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Formatting problems - headers
I have a document where by I have headers. I have one header where by the
formatting carries over to the subsequent page. The header is shaded and the shading also appears on the previous page. If I delete the page break on the previous page, the header has a border and then the top line of the border doesn't show. When I look at the formatting all the other headers are preceded by a small square. This is obviously some indicator that I'm not familiar with. I didn't create this document and not very familiar with it. It is in a columnar format. |
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Formatting problems - headers
I assume you're referring to a heading rather than a header. This is a known
problem when you insert a manual page break; the page break inherits the formatting of the following paragraph. You can get around this by deleting the manual page break and formatting the heading as "Page break before." Do this on the Line and Page Breaks tab of Format | Paragraph. The small square indicates that "Page break before," "Keep with next," "Keep lines together," or "Suppress line numbering" has been enabled for that paragraph. All Headings 1-4 are by default formatted as "Keep with next." For more on nonprinting characters, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "JeffH" wrote in message ... I have a document where by I have headers. I have one header where by the formatting carries over to the subsequent page. The header is shaded and the shading also appears on the previous page. If I delete the page break on the previous page, the header has a border and then the top line of the border doesn't show. When I look at the formatting all the other headers are preceded by a small square. This is obviously some indicator that I'm not familiar with. I didn't create this document and not very familiar with it. It is in a columnar format. |
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I checked "page break before" and the header and parts of the page just
disappeared. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I assume you're referring to a heading rather than a header. This is a known problem when you insert a manual page break; the page break inherits the formatting of the following paragraph. You can get around this by deleting the manual page break and formatting the heading as "Page break before." Do this on the Line and Page Breaks tab of Format | Paragraph. The small square indicates that "Page break before," "Keep with next," "Keep lines together," or "Suppress line numbering" has been enabled for that paragraph. All Headings 1-4 are by default formatted as "Keep with next." For more on nonprinting characters, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "JeffH" wrote in message ... I have a document where by I have headers. I have one header where by the formatting carries over to the subsequent page. The header is shaded and the shading also appears on the previous page. If I delete the page break on the previous page, the header has a border and then the top line of the border doesn't show. When I look at the formatting all the other headers are preceded by a small square. This is obviously some indicator that I'm not familiar with. I didn't create this document and not very familiar with it. It is in a columnar format. |
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Formatting problems - headers
The problem with inserting a page break before is that now I have a blank
page inserted in the middle of the document. "JeffH" wrote: I checked "page break before" and the header and parts of the page just disappeared. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I assume you're referring to a heading rather than a header. This is a known problem when you insert a manual page break; the page break inherits the formatting of the following paragraph. You can get around this by deleting the manual page break and formatting the heading as "Page break before." Do this on the Line and Page Breaks tab of Format | Paragraph. The small square indicates that "Page break before," "Keep with next," "Keep lines together," or "Suppress line numbering" has been enabled for that paragraph. All Headings 1-4 are by default formatted as "Keep with next." For more on nonprinting characters, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "JeffH" wrote in message ... I have a document where by I have headers. I have one header where by the formatting carries over to the subsequent page. The header is shaded and the shading also appears on the previous page. If I delete the page break on the previous page, the header has a border and then the top line of the border doesn't show. When I look at the formatting all the other headers are preceded by a small square. This is obviously some indicator that I'm not familiar with. I didn't create this document and not very familiar with it. It is in a columnar format. |
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I am working with Headings.
"Peter A" wrote: In article , says... I have a document where by I have headers. I have one header where by the formatting carries over to the subsequent page. The header is shaded and the shading also appears on the previous page. If I delete the page break on the previous page, the header has a border and then the top line of the border doesn't show. When I look at the formatting all the other headers are preceded by a small square. This is obviously some indicator that I'm not familiar with. I didn't create this document and not very familiar with it. It is in a columnar format. Do you mean headers or headings? -- Peter Aitken Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers www.tech-word.com |
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says... I am working with Headings. I wonder if you have a line break (Ctrl+Enter) rather than a paragraph break (Enter) after the heading. This starts a new line but not a new paragraph, so the paragraph formatting carries over. Show your formatting marks and look for a paragraph symbol versus a bent arrow. -- Peter Aitken Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers www.tech-word.com |
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If I do a page break (ctrl enter) following the 1st paragraph (I want to put
a new heading just following the 1st paragraph and start it on a new page) then I press enter before the new heading the format does not go back to the subsequent page. However, I now have a extra line just preceding the heading on the new page. If I delete the new paragraph just before the heading the heading loses all its formatting. It just shows as normal text. "Peter A" wrote: In article , says... I am working with Headings. I wonder if you have a line break (Ctrl+Enter) rather than a paragraph break (Enter) after the heading. This starts a new line but not a new paragraph, so the paragraph formatting carries over. Show your formatting marks and look for a paragraph symbol versus a bent arrow. -- Peter Aitken Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers www.tech-word.com |
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says... If I do a page break (ctrl enter) following the 1st paragraph (I want to put a new heading just following the 1st paragraph and start it on a new page) then I press enter before the new heading the format does not go back to the subsequent page. However, I now have a extra line just preceding the heading on the new page. If I delete the new paragraph just before the heading the heading loses all its formatting. It just shows as normal text. If you want a particular heading level to always start on a new page, modify the heading style with the Page Break Before option turned on. -- Peter Aitken Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers www.tech-word.com |
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Formatting problems - headers
I did as you suggested and it added a blank page prior to the heading. Thus
I got an empty page in the middle of my document. Note that I did not insert a page break before the heading. There was just a paragraph return and then the heading. This was suggested in a prior reply. Here is Suzzane's recommendation: I assume you're referring to a heading rather than a header. This is a known problem when you insert a manual page break; the page break inherits the formatting of the following paragraph. You can get around this by deleting the manual page break and formatting the heading as "Page break before." Do this on the Line and Page Breaks tab of Format | Paragraph. The small square indicates that "Page break before," "Keep with next," "Keep lines together," or "Suppress line numbering" has been enabled for that paragraph. All Headings 1-4 are by default formatted as "Keep with next." __________ I am assuming you are suggesting the same. "Peter A" wrote: In article , says... If I do a page break (ctrl enter) following the 1st paragraph (I want to put a new heading just following the 1st paragraph and start it on a new page) then I press enter before the new heading the format does not go back to the subsequent page. However, I now have a extra line just preceding the heading on the new page. If I delete the new paragraph just before the heading the heading loses all its formatting. It just shows as normal text. If you want a particular heading level to always start on a new page, modify the heading style with the Page Break Before option turned on. -- Peter Aitken Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers www.tech-word.com |
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Formatting problems - headers
Did you remove the manual page break before adding the formatting?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "JeffH" wrote in message ... The problem with inserting a page break before is that now I have a blank page inserted in the middle of the document. "JeffH" wrote: I checked "page break before" and the header and parts of the page just disappeared. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I assume you're referring to a heading rather than a header. This is a known problem when you insert a manual page break; the page break inherits the formatting of the following paragraph. You can get around this by deleting the manual page break and formatting the heading as "Page break before." Do this on the Line and Page Breaks tab of Format | Paragraph. The small square indicates that "Page break before," "Keep with next," "Keep lines together," or "Suppress line numbering" has been enabled for that paragraph. All Headings 1-4 are by default formatted as "Keep with next." For more on nonprinting characters, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "JeffH" wrote in message ... I have a document where by I have headers. I have one header where by the formatting carries over to the subsequent page. The header is shaded and the shading also appears on the previous page. If I delete the page break on the previous page, the header has a border and then the top line of the border doesn't show. When I look at the formatting all the other headers are preceded by a small square. This is obviously some indicator that I'm not familiar with. I didn't create this document and not very familiar with it. It is in a columnar format. |
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If you have deleted the manual page break and applied "Page break before" to
just the heading, you should not be getting a blank page. See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BlankPage.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "JeffH" wrote in message ... I did as you suggested and it added a blank page prior to the heading. Thus I got an empty page in the middle of my document. Note that I did not insert a page break before the heading. There was just a paragraph return and then the heading. This was suggested in a prior reply. Here is Suzzane's recommendation: I assume you're referring to a heading rather than a header. This is a known problem when you insert a manual page break; the page break inherits the formatting of the following paragraph. You can get around this by deleting the manual page break and formatting the heading as "Page break before." Do this on the Line and Page Breaks tab of Format | Paragraph. The small square indicates that "Page break before," "Keep with next," "Keep lines together," or "Suppress line numbering" has been enabled for that paragraph. All Headings 1-4 are by default formatted as "Keep with next." __________ I am assuming you are suggesting the same. "Peter A" wrote: In article , says... If I do a page break (ctrl enter) following the 1st paragraph (I want to put a new heading just following the 1st paragraph and start it on a new page) then I press enter before the new heading the format does not go back to the subsequent page. However, I now have a extra line just preceding the heading on the new page. If I delete the new paragraph just before the heading the heading loses all its formatting. It just shows as normal text. If you want a particular heading level to always start on a new page, modify the heading style with the Page Break Before option turned on. -- Peter Aitken Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers www.tech-word.com |
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