The problem is arising from the "Keep with next" and "Keep lines together"
formatting. You would be better off clearing both check boxes.

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"Zoonotics" wrote in message
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No, but I seem to have corrected the problem by selecting the whole
document
and formating the paragraph by keeping the "keep with next" checked but
UNchecking "keep lines together"

"Doug Robbins" wrote:

Are the paragraphs formatted to have a page break before?

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"Zoonotics" wrote in message
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I have used every version of Word since Word for Windows 1.0 to 2003. I
have
unwanted breaks between pages (no manual page breaks AT ALL). For
instance,
in my 350 thesis, the introduction (just simple text) is 4 pages long,
although the text can easily fit in 2 1/2 pages. The second page stops
half
way down the page (seen in print preview) and the next paragraph
starts on
the next page. Again, there are no manual page breaks. I tried
selecting
the
4 pages and in format paragraph, I check "keep with next" and "keep
lines
together" to no avail. I tried deleting the paragraph mark ("show all"
is
always turned on) and the paragraph is on a full page. When I press
enter
at
the end of the sentance to form a new paragraph, the problem
reappears.
There
is a section break before and after the 4 page introduction.