Thank you, Stefan!
Locking the anchor did the trick - now I can move the picture object around
for better positioning in its space without affecting the bullets.
No, this is not a corrupt document - I did come across this issue before. It
is just that this time I have 70 pages of two column, often-bulleted text, so
it drove me to the point of complete despair..
Thanks again!
"Stefan Blom" wrote:
Another thing to check is whether the issue can be reproduced in a new
document. If not, the problem document might be corrupt. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/CorruptDoc.htm.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
This is an odd issue; I don't recall ever hearing about it before.
If you want to stop the anchor from moving, try locking it. First
move
it by dragging it to the desired paragraph. Then lock the anchor: In
Format | Picture, click the Layout tab. Click the Advanced button.
Check the "Lock anchor" option and click OK twice.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Anna Kezer" wrote in message
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Thank you for your answers!
Stefan, here is how my text looks with NonPrint Chars (better in
monospaced
font as well):
2.- text2 text2 text2 text3 text3 text3
text2 text2 text2 text3 text3.¶
text2 text2.¶ 4.- text4 text4 text4
3.- ---Column Break-- text4 text4.¶
And whatever I do, I still can't make '3.' to join the 'text3' in
the second
column - besides pushing it up with 'square' wrapping of the
picture.
To be technically precise, this particular behaviour appears only
when
there is a picture on the page. If I insert a column break with no
picutre
object in the page, Word keeps the number in the correct column.
But
as soon
as I add a picture, the problem above occurs. If a colum break is
inserted
with a picutre already on the page, it would again separate
correctly - but
only until pictire is moved or an element i added to it. This
happens
regardless of the wrapping format of the picture. Typically, I use
"behind
the text" wrapping which should have eliminated any interaction of
a
picture
object with the text.
....
Actually, with NonPrintChars being on, I just found the answer:
the
problem
is in the picture's anchor. When the picture is just inserted or
the
column
break just created, the anchor is assigned to the end of the last
paragraph
in the second column. However, any change to the page leads to
immeadiate
reassignment of the anchor to the end of the first column, which
pulls the
number from the second column back to the end of the first... 
Any suggestion how can I stop Word from helping me with this
automatic
reassignment?!
Anna
"Stefan Blom" wrote:
When you add a column break in a text paragraph, the text after
the
break is moved to the next column (as expected). Also, text
added
before the column break will never flow across the break; that
way,
the two "parts" of text are separated.
However, the text after the break will not have its own bullet
(or
numbering) formatting; that way, the "split" paragraph is still
a
single paragraph.
You would have to separate the paragraph from the column break.
This
will be easier to do if you press the ¶ button so that Word
displays
nonprinting characters. You will now see, among other things, ¶
symbols which represents paragraph marks. (For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/NonPrintChars.htm.) Place
the
cursor at the end of the text in the first column, just before
the
break. Press Enter. Copy the text that belongs to the former
bullet
(number) into that paragraph.
With nonprinting characters displayed, you would then see the
following:
- Bulleted item - Another bulleted item¶
More text here.¶ More text follows here.
column break - A bulleted item again¶
Note: You will have to look at this message in a monospaced
font,
such
as Courier New, if you want the example above to look correctly.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Anna Kezer" wrote in message
...
I keep running into the following issue: when inserting a
column
break into a
bulleted (or numbered) text, Word keeps the bullet (number) at
the
end of the
first column butmoves its text to the second. The only way to
join
the bullet
(number) with its text is to move close to it a picture with a
square layout
(basically, to manually push away the bullet).
I've tried inserting column break at the end of a previous
bullet
and at the
beginning of the bullet that should go to the next column -
the
same
problem.
The orphan control is on.
Any suggestions?