This is a good safety precaution. Note, however, that once you have inserted
the section break, you can delete the empty paragraph you used to insert it;
at that point it's safely outside the bookmark around the heading paragraph.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Lene Fredborg" wrote in message
...
A comment regarding possible problems in documents with cross-references
and
an alternative method that can be used to prevent such problems:
If you have cross-references that point to a heading, I have experienced
that such references tend to become erroneous if you insert a section
break
(as in this case) or insert a paragraph by hitting Return while the
insertion
point is in the beginning of the heading. This happens because the section
break/the new paragraph you insert will be inside the hidden bookmark that
surrounds the heading and that is used by the cross-references €“ the
bookmark
start will then be in the wrong place. The errors occur the next time you
update fields and are confusing because it is rather difficult to see what
happens. For example, I have seen several documents with cross-references
to
Section 0 (zero) €“ number 0 occurred because the bookmark start was in an
inserted, unnumbered paragraph.
This _alternative method_ can be used in case of a document with
cross-references:
Insert an extra row at the end of the table. Position the insertion point
in
the new row and select Table Split Table. This will insert a paragraph
with
Normal style between your original table and the new row. Delete the new
row.
Insert the section break in the new paragraph that remains.
If the bottom of the table is very close to the bottom margin of the page,
you may need to set the line spacing of the new paragraph to as small a
value
as Word allows in order to keep the new paragraph on the same page as the
table (Format Paragraph Line spacing Exactly (type 0 and click OK -
then Word will tell you what the allowed minimum is).
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Regards
Lene Fredborg
DocTools €“ Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation €“ add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Place the insertion point at the beginning of the heading on the next
page
and Insert | Break.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"mscertified" wrote in message
news
My document has a table followed directly by a heading which appears
on
the
next page.
The table is in landscape format and the following page needs to be
portrait. How do I insert a break after the table? I cannot find any
way
to
get the cursor to appear under the table so I can insert a section
break?