[Arlen]

I am trying to make a 2-column document with shading and borders applied to
the right column only.

However, when I insert a column break in Col 1 in order to force Col 2 and
then apply shading, the shading carries over to the column break in Col 1 as
well. I played around with it for awhile and made the shading disappear
once, but that was awhile ago and my method was not scientific, nor, it
seems, reproducible. And thus, I beseech you, the experts, for knowledge.

Does anyone have a sure-fire method for dealing with the column break
shading paradox?

Thanks,

Arlen

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

When this happens with page breaks, we advise using "Page break before"
formatting. Unfortunately, there's no "Column break before" formatting, so
you'll have to use another workaround: Apply "Keep with next" and "Keep
lines together" formatting to as many paragraphs as required to force them
into the second column.

--
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.

"Arlen" wrote in message
...
I am trying to make a 2-column document with shading and borders applied
to
the right column only.

However, when I insert a column break in Col 1 in order to force Col 2 and
then apply shading, the shading carries over to the column break in Col 1
as
well. I played around with it for awhile and made the shading disappear
once, but that was awhile ago and my method was not scientific, nor, it
seems, reproducible. And thus, I beseech you, the experts, for knowledge.

Does anyone have a sure-fire method for dealing with the column break
shading paradox?

Thanks,

Arlen

[Arlen]

Well, I've tried this, but to no avail. Thank you though.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

When this happens with page breaks, we advise using "Page break before"
formatting. Unfortunately, there's no "Column break before" formatting, so
you'll have to use another workaround: Apply "Keep with next" and "Keep
lines together" formatting to as many paragraphs as required to force them
into the second column.

--
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.

"Arlen" wrote in message
...
I am trying to make a 2-column document with shading and borders applied
to
the right column only.

However, when I insert a column break in Col 1 in order to force Col 2 and
then apply shading, the shading carries over to the column break in Col 1
as
well. I played around with it for awhile and made the shading disappear
once, but that was awhile ago and my method was not scientific, nor, it
seems, reproducible. And thus, I beseech you, the experts, for knowledge.

Does anyone have a sure-fire method for dealing with the column break
shading paradox?

Thanks,

Arlen

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

What happens when you do it? It always works for me.

--
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.

"Arlen" wrote in message
...
Well, I've tried this, but to no avail. Thank you though.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

When this happens with page breaks, we advise using "Page break before"
formatting. Unfortunately, there's no "Column break before" formatting,
so
you'll have to use another workaround: Apply "Keep with next" and "Keep
lines together" formatting to as many paragraphs as required to force
them
into the second column.

--
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.

"Arlen" wrote in message
...
I am trying to make a 2-column document with shading and borders
applied
to
the right column only.

However, when I insert a column break in Col 1 in order to force Col 2
and
then apply shading, the shading carries over to the column break in
Col 1
as
well. I played around with it for awhile and made the shading
disappear
once, but that was awhile ago and my method was not scientific, nor,
it
seems, reproducible. And thus, I beseech you, the experts, for
knowledge.

Does anyone have a sure-fire method for dealing with the column break
shading paradox?

Thanks,

Arlen