changes too. THis makes no
sense
at all to me. There si clearly a page break and I see no reason why I
can't
have these lines be different. I can give them different fonts, sizes
and
other formatting features but the aligment and the tabs always plague
me
here. What is this wacky program doing now?

Thanks,

Keith