[aluminum21]

Hello,

I have a strange one here, I think. As you'll see in Image 1 below, the text does not always come down to meet the top of the footer area on some pages (on the top right page). The top left page is okay at this point. This seems to occur at random throughout the document.

Image 1: http://oi42.tinypic.com/208hh6f.jpg

In Image 2 below, you will see what happens if I enter a paragraph part way through the text. Now the top left page goes farther away from the footer, and the top right page descends closer to the footer.

Image 2: http://oi40.tinypic.com/2e6a547.jpg

Any ideas how I can stop this so the text always reaches just above the footer on every page?

Thanks!

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

Look for Spacing Above formatting (Paragraph dialog box) applied to the
footer paragraph.

Note, however, that creating completely "balanced" pages is difficult in
Word. For a discussion of the factors involved, take a look at
http://wordfaqs.mvps.org/bottomline.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"aluminum21" wrote in message
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Hello,

I have a strange one here, I think. As you'll see in Image 1 below, the
text does not always come down to meet the top of the footer area on
some pages (on the top right page). The top left page is okay at this
point. This seems to occur at random throughout the document.

Image 1: http://oi42.tinypic.com/208hh6f.jpg

In Image 2 below, you will see what happens if I enter a paragraph part
way through the text. Now the top left page goes farther away from the
footer, and the top right page descends closer to the footer.

Image 2: http://oi40.tinypic.com/2e6a547.jpg

Any ideas how I can stop this so the text always reaches just above the
footer on every page?

Thanks!




--
aluminum21

[Peter T. Daniels]

Four different settings can interact to yield uneven page lengths (and that's not even considering footnotes).

- Widow and Orphan Control (won't let a single line stand at the top or
bottom of a page; that's what's affecting the only page break visible in
your screen shot)

- Keep Lines Together (paragraph will never break across a page)

- Keep With Next (needed for headings and subheadings)

- Space Before / Space After (if you're going to use it, you need to set
it to a multiple or small fraction, e.g. 1/2, of the line spacing value)

(In your second screen shot, the upper left arrow is pointing to an empty
paragraph. Simply delete the paragraph.)

On Saturday, August 3, 2013 3:21:44 AM UTC-4, aluminum21 wrote:
Hello,

I have a strange one here, I think. As you'll see in Image 1 below, the
text does not always come down to meet the top of the footer area on
some pages (on the top right page). The top left page is okay at this
point. This seems to occur at random throughout the document.

Image 1: http://oi42.tinypic.com/208hh6f.jpg

In Image 2 below, you will see what happens if I enter a paragraph part
way through the text. Now the top left page goes farther away from the
footer, and the top right page descends closer to the footer.

Image 2: http://oi40.tinypic.com/2e6a547.jpg

Any ideas how I can stop this so the text always reaches just above the
footer on every page?