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Column and Page Break Problem
I have Word 2002. I have set up a simple two column page. At the top of the
each column is a Header Style (Bold text with background shading black background with white text) and then plain old Body Text. At the end of the body text I end with a paragraph return then insert a column break to start at the top of the next column. I start the next column with the same Header Style and then the next para is body text. Simple eh? Except that the column break in the first column is formatted (attached) to the 2nd columns Header Style thus an unwanted black bar appears at the bottom of the first column. The work around seems to just keep hitting Enter until the text is forced to the next column instead of inserting a column break. An awful workaround I agree. Any solutions out there? |
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Column and Page Break Problem
Force a column break by formatting the header and as many subsequent
paragraphs as necessary as "Keep with next" and "Keep lines together." The workaround for this problem with page breaks is to use "Page break before" formatting for the heading, but unfortunately there's no "Column break before" property. -- 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. "EasyFormatGuy" wrote in message ... I have Word 2002. I have set up a simple two column page. At the top of the each column is a Header Style (Bold text with background shading black background with white text) and then plain old Body Text. At the end of the body text I end with a paragraph return then insert a column break to start at the top of the next column. I start the next column with the same Header Style and then the next para is body text. Simple eh? Except that the column break in the first column is formatted (attached) to the 2nd columns Header Style thus an unwanted black bar appears at the bottom of the first column. The work around seems to just keep hitting Enter until the text is forced to the next column instead of inserting a column break. An awful workaround I agree. Any solutions out there? |
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Column and Page Break Problem
Thanks, I tried that and nothing seems to change. I tried looking in Help to
find out the purpose of 'Keep with next ' and 'Keep lines together' but there is no entry. How does their select 'force a column break'? I still get a black bar where the Column break is located in the first column. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Force a column break by formatting the header and as many subsequent paragraphs as necessary as "Keep with next" and "Keep lines together." The workaround for this problem with page breaks is to use "Page break before" formatting for the heading, but unfortunately there's no "Column break before" property. -- 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. "EasyFormatGuy" wrote in message ... I have Word 2002. I have set up a simple two column page. At the top of the each column is a Header Style (Bold text with background shading black background with white text) and then plain old Body Text. At the end of the body text I end with a paragraph return then insert a column break to start at the top of the next column. I start the next column with the same Header Style and then the next para is body text. Simple eh? Except that the column break in the first column is formatted (attached) to the 2nd columns Header Style thus an unwanted black bar appears at the bottom of the first column. The work around seems to just keep hitting Enter until the text is forced to the next column instead of inserting a column break. An awful workaround I agree. Any solutions out there? |
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Column and Page Break Problem
Instead of inserting a column break, select your heading, go to Format |
Paragraph, select the Line and Page Breaks tab, and make sure that "Keep with next" is checked (if you've used a built-in heading style, it will be). Do the same for the paragraph following the heading, but also check "Keep lines together." Continue to do this for subsequent paragraphs until you have built up a large enough block to force the text into the next column (because it is too large to fit into the previous 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. "EasyFormatGuy" wrote in message ... Thanks, I tried that and nothing seems to change. I tried looking in Help to find out the purpose of 'Keep with next ' and 'Keep lines together' but there is no entry. How does their select 'force a column break'? I still get a black bar where the Column break is located in the first column. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Force a column break by formatting the header and as many subsequent paragraphs as necessary as "Keep with next" and "Keep lines together." The workaround for this problem with page breaks is to use "Page break before" formatting for the heading, but unfortunately there's no "Column break before" property. -- 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. "EasyFormatGuy" wrote in message ... I have Word 2002. I have set up a simple two column page. At the top of the each column is a Header Style (Bold text with background shading black background with white text) and then plain old Body Text. At the end of the body text I end with a paragraph return then insert a column break to start at the top of the next column. I start the next column with the same Header Style and then the next para is body text. Simple eh? Except that the column break in the first column is formatted (attached) to the 2nd columns Header Style thus an unwanted black bar appears at the bottom of the first column. The work around seems to just keep hitting Enter until the text is forced to the next column instead of inserting a column break. An awful workaround I agree. Any solutions out there? |
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Column and Page Break Problem
It works! - thanks for the explanation.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Instead of inserting a column break, select your heading, go to Format | Paragraph, select the Line and Page Breaks tab, and make sure that "Keep with next" is checked (if you've used a built-in heading style, it will be). Do the same for the paragraph following the heading, but also check "Keep lines together." Continue to do this for subsequent paragraphs until you have built up a large enough block to force the text into the next column (because it is too large to fit into the previous 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. "EasyFormatGuy" wrote in message ... Thanks, I tried that and nothing seems to change. I tried looking in Help to find out the purpose of 'Keep with next ' and 'Keep lines together' but there is no entry. How does their select 'force a column break'? I still get a black bar where the Column break is located in the first column. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Force a column break by formatting the header and as many subsequent paragraphs as necessary as "Keep with next" and "Keep lines together." The workaround for this problem with page breaks is to use "Page break before" formatting for the heading, but unfortunately there's no "Column break before" property. -- 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. "EasyFormatGuy" wrote in message ... I have Word 2002. I have set up a simple two column page. At the top of the each column is a Header Style (Bold text with background shading black background with white text) and then plain old Body Text. At the end of the body text I end with a paragraph return then insert a column break to start at the top of the next column. I start the next column with the same Header Style and then the next para is body text. Simple eh? Except that the column break in the first column is formatted (attached) to the 2nd columns Header Style thus an unwanted black bar appears at the bottom of the first column. The work around seems to just keep hitting Enter until the text is forced to the next column instead of inserting a column break. An awful workaround I agree. Any solutions out there? |
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