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formatted paragraph shading top of 2nd column appears bottom 1st c
Hi guys,
I have a 10 page 2 column document with various headings throughout each column. Each heading has a line above and is shaded. I may have 3 or 4 headings per column and I always start the 2nd column of each page with a heading. Everything is great except for ONE heading..... it is at the beginning of the 2nd column but the formatting (shading, line) appears at the bottom of the 1st column. I have tried everything to get rid of it but it either appears in both paragraphs or removes from both. It is identical in layout/format as every other page. It is driving me CRAZY. cheers, Nadia |
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This is a chronic problem with manual page and column breaks, which inherit
the formatting of the following paragraph. It can be solved for page breaks by using the "Page break before" property instead of a manual page break, but unfortunately there is no "Column break before" property. The only workaround I know of is to apply "Keep with next" to the heading and enough following paragraphs to force them to the second column before the first is full. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Nadia" wrote in message ... Hi guys, I have a 10 page 2 column document with various headings throughout each column. Each heading has a line above and is shaded. I may have 3 or 4 headings per column and I always start the 2nd column of each page with a heading. Everything is great except for ONE heading..... it is at the beginning of the 2nd column but the formatting (shading, line) appears at the bottom of the 1st column. I have tried everything to get rid of it but it either appears in both paragraphs or removes from both. It is identical in layout/format as every other page. It is driving me CRAZY. cheers, Nadia |
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Thanks Suzanne.
At least I know Im not crazy. I had a feeling it was another "issue" to live with. Funny how it only is affecting one paragraph in the whole document. Thank you for your help. Nadia "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This is a chronic problem with manual page and column breaks, which inherit the formatting of the following paragraph. It can be solved for page breaks by using the "Page break before" property instead of a manual page break, but unfortunately there is no "Column break before" property. The only workaround I know of is to apply "Keep with next" to the heading and enough following paragraphs to force them to the second column before the first is full. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Nadia" wrote in message ... Hi guys, I have a 10 page 2 column document with various headings throughout each column. Each heading has a line above and is shaded. I may have 3 or 4 headings per column and I always start the 2nd column of each page with a heading. Everything is great except for ONE heading..... it is at the beginning of the 2nd column but the formatting (shading, line) appears at the bottom of the 1st column. I have tried everything to get rid of it but it either appears in both paragraphs or removes from both. It is identical in layout/format as every other page. It is driving me CRAZY. cheers, Nadia |
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Is that the only one before which you have a manual column break?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Nadia" wrote in message ... Thanks Suzanne. At least I know Im not crazy. I had a feeling it was another "issue" to live with. Funny how it only is affecting one paragraph in the whole document. Thank you for your help. Nadia "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This is a chronic problem with manual page and column breaks, which inherit the formatting of the following paragraph. It can be solved for page breaks by using the "Page break before" property instead of a manual page break, but unfortunately there is no "Column break before" property. The only workaround I know of is to apply "Keep with next" to the heading and enough following paragraphs to force them to the second column before the first is full. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Nadia" wrote in message ... Hi guys, I have a 10 page 2 column document with various headings throughout each column. Each heading has a line above and is shaded. I may have 3 or 4 headings per column and I always start the 2nd column of each page with a heading. Everything is great except for ONE heading..... it is at the beginning of the 2nd column but the formatting (shading, line) appears at the bottom of the 1st column. I have tried everything to get rid of it but it either appears in both paragraphs or removes from both. It is identical in layout/format as every other page. It is driving me CRAZY. cheers, Nadia |
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