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How do I force a section start on an odd page?
Selecting Insert | Break | Odd Page results in an even page break being
inserted. Inserting a second odd break before the incorrect even one results in an odd break being inserted. However subsequent deleting the even break, results in the odd break being changed to an even break. |
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How do I force a section start on an odd page?
I can't explain why the type of section break changes as you insert
it, but it has been reported in other threads. A situation where Word (or perhaps the printer driver) would "logically" change the type of section break is when two different sections use different paper formats; otherwise, the back and front of a page could have different paper formats. Of course, in such a case it would force an odd page, not an even page break. Does Word allow you to change the "Section start" option on the Layout tab of FilePage Setup -- after you've inserted the new section? The behavior when deleting breaks can certainly be confusing. Part of the difficulty is that a section break stores the formatting of the preceding section; but it displays the type (Odd, even, continuous) of the following section. For more about deleting section breaks, see: Working with sections http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting...thSections.htm -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "GeorgeC" wrote in message ... Selecting Insert | Break | Odd Page results in an even page break being inserted. Inserting a second odd break before the incorrect even one results in an odd break being inserted. However subsequent deleting the even break, results in the odd break being changed to an even break. |
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How do I force a section start on an odd page?
Thankyou, this answered the initial question. I discovered the page setup was
set to start a section on an even page. Why this only affected a couple of the sections, I do not know. However this I have now fixed and I have another problem. I am including two sub documents in a master document. All three (master and two subs) are based on the same document template. In the page setup for all three, the paper size is the same and sections should all start on an odd page. In the second sub document, the last section starts with a break (odd page) but when included in the master this section displays with a break (continuous). Any ideas? "Stefan Blom" wrote: I can't explain why the type of section break changes as you insert it, but it has been reported in other threads. A situation where Word (or perhaps the printer driver) would "logically" change the type of section break is when two different sections use different paper formats; otherwise, the back and front of a page could have different paper formats. Of course, in such a case it would force an odd page, not an even page break. Does Word allow you to change the "Section start" option on the Layout tab of FilePage Setup -- after you've inserted the new section? The behavior when deleting breaks can certainly be confusing. Part of the difficulty is that a section break stores the formatting of the preceding section; but it displays the type (Odd, even, continuous) of the following section. For more about deleting section breaks, see: Working with sections http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting...thSections.htm -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "GeorgeC" wrote in message ... Selecting Insert | Break | Odd Page results in an even page break being inserted. Inserting a second odd break before the incorrect even one results in an odd break being inserted. However subsequent deleting the even break, results in the odd break being changed to an even break. |
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How do I force a section start on an odd page?
Since you are using master documents, you should be aware that they
tend to corrupt. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Wh...ocsCorrupt.htm. It is possible that the master document is causing your section break trouble (but I can't tell for certain, since I avoid them, as do most regular posters here). Word can handle large documents as single files, so you could probably combine your two documents into a single one. Alternatively, if you want to be able to work with the files separately, but have them combined for TOC, index, etc. purposes, you can use the IncludeText field. See http://daiya.mvps.org/includetext.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "GeorgeC" wrote in message ... Thankyou, this answered the initial question. I discovered the page setup was set to start a section on an even page. Why this only affected a couple of the sections, I do not know. However this I have now fixed and I have another problem. I am including two sub documents in a master document. All three (master and two subs) are based on the same document template. In the page setup for all three, the paper size is the same and sections should all start on an odd page. In the second sub document, the last section starts with a break (odd page) but when included in the master this section displays with a break (continuous). Any ideas? "Stefan Blom" wrote: I can't explain why the type of section break changes as you insert it, but it has been reported in other threads. A situation where Word (or perhaps the printer driver) would "logically" change the type of section break is when two different sections use different paper formats; otherwise, the back and front of a page could have different paper formats. Of course, in such a case it would force an odd page, not an even page break. Does Word allow you to change the "Section start" option on the Layout tab of FilePage Setup -- after you've inserted the new section? The behavior when deleting breaks can certainly be confusing. Part of the difficulty is that a section break stores the formatting of the preceding section; but it displays the type (Odd, even, continuous) of the following section. For more about deleting section breaks, see: Working with sections http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting...thSections.htm -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "GeorgeC" wrote in message ... Selecting Insert | Break | Odd Page results in an even page break being inserted. Inserting a second odd break before the incorrect even one results in an odd break being inserted. However subsequent deleting the even break, results in the odd break being changed to an even break. |
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How do I force a section start on an odd page?
Once again thanks. I do need to keep the documents seperate as the
information appears in more than one document. I need to keep a single source. I will read the articles suggested. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Since you are using master documents, you should be aware that they tend to corrupt. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Wh...ocsCorrupt.htm. It is possible that the master document is causing your section break trouble (but I can't tell for certain, since I avoid them, as do most regular posters here). Word can handle large documents as single files, so you could probably combine your two documents into a single one. Alternatively, if you want to be able to work with the files separately, but have them combined for TOC, index, etc. purposes, you can use the IncludeText field. See http://daiya.mvps.org/includetext.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "GeorgeC" wrote in message ... Thankyou, this answered the initial question. I discovered the page setup was set to start a section on an even page. Why this only affected a couple of the sections, I do not know. However this I have now fixed and I have another problem. I am including two sub documents in a master document. All three (master and two subs) are based on the same document template. In the page setup for all three, the paper size is the same and sections should all start on an odd page. In the second sub document, the last section starts with a break (odd page) but when included in the master this section displays with a break (continuous). Any ideas? "Stefan Blom" wrote: I can't explain why the type of section break changes as you insert it, but it has been reported in other threads. A situation where Word (or perhaps the printer driver) would "logically" change the type of section break is when two different sections use different paper formats; otherwise, the back and front of a page could have different paper formats. Of course, in such a case it would force an odd page, not an even page break. Does Word allow you to change the "Section start" option on the Layout tab of FilePage Setup -- after you've inserted the new section? The behavior when deleting breaks can certainly be confusing. Part of the difficulty is that a section break stores the formatting of the preceding section; but it displays the type (Odd, even, continuous) of the following section. For more about deleting section breaks, see: Working with sections http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting...thSections.htm -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "GeorgeC" wrote in message ... Selecting Insert | Break | Odd Page results in an even page break being inserted. Inserting a second odd break before the incorrect even one results in an odd break being inserted. However subsequent deleting the even break, results in the odd break being changed to an even break. |
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