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rules above paragraphs
I've got a block of paragraphs, all of the same style. If I define the
style to include a rule above, only the topmost paragraph in the block gets the rule. Likewise, a definition for a rule below gets applied only to the bottommost paragraph gets it. If I insert some other paragraph, with a different style, between any two of the paragraphs in the block, then it's as if I have two blocks (which I do) and the topmost paragraph of each block gets the rule. The behaviour is as if the separate paragraphs were only separated by a soft return (line-feed), not a hard return. But I'm showing the hidden paragraph markers and clearly the separate lines in the blocks are separate paragraphs. Is this behaviour normal? If not, does anyone know what to do about it? I need each paragraph so-styled to have a rule above, not just the first in any contiguous set. TIA --larry |
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An update: I also note that the styles don't have to be the same. They
can be different styles that have the same or different borders. The behaviour seems to be: if adjacent paragraphs both call for upper and/ or lower borders, no matter how (via style or local formatting) or how they look (different colour, different weight, etc.), only the top one will get the upper border, and the bottom one will get the lower border. Can this be right??? |
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rules above paragraphs
To get rules between paragraphs of the same style (or with the same
formatting), you have to add a Horizontal Inside Border in addition to the top or bottom border. This option is not available unless you have two or more paragraphs selected when you visit the Borders dialog. -- 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. wrote in message ups.com... I've got a block of paragraphs, all of the same style. If I define the style to include a rule above, only the topmost paragraph in the block gets the rule. Likewise, a definition for a rule below gets applied only to the bottommost paragraph gets it. If I insert some other paragraph, with a different style, between any two of the paragraphs in the block, then it's as if I have two blocks (which I do) and the topmost paragraph of each block gets the rule. The behaviour is as if the separate paragraphs were only separated by a soft return (line-feed), not a hard return. But I'm showing the hidden paragraph markers and clearly the separate lines in the blocks are separate paragraphs. Is this behaviour normal? If not, does anyone know what to do about it? I need each paragraph so-styled to have a rule above, not just the first in any contiguous set. TIA --larry |
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Thanks, Suzanne! That worked perfectly. Amazingly (or not), it doesn't
matter which pair of paragraphs I have selected; I simply have to have multiple paragraphs selected when I get to that dialogue, even if the style I'm modifying has nothing to do with the selected paragraphs. I don't think I ever would have guessed this one. ---larry |
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