For the "bible" on this, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...thSections.htm. The bottom line
is that, in order to delete a section break without affecting the formatting
of the preceding section, you need to duplicate that section's formatting in
the following section (so they're the same) before deleting the break. The
section break stores page formatting (page size and orientation, margins,
number of columns, header and footer, watermark, and the like). Changing the
section type from Next Page to Odd Page (which you can do on the Layout tab
of Page Setup) won't affect anything except the numbering of the following
page (if the preceding section ends on an odd page and Word inserts a blank
even one).
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"Patrick Riley" wrote in message
...
May I ask a different question that came up. How can I delete a section?
What kind of loss of settings will occur? And how can I change a section
type, say from Next Page to Odd Page?
The answers you and Stefan have given me have been very beneficial, and I
thank the two of you, again.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
As Stefan says, you do this with negative indents. You can do this on the
ruler; just be sure you're grabbing the indent markers rather than the
margin markers.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"Patrick Riley" wrote in message
...
In a section, I want to widen the Header area horizontally
(left-to-right),
without widening the text area in the main body of the document. Is
there
a
way to do this?
From within the Header, I tried grabbing the triangular-shaped guide
(or
whatever it's called) on the ruler, but doing so widened the text area
as
well.
PatR