[hbear]

I recently created an outlined list using bullets that seemed possessed. For
the most part, things were fine, but occasionally, in going back to edit a
line, if the edit added a line and bumped anything onto the next page, it
would insert a page break after the bumped text, resulting in half,
three-quarter, or even whole blank pages between what had been bumped to that
page and what had been there previously.
Frustrating! But worse was the fact that I couldn't find the page breaks to
delete them. Nothing was evident in the hidden characters. And I never
manually inserted hard breaks of any kind in the document, myself, so I don't
know where they came from.
My only recourse in this instance was deleting the (invisible) breaks, line
by line, then reformatting all text that followed because all previous
formatting was lost in the delete. And the process had to be repeated
numerous times because the problem recurred, repeatedly, adding days to a
project that should have taken hours.
My questions a 1) Where did the invisible page breaks come from? 2) How
do I prevent them from recurring in the future? and 3) How do I find
them/deal with them if I do encounter them again?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I would check the paragraph formatting (Line and Page Breaks tab) to see if
"Keep with next" and/or "Keep lines together" has been applied.

--
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.

"hbear" wrote in message
...
I recently created an outlined list using bullets that seemed possessed.
For
the most part, things were fine, but occasionally, in going back to edit a
line, if the edit added a line and bumped anything onto the next page, it
would insert a page break after the bumped text, resulting in half,
three-quarter, or even whole blank pages between what had been bumped to
that
page and what had been there previously.
Frustrating! But worse was the fact that I couldn't find the page breaks
to
delete them. Nothing was evident in the hidden characters. And I never
manually inserted hard breaks of any kind in the document, myself, so I
don't
know where they came from.
My only recourse in this instance was deleting the (invisible) breaks,
line
by line, then reformatting all text that followed because all previous
formatting was lost in the delete. And the process had to be repeated
numerous times because the problem recurred, repeatedly, adding days to a
project that should have taken hours.
My questions a 1) Where did the invisible page breaks come from? 2)
How
do I prevent them from recurring in the future? and 3) How do I find
them/deal with them if I do encounter them again?

[hbear]

BINGO!!
Another lesson learned! Thank you!
Now if I could just learn to post these questions before I waste three days
worth of profanities...

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I would check the paragraph formatting (Line and Page Breaks tab) to see if
"Keep with next" and/or "Keep lines together" has been applied.

--
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.

"hbear" wrote in message
...
I recently created an outlined list using bullets that seemed possessed.
For
the most part, things were fine, but occasionally, in going back to edit a
line, if the edit added a line and bumped anything onto the next page, it
would insert a page break after the bumped text, resulting in half,
three-quarter, or even whole blank pages between what had been bumped to
that
page and what had been there previously.
Frustrating! But worse was the fact that I couldn't find the page breaks
to
delete them. Nothing was evident in the hidden characters. And I never
manually inserted hard breaks of any kind in the document, myself, so I
don't
know where they came from.
My only recourse in this instance was deleting the (invisible) breaks,
line
by line, then reformatting all text that followed because all previous
formatting was lost in the delete. And the process had to be repeated
numerous times because the problem recurred, repeatedly, adding days to a
project that should have taken hours.
My questions a 1) Where did the invisible page breaks come from? 2)
How
do I prevent them from recurring in the future? and 3) How do I find
them/deal with them if I do encounter them again?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you're really interested in learning such things, I would suggest that
you read this and other newsgroups regularly; this is much more easily done
with an NNTP newsreader such as Outlook Express; see
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/...ommunities.htm

--
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.

"hbear" wrote in message
...
BINGO!!
Another lesson learned! Thank you!
Now if I could just learn to post these questions before I waste three
days
worth of profanities...

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I would check the paragraph formatting (Line and Page Breaks tab) to see
if
"Keep with next" and/or "Keep lines together" has been applied.

--
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.

"hbear" wrote in message
...
I recently created an outlined list using bullets that seemed
possessed.
For
the most part, things were fine, but occasionally, in going back to
edit a
line, if the edit added a line and bumped anything onto the next page,
it
would insert a page break after the bumped text, resulting in half,
three-quarter, or even whole blank pages between what had been bumped
to
that
page and what had been there previously.
Frustrating! But worse was the fact that I couldn't find the page
breaks
to
delete them. Nothing was evident in the hidden characters. And I
never
manually inserted hard breaks of any kind in the document, myself, so
I
don't
know where they came from.
My only recourse in this instance was deleting the (invisible) breaks,
line
by line, then reformatting all text that followed because all previous
formatting was lost in the delete. And the process had to be repeated
numerous times because the problem recurred, repeatedly, adding days
to a
project that should have taken hours.
My questions a 1) Where did the invisible page breaks come from?
2)
How
do I prevent them from recurring in the future? and 3) How do I find
them/deal with them if I do encounter them again?

[hbear]

I'm interested in anything that'll help me stay at least one step ahead of
the software (neck and neck would even be fine). So thanks for the link.
I'll certainly explore it.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you're really interested in learning such things, I would suggest that
you read this and other newsgroups regularly; this is much more easily done
with an NNTP newsreader such as Outlook Express; see
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/...ommunities.htm

--
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.

"hbear" wrote in message
...
BINGO!!
Another lesson learned! Thank you!
Now if I could just learn to post these questions before I waste three
days
worth of profanities...

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I would check the paragraph formatting (Line and Page Breaks tab) to see
if
"Keep with next" and/or "Keep lines together" has been applied.

--
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.

"hbear" wrote in message
...
I recently created an outlined list using bullets that seemed
possessed.
For
the most part, things were fine, but occasionally, in going back to
edit a
line, if the edit added a line and bumped anything onto the next page,
it
would insert a page break after the bumped text, resulting in half,
three-quarter, or even whole blank pages between what had been bumped
to
that
page and what had been there previously.
Frustrating! But worse was the fact that I couldn't find the page
breaks
to
delete them. Nothing was evident in the hidden characters. And I
never
manually inserted hard breaks of any kind in the document, myself, so
I
don't
know where they came from.
My only recourse in this instance was deleting the (invisible) breaks,
line
by line, then reformatting all text that followed because all previous
formatting was lost in the delete. And the process had to be repeated
numerous times because the problem recurred, repeatedly, adding days
to a
project that should have taken hours.
My questions a 1) Where did the invisible page breaks come from?
2)
How
do I prevent them from recurring in the future? and 3) How do I find
them/deal with them if I do encounter them again?