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Any way to write-protect certain characters?
I have a long document separated by sections. Others edit the document,
and sometimes they delete the section breaks then save the document. The messes up all my headers and footers, which depend upon the section marks. I am hoping there is a way to write-protect the section breaks. I know that seems unrealistic, but I am hoping to get lucky. Am I lucky? -- Gary Burton |
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Any way to write-protect certain characters?
Hi Gary
First, let's try to avoid the problem. Do you really need the section breaks? Unless you're changing margins, page orientation (landscape to portrait, or vice versa) or number of columns, you may not need a section break. If you want a running header, for example, look up Word's help on the STYLEREF field. If it's not possible to avoid the problem, then see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...PlusHeader.htm Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Gary Burton" wrote in message ... I have a long document separated by sections. Others edit the document, and sometimes they delete the section breaks then save the document. The messes up all my headers and footers, which depend upon the section marks. I am hoping there is a way to write-protect the section breaks. I know that seems unrealistic, but I am hoping to get lucky. Am I lucky? -- Gary Burton |
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Any way to write-protect certain characters?
Thank youm Shauuna!
My reason for using section breaks is to allow me to change footers within the document as the topic changes. At that time, I also reset the page number in the footer. You didn't mention footers as one of the reasons for using section breaks, but I can 't think of another way to insure that my footers change the way I want them to. I looked up STYLEREF, but it doesn't seem to address the issue I am concerned about. It is also more advanced than I like to get. Please comment on the footer issue specifically. "Shauna Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Gary First, let's try to avoid the problem. Do you really need the section breaks? Unless you're changing margins, page orientation (landscape to portrait, or vice versa) or number of columns, you may not need a section break. If you want a running header, for example, look up Word's help on the STYLEREF field. If it's not possible to avoid the problem, then see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...PlusHeader.htm Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Gary Burton" wrote in message ... I have a long document separated by sections. Others edit the document, and sometimes they delete the section breaks then save the document. The messes up all my headers and footers, which depend upon the section marks. I am hoping there is a way to write-protect the section breaks. I know that seems unrealistic, but I am hoping to get lucky. Am I lucky? -- Gary Burton |
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Any way to write-protect certain characters?
You can change topics in footers using the StyleRef field, assuming that you
have headings for your topic changes. You can do this with or without section breaks. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Gary Burton" wrote in message ... Thank youm Shauuna! My reason for using section breaks is to allow me to change footers within the document as the topic changes. At that time, I also reset the page number in the footer. You didn't mention footers as one of the reasons for using section breaks, but I can 't think of another way to insure that my footers change the way I want them to. I looked up STYLEREF, but it doesn't seem to address the issue I am concerned about. It is also more advanced than I like to get. Please comment on the footer issue specifically. "Shauna Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Gary First, let's try to avoid the problem. Do you really need the section breaks? Unless you're changing margins, page orientation (landscape to portrait, or vice versa) or number of columns, you may not need a section break. If you want a running header, for example, look up Word's help on the STYLEREF field. If it's not possible to avoid the problem, then see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...PlusHeader.htm Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Gary Burton" wrote in message ... I have a long document separated by sections. Others edit the document, and sometimes they delete the section breaks then save the document. The messes up all my headers and footers, which depend upon the section marks. I am hoping there is a way to write-protect the section breaks. I know that seems unrealistic, but I am hoping to get lucky. Am I lucky? -- Gary Burton |
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Any way to write-protect certain characters?
Thank you!
"Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... You can change topics in footers using the StyleRef field, assuming that you have headings for your topic changes. You can do this with or without section breaks. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Gary Burton" wrote in message ... Thank youm Shauuna! My reason for using section breaks is to allow me to change footers within the document as the topic changes. At that time, I also reset the page number in the footer. You didn't mention footers as one of the reasons for using section breaks, but I can 't think of another way to insure that my footers change the way I want them to. I looked up STYLEREF, but it doesn't seem to address the issue I am concerned about. It is also more advanced than I like to get. Please comment on the footer issue specifically. "Shauna Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Gary First, let's try to avoid the problem. Do you really need the section breaks? Unless you're changing margins, page orientation (landscape to portrait, or vice versa) or number of columns, you may not need a section break. If you want a running header, for example, look up Word's help on the STYLEREF field. If it's not possible to avoid the problem, then see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...PlusHeader.htm Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Gary Burton" wrote in message ... I have a long document separated by sections. Others edit the document, and sometimes they delete the section breaks then save the document. The messes up all my headers and footers, which depend upon the section marks. I am hoping there is a way to write-protect the section breaks. I know that seems unrealistic, but I am hoping to get lucky. Am I lucky? -- Gary Burton |
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