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Unwanted break within paragraph
I'm editing a document created by someone else.
Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no "Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it. Help? |
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Unwanted break within paragraph
You sure it's a page break and not a margin? (just a thought)
"Frank" wrote: I'm editing a document created by someone else. Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no "Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it. Help? |
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Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above &
below as far as I can tell. "Hookette" wrote: You sure it's a page break and not a margin? (just a thought) "Frank" wrote: I'm editing a document created by someone else. Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no "Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it. Help? |
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If you're seeing a dotted-line page boundary, then you're in Normal/
Draft View? If you switch to Page View, do you see that the page is full and that is in fact where the next page has to start? If you need to not break a paragraph across pages, then go to Format Paragraph (either for the individual paragraph or for the paragraph style), the second tab, and check "Keep Lines Together." On Feb 20, 1:26*pm, Frank wrote: Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above & below as far as I can tell. "Hookette" wrote: You sure it's a page break and not a margin? *(just a thought) "Frank" wrote: I'm editing a document created by someone else. Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no "Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it. Help?- |
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Thank you, that does it...it inserts a page break before the paragraph.
But I'm still a little confused; I always thought widow/orphan control did that. "grammatim" wrote: If you're seeing a dotted-line page boundary, then you're in Normal/ Draft View? If you switch to Page View, do you see that the page is full and that is in fact where the next page has to start? If you need to not break a paragraph across pages, then go to Format Paragraph (either for the individual paragraph or for the paragraph style), the second tab, and check "Keep Lines Together." On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote: Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above & below as far as I can tell. "Hookette" wrote: You sure it's a page break and not a margin? (just a thought) "Frank" wrote: I'm editing a document created by someone else. Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no "Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it. Help?- |
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I should elaborate by saying that only one line of the paragraph appears on
the first page while the balance appears on the next. It's not as if the paragraph was ten lines with 5 appearing on the first page and 5 on the second. "Frank" wrote: Thank you, that does it...it inserts a page break before the paragraph. But I'm still a little confused; I always thought widow/orphan control did that. "grammatim" wrote: If you're seeing a dotted-line page boundary, then you're in Normal/ Draft View? If you switch to Page View, do you see that the page is full and that is in fact where the next page has to start? If you need to not break a paragraph across pages, then go to Format Paragraph (either for the individual paragraph or for the paragraph style), the second tab, and check "Keep Lines Together." On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote: Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above & below as far as I can tell. "Hookette" wrote: You sure it's a page break and not a margin? (just a thought) "Frank" wrote: I'm editing a document created by someone else. Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no "Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it. Help?- |
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If "Widow/orphan control" is enabled for that paragraph, then it should NOT
break as you describe. Have you confirmed that that option is checked (Format | Paragraph | Line and Page Breaks)? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Frank" wrote in message ... I should elaborate by saying that only one line of the paragraph appears on the first page while the balance appears on the next. It's not as if the paragraph was ten lines with 5 appearing on the first page and 5 on the second. "Frank" wrote: Thank you, that does it...it inserts a page break before the paragraph. But I'm still a little confused; I always thought widow/orphan control did that. "grammatim" wrote: If you're seeing a dotted-line page boundary, then you're in Normal/ Draft View? If you switch to Page View, do you see that the page is full and that is in fact where the next page has to start? If you need to not break a paragraph across pages, then go to Format Paragraph (either for the individual paragraph or for the paragraph style), the second tab, and check "Keep Lines Together." On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote: Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above & below as far as I can tell. "Hookette" wrote: You sure it's a page break and not a margin? (just a thought) "Frank" wrote: I'm editing a document created by someone else. Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no "Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it. Help?- |
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Well ,,, there's a difference between "inserting a page break" (which
ensures a new page wherever that break happens to fall; also achieved with "page break before" in the Format Paragraph pane) and "keep lines together" (where you'll only see the effect if the paragraph starts to run onto the next page). On Feb 20, 1:53*pm, Frank wrote: Thank you, that does it...it inserts a page break before the paragraph. But I'm still a little confused; I always thought widow/orphan control did that. "grammatim" wrote: If you're seeing a dotted-line page boundary, then you're in Normal/ Draft View? If you switch to Page View, do you see that the page is full and that is in fact where the next page has to start? If you need to not break a paragraph across pages, then go to Format Paragraph (either for the individual paragraph or for the paragraph style), the second tab, and check "Keep Lines Together." On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote: Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above & below as far as I can tell. "Hookette" wrote: You sure it's a page break and not a margin? *(just a thought) "Frank" wrote: I'm editing a document created by someone else. Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no "Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it.. Help?-- |
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Yes, I've checked & re-checked that.
I've checked "Borders & Shading". I've checked Styles. Word 2003 by the way. I can easily work around it in this case but It's Driving me Nuts. I can tell you one more thing... this paragraph seems to have ended with a "Form Field" or something which was a grey box which, when clicked, turned Black and allowed you to type info into it (I pasted something from the clipboard). Could this have something to do with it? There is a paragraph mark on the line before the paragraph in question (an empty paragraph) and one at the end of the paragraph (after a period). "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If "Widow/orphan control" is enabled for that paragraph, then it should NOT break as you describe. Have you confirmed that that option is checked (Format | Paragraph | Line and Page Breaks)? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Frank" wrote in message ... I should elaborate by saying that only one line of the paragraph appears on the first page while the balance appears on the next. It's not as if the paragraph was ten lines with 5 appearing on the first page and 5 on the second. "Frank" wrote: Thank you, that does it...it inserts a page break before the paragraph. But I'm still a little confused; I always thought widow/orphan control did that. "grammatim" wrote: If you're seeing a dotted-line page boundary, then you're in Normal/ Draft View? If you switch to Page View, do you see that the page is full and that is in fact where the next page has to start? If you need to not break a paragraph across pages, then go to Format Paragraph (either for the individual paragraph or for the paragraph style), the second tab, and check "Keep Lines Together." On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote: Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above & below as far as I can tell. "Hookette" wrote: You sure it's a page break and not a margin? (just a thought) "Frank" wrote: I'm editing a document created by someone else. Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no "Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it. Help?- |
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Ah Yes, I see the distinction. Thanks for the clarification, and btw this is
a fine work-around but I'm still perplexed as to why with "Widow/orphan" checked this paragraph breaks as it does. Everyone here says I should just move on & forget it (my daughter told me to just put an "enter" somewhere above it and shut up) but I'm of a curious nature. "grammatim" wrote: Well ,,, there's a difference between "inserting a page break" (which ensures a new page wherever that break happens to fall; also achieved with "page break before" in the Format Paragraph pane) and "keep lines together" (where you'll only see the effect if the paragraph starts to run onto the next page). On Feb 20, 1:53 pm, Frank wrote: Thank you, that does it...it inserts a page break before the paragraph. But I'm still a little confused; I always thought widow/orphan control did that. "grammatim" wrote: If you're seeing a dotted-line page boundary, then you're in Normal/ Draft View? If you switch to Page View, do you see that the page is full and that is in fact where the next page has to start? If you need to not break a paragraph across pages, then go to Format Paragraph (either for the individual paragraph or for the paragraph style), the second tab, and check "Keep Lines Together." On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote: Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above & below as far as I can tell. "Hookette" wrote: You sure it's a page break and not a margin? (just a thought) "Frank" wrote: I'm editing a document created by someone else. Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no "Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it.. Help?-- |
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Unwanted break within paragraph
Ah, the plot thickens! Press Alt+F9 and see if you see anything different.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Frank" wrote in message ... Yes, I've checked & re-checked that. I've checked "Borders & Shading". I've checked Styles. Word 2003 by the way. I can easily work around it in this case but It's Driving me Nuts. I can tell you one more thing... this paragraph seems to have ended with a "Form Field" or something which was a grey box which, when clicked, turned Black and allowed you to type info into it (I pasted something from the clipboard). Could this have something to do with it? There is a paragraph mark on the line before the paragraph in question (an empty paragraph) and one at the end of the paragraph (after a period). "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If "Widow/orphan control" is enabled for that paragraph, then it should NOT break as you describe. Have you confirmed that that option is checked (Format | Paragraph | Line and Page Breaks)? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Frank" wrote in message ... I should elaborate by saying that only one line of the paragraph appears on the first page while the balance appears on the next. It's not as if the paragraph was ten lines with 5 appearing on the first page and 5 on the second. "Frank" wrote: Thank you, that does it...it inserts a page break before the paragraph. But I'm still a little confused; I always thought widow/orphan control did that. "grammatim" wrote: If you're seeing a dotted-line page boundary, then you're in Normal/ Draft View? If you switch to Page View, do you see that the page is full and that is in fact where the next page has to start? If you need to not break a paragraph across pages, then go to Format Paragraph (either for the individual paragraph or for the paragraph style), the second tab, and check "Keep Lines Together." On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote: Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above & below as far as I can tell. "Hookette" wrote: You sure it's a page break and not a margin? (just a thought) "Frank" wrote: I'm editing a document created by someone else. Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no "Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it. Help?- |
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Widow & Orphan definitely means that a paragraph shouldn't break with
just one line at the bottom or top of a page. On Feb 20, 4:32*pm, Frank wrote: Ah Yes, I see the distinction. Thanks for the clarification, and btw this is a fine work-around but I'm still perplexed as to why with "Widow/orphan" checked this paragraph breaks as it does. Everyone here says I should just move on & forget it (my daughter told me to just put an "enter" somewhere above it and shut up) but I'm of a curious nature. "grammatim" wrote: Well ,,, there's a difference between "inserting a page break" (which ensures a new page wherever that break happens to fall; also achieved with "page break before" in the Format Paragraph pane) and "keep lines together" (where you'll only see the effect if the paragraph starts to run onto the next page). On Feb 20, 1:53 pm, Frank wrote: Thank you, that does it...it inserts a page break before the paragraph. But I'm still a little confused; I always thought widow/orphan control did that. "grammatim" wrote: If you're seeing a dotted-line page boundary, then you're in Normal/ Draft View? If you switch to Page View, do you see that the page is full and that is in fact where the next page has to start? If you need to not break a paragraph across pages, then go to Format Paragraph (either for the individual paragraph or for the paragraph style), the second tab, and check "Keep Lines Together." On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote: Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above & below as far as I can tell. "Hookette" wrote: You sure it's a page break and not a margin? *(just a thought) "Frank" wrote: I'm editing a document created by someone else. Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no "Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it.. Help?--- |
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Yeah, this is wierd. Obviously I'm missing something.
Also, I don't see any graphic objects around; I say this because Suzanne wrote in another thread some time ago that such things with wrapping enabled can confuse things. I've solved the immediate problem but I'm determined to find out what's going on. I'm not too familiar with the protocol but I don't suppose I could send the file to someone to look at? "grammatim" wrote: Widow & Orphan definitely means that a paragraph shouldn't break with just one line at the bottom or top of a page. On Feb 20, 4:32 pm, Frank wrote: Ah Yes, I see the distinction. Thanks for the clarification, and btw this is a fine work-around but I'm still perplexed as to why with "Widow/orphan" checked this paragraph breaks as it does. Everyone here says I should just move on & forget it (my daughter told me to just put an "enter" somewhere above it and shut up) but I'm of a curious nature. "grammatim" wrote: Well ,,, there's a difference between "inserting a page break" (which ensures a new page wherever that break happens to fall; also achieved with "page break before" in the Format Paragraph pane) and "keep lines together" (where you'll only see the effect if the paragraph starts to run onto the next page). On Feb 20, 1:53 pm, Frank wrote: Thank you, that does it...it inserts a page break before the paragraph. But I'm still a little confused; I always thought widow/orphan control did that. "grammatim" wrote: If you're seeing a dotted-line page boundary, then you're in Normal/ Draft View? If you switch to Page View, do you see that the page is full and that is in fact where the next page has to start? If you need to not break a paragraph across pages, then go to Format Paragraph (either for the individual paragraph or for the paragraph style), the second tab, and check "Keep Lines Together." On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote: Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above & below as far as I can tell. "Hookette" wrote: You sure it's a page break and not a margin? (just a thought) "Frank" wrote: I'm editing a document created by someone else. Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no "Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it.. Help?--- |
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Suzanne! I'm sorry...I didn't see your post earlier!
Pressing Alt+F9 changed everything! I can't stay, have to go & won't be back til Monday, but page breaks all seem to have been reset? What did I do? Thank you! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Ah, the plot thickens! Press Alt+F9 and see if you see anything different. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Frank" wrote in message ... Yes, I've checked & re-checked that. I've checked "Borders & Shading". I've checked Styles. Word 2003 by the way. I can easily work around it in this case but It's Driving me Nuts. I can tell you one more thing... this paragraph seems to have ended with a "Form Field" or something which was a grey box which, when clicked, turned Black and allowed you to type info into it (I pasted something from the clipboard). Could this have something to do with it? There is a paragraph mark on the line before the paragraph in question (an empty paragraph) and one at the end of the paragraph (after a period). "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If "Widow/orphan control" is enabled for that paragraph, then it should NOT break as you describe. Have you confirmed that that option is checked (Format | Paragraph | Line and Page Breaks)? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Frank" wrote in message ... I should elaborate by saying that only one line of the paragraph appears on the first page while the balance appears on the next. It's not as if the paragraph was ten lines with 5 appearing on the first page and 5 on the second. "Frank" wrote: Thank you, that does it...it inserts a page break before the paragraph. But I'm still a little confused; I always thought widow/orphan control did that. "grammatim" wrote: If you're seeing a dotted-line page boundary, then you're in Normal/ Draft View? If you switch to Page View, do you see that the page is full and that is in fact where the next page has to start? If you need to not break a paragraph across pages, then go to Format Paragraph (either for the individual paragraph or for the paragraph style), the second tab, and check "Keep Lines Together." On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote: Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above & below as far as I can tell. "Hookette" wrote: You sure it's a page break and not a margin? (just a thought) "Frank" wrote: I'm editing a document created by someone else. Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no "Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it. Help?- |
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Send it here and I'll take a look. You have aroused my curiosity.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Frank" wrote in message ... Yeah, this is wierd. Obviously I'm missing something. Also, I don't see any graphic objects around; I say this because Suzanne wrote in another thread some time ago that such things with wrapping enabled can confuse things. I've solved the immediate problem but I'm determined to find out what's going on. I'm not too familiar with the protocol but I don't suppose I could send the file to someone to look at? "grammatim" wrote: Widow & Orphan definitely means that a paragraph shouldn't break with just one line at the bottom or top of a page. On Feb 20, 4:32 pm, Frank wrote: Ah Yes, I see the distinction. Thanks for the clarification, and btw this is a fine work-around but I'm still perplexed as to why with "Widow/orphan" checked this paragraph breaks as it does. Everyone here says I should just move on & forget it (my daughter told me to just put an "enter" somewhere above it and shut up) but I'm of a curious nature. "grammatim" wrote: Well ,,, there's a difference between "inserting a page break" (which ensures a new page wherever that break happens to fall; also achieved with "page break before" in the Format Paragraph pane) and "keep lines together" (where you'll only see the effect if the paragraph starts to run onto the next page). On Feb 20, 1:53 pm, Frank wrote: Thank you, that does it...it inserts a page break before the paragraph. But I'm still a little confused; I always thought widow/orphan control did that. "grammatim" wrote: If you're seeing a dotted-line page boundary, then you're in Normal/ Draft View? If you switch to Page View, do you see that the page is full and that is in fact where the next page has to start? If you need to not break a paragraph across pages, then go to Format Paragraph (either for the individual paragraph or for the paragraph style), the second tab, and check "Keep Lines Together." On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote: Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above & below as far as I can tell. "Hookette" wrote: You sure it's a page break and not a margin? (just a thought) "Frank" wrote: I'm editing a document created by someone else. Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no "Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it.. Help?--- |
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Displaying field codes will have caused pages to break differently just
because there's more "text." This won't affect the pagination of the final printed document (unless you opt to print field codes). I just thought that if there was a form field or the like hiding in the vicinity of the mysterious page break, that might be an explanation. I'm leaving town Tuesday, but perhaps we can pursue this on Monday. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Frank" wrote in message ... Suzanne! I'm sorry...I didn't see your post earlier! Pressing Alt+F9 changed everything! I can't stay, have to go & won't be back til Monday, but page breaks all seem to have been reset? What did I do? Thank you! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Ah, the plot thickens! Press Alt+F9 and see if you see anything different. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Frank" wrote in message ... Yes, I've checked & re-checked that. I've checked "Borders & Shading". I've checked Styles. Word 2003 by the way. I can easily work around it in this case but It's Driving me Nuts. I can tell you one more thing... this paragraph seems to have ended with a "Form Field" or something which was a grey box which, when clicked, turned Black and allowed you to type info into it (I pasted something from the clipboard). Could this have something to do with it? There is a paragraph mark on the line before the paragraph in question (an empty paragraph) and one at the end of the paragraph (after a period). "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If "Widow/orphan control" is enabled for that paragraph, then it should NOT break as you describe. Have you confirmed that that option is checked (Format | Paragraph | Line and Page Breaks)? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Frank" wrote in message ... I should elaborate by saying that only one line of the paragraph appears on the first page while the balance appears on the next. It's not as if the paragraph was ten lines with 5 appearing on the first page and 5 on the second. "Frank" wrote: Thank you, that does it...it inserts a page break before the paragraph. But I'm still a little confused; I always thought widow/orphan control did that. "grammatim" wrote: If you're seeing a dotted-line page boundary, then you're in Normal/ Draft View? If you switch to Page View, do you see that the page is full and that is in fact where the next page has to start? If you need to not break a paragraph across pages, then go to Format Paragraph (either for the individual paragraph or for the paragraph style), the second tab, and check "Keep Lines Together." On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote: Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above & below as far as I can tell. "Hookette" wrote: You sure it's a page break and not a margin? (just a thought) "Frank" wrote: I'm editing a document created by someone else. Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no "Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it. Help?- |
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The issue occurs in question 16...between pages 11 & 12.
OOps..very embarassing; I don't know how to do that (send the file that is). "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Send it here and I'll take a look. You have aroused my curiosity. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Frank" wrote in message ... Yeah, this is wierd. Obviously I'm missing something. Also, I don't see any graphic objects around; I say this because Suzanne wrote in another thread some time ago that such things with wrapping enabled can confuse things. I've solved the immediate problem but I'm determined to find out what's going on. I'm not too familiar with the protocol but I don't suppose I could send the file to someone to look at? "grammatim" wrote: Widow & Orphan definitely means that a paragraph shouldn't break with just one line at the bottom or top of a page. On Feb 20, 4:32 pm, Frank wrote: Ah Yes, I see the distinction. Thanks for the clarification, and btw this is a fine work-around but I'm still perplexed as to why with "Widow/orphan" checked this paragraph breaks as it does. Everyone here says I should just move on & forget it (my daughter told me to just put an "enter" somewhere above it and shut up) but I'm of a curious nature. "grammatim" wrote: Well ,,, there's a difference between "inserting a page break" (which ensures a new page wherever that break happens to fall; also achieved with "page break before" in the Format Paragraph pane) and "keep lines together" (where you'll only see the effect if the paragraph starts to run onto the next page). On Feb 20, 1:53 pm, Frank wrote: Thank you, that does it...it inserts a page break before the paragraph. But I'm still a little confused; I always thought widow/orphan control did that. "grammatim" wrote: If you're seeing a dotted-line page boundary, then you're in Normal/ Draft View? If you switch to Page View, do you see that the page is full and that is in fact where the next page has to start? If you need to not break a paragraph across pages, then go to Format Paragraph (either for the individual paragraph or for the paragraph style), the second tab, and check "Keep Lines Together." On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote: Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above & below as far as I can tell. "Hookette" wrote: You sure it's a page break and not a margin? (just a thought) "Frank" wrote: I'm editing a document created by someone else. Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no "Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it.. Help?--- |
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Unwanted break within paragraph
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and email it to me. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Frank" wrote in message ... The issue occurs in question 16...between pages 11 & 12. OOps..very embarassing; I don't know how to do that (send the file that is). "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Send it here and I'll take a look. You have aroused my curiosity. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Frank" wrote in message ... Yeah, this is wierd. Obviously I'm missing something. Also, I don't see any graphic objects around; I say this because Suzanne wrote in another thread some time ago that such things with wrapping enabled can confuse things. I've solved the immediate problem but I'm determined to find out what's going on. I'm not too familiar with the protocol but I don't suppose I could send the file to someone to look at? "grammatim" wrote: Widow & Orphan definitely means that a paragraph shouldn't break with just one line at the bottom or top of a page. On Feb 20, 4:32 pm, Frank wrote: Ah Yes, I see the distinction. Thanks for the clarification, and btw this is a fine work-around but I'm still perplexed as to why with "Widow/orphan" checked this paragraph breaks as it does. Everyone here says I should just move on & forget it (my daughter told me to just put an "enter" somewhere above it and shut up) but I'm of a curious nature. "grammatim" wrote: Well ,,, there's a difference between "inserting a page break" (which ensures a new page wherever that break happens to fall; also achieved with "page break before" in the Format Paragraph pane) and "keep lines together" (where you'll only see the effect if the paragraph starts to run onto the next page). On Feb 20, 1:53 pm, Frank wrote: Thank you, that does it...it inserts a page break before the paragraph. But I'm still a little confused; I always thought widow/orphan control did that. "grammatim" wrote: If you're seeing a dotted-line page boundary, then you're in Normal/ Draft View? If you switch to Page View, do you see that the page is full and that is in fact where the next page has to start? If you need to not break a paragraph across pages, then go to Format Paragraph (either for the individual paragraph or for the paragraph style), the second tab, and check "Keep Lines Together." On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote: Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above & below as far as I can tell. "Hookette" wrote: You sure it's a page break and not a margin? (just a thought) "Frank" wrote: I'm editing a document created by someone else. Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no "Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it.. Help?--- |
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