[sajara]

Hello,

I have a caption in a legal document that is set to two columns. I did this
by selecting the info & choosing "2 columns." There is non-columned info
above and below the caption. All is fine until I reopen the document. On
reopen, the info in the right-hand column is gone. I can get it back by
deleting the section breaks Word originally set up & going through the
formatting process again, but of course this is really annoying to have to do
this over & over.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Natalie
Word 2003

[sajara]

It's gone. I checked, and the file is opening in the print view. The
formatting is also changed on reopen -- the last two lines of text from the
left column are now forced into the right column, and the two lines of text
that are supposed to be in the right column are nowhere to be seen. The only
indications of formatting left are a continuous section break after the
noncolumned preceding text and a column break after the second column before
the remaining noncolumned subseqent text. So the formatting is different on
reopen than it was on save/close.

Thanks!

"CyberTaz" wrote:

Is it "gone" or does it continue down the left "column" below the content
that is *supposed* to be in the left column? The first thing that comes to
mind is that the file is simply reopening in Normal View - which doesn't
*display* column layout. Switch to Print Layout view & see if that doesn't
"bring the columns back".

However, the file *should* reopen in the same View in which it was last
saved, so even if this is what's happening there is some other problem
that's causing it to open in a different View. Post back with your response
to the above as well as checking for replies from others.
--
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"sajara" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have a caption in a legal document that is set to two columns. I did
this
by selecting the info & choosing "2 columns." There is non-columned info
above and below the caption. All is fine until I reopen the document. On
reopen, the info in the right-hand column is gone. I can get it back by
deleting the section breaks Word originally set up & going through the
formatting process again, but of course this is really annoying to have to
do
this over & over.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Natalie
Word 2003

[CyberTaz]

Is it "gone" or does it continue down the left "column" below the content
that is *supposed* to be in the left column? The first thing that comes to
mind is that the file is simply reopening in Normal View - which doesn't
*display* column layout. Switch to Print Layout view & see if that doesn't
"bring the columns back".

However, the file *should* reopen in the same View in which it was last
saved, so even if this is what's happening there is some other problem
that's causing it to open in a different View. Post back with your response
to the above as well as checking for replies from others.
--
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"sajara" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have a caption in a legal document that is set to two columns. I did
this
by selecting the info & choosing "2 columns." There is non-columned info
above and below the caption. All is fine until I reopen the document. On
reopen, the info in the right-hand column is gone. I can get it back by
deleting the section breaks Word originally set up & going through the
formatting process again, but of course this is really annoying to have to
do
this over & over.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Natalie
Word 2003

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Try this: Go to Format | Columns and click on the Preset picture for One.
Click OK to close. Then reopen the Columns dialog and reselect the correct
number of columns, making sure that the "Equal column width" check box is
checked.

--
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.

"sajara" wrote in message
...
It's gone. I checked, and the file is opening in the print view. The
formatting is also changed on reopen -- the last two lines of text from
the
left column are now forced into the right column, and the two lines of
text
that are supposed to be in the right column are nowhere to be seen. The
only
indications of formatting left are a continuous section break after the
noncolumned preceding text and a column break after the second column
before
the remaining noncolumned subseqent text. So the formatting is different
on
reopen than it was on save/close.

Thanks!

"CyberTaz" wrote:

Is it "gone" or does it continue down the left "column" below the
content
that is *supposed* to be in the left column? The first thing that comes
to
mind is that the file is simply reopening in Normal View - which doesn't
*display* column layout. Switch to Print Layout view & see if that
doesn't
"bring the columns back".

However, the file *should* reopen in the same View in which it was last
saved, so even if this is what's happening there is some other problem
that's causing it to open in a different View. Post back with your
response
to the above as well as checking for replies from others.
--
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"sajara" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have a caption in a legal document that is set to two columns. I
did
this
by selecting the info & choosing "2 columns." There is non-columned
info
above and below the caption. All is fine until I reopen the document.
On
reopen, the info in the right-hand column is gone. I can get it back
by
deleting the section breaks Word originally set up & going through the
formatting process again, but of course this is really annoying to
have to
do
this over & over.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Natalie
Word 2003

[sajara]

Thanks, Suzanne. That doesn't resolve it. No matter what I do or how I
format, the text still disappears on reopen. I have now found that if I
delete a blank line before the columns, the text reappears, but it still
re-disappears on reopen. If anyone wants to play with the file, just let me
know.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Try this: Go to Format | Columns and click on the Preset picture for One.
Click OK to close. Then reopen the Columns dialog and reselect the correct
number of columns, making sure that the "Equal column width" check box is
checked.

--
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.

"sajara" wrote in message
...
It's gone. I checked, and the file is opening in the print view. The
formatting is also changed on reopen -- the last two lines of text from
the
left column are now forced into the right column, and the two lines of
text
that are supposed to be in the right column are nowhere to be seen. The
only
indications of formatting left are a continuous section break after the
noncolumned preceding text and a column break after the second column
before
the remaining noncolumned subseqent text. So the formatting is different
on
reopen than it was on save/close.

Thanks!

"CyberTaz" wrote:

Is it "gone" or does it continue down the left "column" below the
content
that is *supposed* to be in the left column? The first thing that comes
to
mind is that the file is simply reopening in Normal View - which doesn't
*display* column layout. Switch to Print Layout view & see if that
doesn't
"bring the columns back".

However, the file *should* reopen in the same View in which it was last
saved, so even if this is what's happening there is some other problem
that's causing it to open in a different View. Post back with your
response
to the above as well as checking for replies from others.
--
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"sajara" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have a caption in a legal document that is set to two columns. I
did
this
by selecting the info & choosing "2 columns." There is non-columned
info
above and below the caption. All is fine until I reopen the document.
On
reopen, the info in the right-hand column is gone. I can get it back
by
deleting the section breaks Word originally set up & going through the
formatting process again, but of course this is really annoying to
have to
do
this over & over.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Natalie
Word 2003

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Send me the file, and I'll have a look.

--
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.

"sajara" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Suzanne. That doesn't resolve it. No matter what I do or how I
format, the text still disappears on reopen. I have now found that if I
delete a blank line before the columns, the text reappears, but it still
re-disappears on reopen. If anyone wants to play with the file, just let
me
know.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Try this: Go to Format | Columns and click on the Preset picture for
One.
Click OK to close. Then reopen the Columns dialog and reselect the
correct
number of columns, making sure that the "Equal column width" check box
is
checked.

--
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.

"sajara" wrote in message
...
It's gone. I checked, and the file is opening in the print view. The
formatting is also changed on reopen -- the last two lines of text
from
the
left column are now forced into the right column, and the two lines of
text
that are supposed to be in the right column are nowhere to be seen.
The
only
indications of formatting left are a continuous section break after
the
noncolumned preceding text and a column break after the second column
before
the remaining noncolumned subseqent text. So the formatting is
different
on
reopen than it was on save/close.

Thanks!

"CyberTaz" wrote:

Is it "gone" or does it continue down the left "column" below the
content
that is *supposed* to be in the left column? The first thing that
comes
to
mind is that the file is simply reopening in Normal View - which
doesn't
*display* column layout. Switch to Print Layout view & see if that
doesn't
"bring the columns back".

However, the file *should* reopen in the same View in which it was
last
saved, so even if this is what's happening there is some other
problem
that's causing it to open in a different View. Post back with your
response
to the above as well as checking for replies from others.
--
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"sajara" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have a caption in a legal document that is set to two columns.
I
did
this
by selecting the info & choosing "2 columns." There is
non-columned
info
above and below the caption. All is fine until I reopen the
document.
On
reopen, the info in the right-hand column is gone. I can get it
back
by
deleting the section breaks Word originally set up & going through
the
formatting process again, but of course this is really annoying to
have to
do
this over & over.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Natalie
Word 2003

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It *is* an interesting file. I've exchanged a couple of emails with the OP
about it but haven't had time to really dig into it yet. If I find out
anything, I'll let you know. If not, I'll post it in the private .binaries
group for y'all to poke and prod before I forward it to Stuart Stuple for
examination.

--
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.

"CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message
...
Hi Suzanne -

That should be an interesting file - it sounds like El Corrupto may have
stricken once again:-)
--
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Send me the file, and I'll have a look.

--
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.

"sajara" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Suzanne. That doesn't resolve it. No matter what I do or how
I
format, the text still disappears on reopen. I have now found that if
I
delete a blank line before the columns, the text reappears, but it
still
re-disappears on reopen. If anyone wants to play with the file, just
let
me
know.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Try this: Go to Format | Columns and click on the Preset picture for
One.
Click OK to close. Then reopen the Columns dialog and reselect the
correct
number of columns, making sure that the "Equal column width" check
box
is
checked.

--
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.

"sajara" wrote in message
...
It's gone. I checked, and the file is opening in the print view.
The
formatting is also changed on reopen -- the last two lines of text
from
the
left column are now forced into the right column, and the two lines
of
text
that are supposed to be in the right column are nowhere to be seen.
The
only
indications of formatting left are a continuous section break after
the
noncolumned preceding text and a column break after the second
column
before
the remaining noncolumned subseqent text. So the formatting is
different
on
reopen than it was on save/close.

Thanks!

"CyberTaz" wrote:

Is it "gone" or does it continue down the left "column" below the
content
that is *supposed* to be in the left column? The first thing that
comes
to
mind is that the file is simply reopening in Normal View - which
doesn't
*display* column layout. Switch to Print Layout view & see if
that
doesn't
"bring the columns back".

However, the file *should* reopen in the same View in which it
was
last
saved, so even if this is what's happening there is some other
problem
that's causing it to open in a different View. Post back with
your
response
to the above as well as checking for replies from others.
--
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"sajara" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have a caption in a legal document that is set to two
columns.
I
did
this
by selecting the info & choosing "2 columns." There is
non-columned
info
above and below the caption. All is fine until I reopen the
document.
On
reopen, the info in the right-hand column is gone. I can get
it
back
by
deleting the section breaks Word originally set up & going
through
the
formatting process again, but of course this is really annoying
to
have to
do
this over & over.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Natalie
Word 2003

[CyberTaz]

Hi Suzanne -

That should be an interesting file - it sounds like El Corrupto may have
stricken once again:-)
--
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Send me the file, and I'll have a look.

--
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.

"sajara" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Suzanne. That doesn't resolve it. No matter what I do or how I
format, the text still disappears on reopen. I have now found that if I
delete a blank line before the columns, the text reappears, but it still
re-disappears on reopen. If anyone wants to play with the file, just let
me
know.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Try this: Go to Format | Columns and click on the Preset picture for
One.
Click OK to close. Then reopen the Columns dialog and reselect the
correct
number of columns, making sure that the "Equal column width" check box
is
checked.

--
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.

"sajara" wrote in message
...
It's gone. I checked, and the file is opening in the print view.
The
formatting is also changed on reopen -- the last two lines of text
from
the
left column are now forced into the right column, and the two lines
of
text
that are supposed to be in the right column are nowhere to be seen.
The
only
indications of formatting left are a continuous section break after
the
noncolumned preceding text and a column break after the second column
before
the remaining noncolumned subseqent text. So the formatting is
different
on
reopen than it was on save/close.

Thanks!

"CyberTaz" wrote:

Is it "gone" or does it continue down the left "column" below the
content
that is *supposed* to be in the left column? The first thing that
comes
to
mind is that the file is simply reopening in Normal View - which
doesn't
*display* column layout. Switch to Print Layout view & see if that
doesn't
"bring the columns back".

However, the file *should* reopen in the same View in which it was
last
saved, so even if this is what's happening there is some other
problem
that's causing it to open in a different View. Post back with your
response
to the above as well as checking for replies from others.
--
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"sajara" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have a caption in a legal document that is set to two columns.
I
did
this
by selecting the info & choosing "2 columns." There is
non-columned
info
above and below the caption. All is fine until I reopen the
document.
On
reopen, the info in the right-hand column is gone. I can get it
back
by
deleting the section breaks Word originally set up & going
through
the
formatting process again, but of course this is really annoying
to
have to
do
this over & over.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Natalie
Word 2003

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The bottom line was that the Compatibility Option "Don't balance columns for
Continuous section starts" was *not* checked, and the addition of a manual
column break had Word trying to balance two intentionally uneven columns.
Checking that Compatibility Option solves the problem. But columns are not
really the best approach for the given layout; I suggested using a table
instead.

--
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.

"CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message
...
Hi Suzanne -

That should be an interesting file - it sounds like El Corrupto may have
stricken once again:-)
--
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Send me the file, and I'll have a look.

--
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.

"sajara" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Suzanne. That doesn't resolve it. No matter what I do or how
I
format, the text still disappears on reopen. I have now found that if
I
delete a blank line before the columns, the text reappears, but it
still
re-disappears on reopen. If anyone wants to play with the file, just
let
me
know.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Try this: Go to Format | Columns and click on the Preset picture for
One.
Click OK to close. Then reopen the Columns dialog and reselect the
correct
number of columns, making sure that the "Equal column width" check
box
is
checked.

--
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.

"sajara" wrote in message
...
It's gone. I checked, and the file is opening in the print view.
The
formatting is also changed on reopen -- the last two lines of text
from
the
left column are now forced into the right column, and the two lines
of
text
that are supposed to be in the right column are nowhere to be seen.
The
only
indications of formatting left are a continuous section break after
the
noncolumned preceding text and a column break after the second
column
before
the remaining noncolumned subseqent text. So the formatting is
different
on
reopen than it was on save/close.

Thanks!

"CyberTaz" wrote:

Is it "gone" or does it continue down the left "column" below the
content
that is *supposed* to be in the left column? The first thing that
comes
to
mind is that the file is simply reopening in Normal View - which
doesn't
*display* column layout. Switch to Print Layout view & see if
that
doesn't
"bring the columns back".

However, the file *should* reopen in the same View in which it
was
last
saved, so even if this is what's happening there is some other
problem
that's causing it to open in a different View. Post back with
your
response
to the above as well as checking for replies from others.
--
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"sajara" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have a caption in a legal document that is set to two
columns.
I
did
this
by selecting the info & choosing "2 columns." There is
non-columned
info
above and below the caption. All is fine until I reopen the
document.
On
reopen, the info in the right-hand column is gone. I can get
it
back
by
deleting the section breaks Word originally set up & going
through
the
formatting process again, but of course this is really annoying
to
have to
do
this over & over.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Natalie
Word 2003