[William]

Word 2003/XP

I have a Word doc that has copy on pg. 1 and 2. At the end of the copy on
page 2, a Section break/Page Break has been inserted that creates a blank p.
3, which I want to get rid of. When I put the cursor on the section break
and delete it, the extra page disappears, but so does the footer on p.1 and
the header on p.2. Page 1 has a different header than p.2 and is not
affected when the section break is deleted. I cannot figure out why the
aforementioned footer and header disappear when the section break is deleted.
Ideas
--
William

[Lene Fredborg]

Section breaks can be tricky. See this article:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting...thSections.htm

The article explains how it works and explains how you can safely delete a
section break.

--
Regards
Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word)
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word


"William" wrote:

Word 2003/XP

I have a Word doc that has copy on pg. 1 and 2. At the end of the copy on
page 2, a Section break/Page Break has been inserted that creates a blank p.
3, which I want to get rid of. When I put the cursor on the section break
and delete it, the extra page disappears, but so does the footer on p.1 and
the header on p.2. Page 1 has a different header than p.2 and is not
affected when the section break is deleted. I cannot figure out why the
aforementioned footer and header disappear when the section break is deleted.
Ideas
--
William

[Henk57[_220_]]

William;2861132 Wrote:
Word 2003/XP

I have a Word doc that has copy on pg. 1 and 2. At the end of the copy
on
page 2, a Section break/Page Break has been inserted that creates a
blank p.
3, which I want to get rid of. When I put the cursor on the section
break
and delete it, the extra page disappears, but so does the footer on p.1
and
the header on p.2. Page 1 has a different header than p.2 and is not
affected when the section break is deleted. I cannot figure out why
the
aforementioned footer and header disappear when the section break is
deleted.
Ideas
--
William

The behaviour you describe is normal for Word. The last pilcrow of a
section stores document settings "under water" for that section (the
last one of the document likewise for the entire doc, in case there is
no section break). When you remove the section break #1, the settings
of the next section break (#2) dictate the behaviour of the previous
section (now merged with the previous section #2). The separate
header/footer on page 1 is because you have ticked the box "Different
first page" in Page/Set-up [Layout].




--
Henk57

[William]

Thanks for this info.
--
William


"Henk57" wrote:


William;2861132 Wrote:
Word 2003/XP

I have a Word doc that has copy on pg. 1 and 2. At the end of the copy
on
page 2, a Section break/Page Break has been inserted that creates a
blank p.
3, which I want to get rid of. When I put the cursor on the section
break
and delete it, the extra page disappears, but so does the footer on p.1
and
the header on p.2. Page 1 has a different header than p.2 and is not
affected when the section break is deleted. I cannot figure out why
the
aforementioned footer and header disappear when the section break is
deleted.
Ideas
--
William

The behaviour you describe is normal for Word. The last pilcrow of a
section stores document settings "under water" for that section (the
last one of the document likewise for the entire doc, in case there is
no section break). When you remove the section break #1, the settings
of the next section break (#2) dictate the behaviour of the previous
section (now merged with the previous section #2). The separate
header/footer on page 1 is because you have ticked the box "Different
first page" in Page/Set-up [Layout].




--
Henk57

[William]

Thanks very much for this link. It enalbed me to solve the issue.
--
William


"Lene Fredborg" wrote:

Section breaks can be tricky. See this article:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting...thSections.htm

The article explains how it works and explains how you can safely delete a
section break.

--
Regards
Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word)
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word


"William" wrote:

Word 2003/XP

I have a Word doc that has copy on pg. 1 and 2. At the end of the copy on
page 2, a Section break/Page Break has been inserted that creates a blank p.
3, which I want to get rid of. When I put the cursor on the section break
and delete it, the extra page disappears, but so does the footer on p.1 and
the header on p.2. Page 1 has a different header than p.2 and is not
affected when the section break is deleted. I cannot figure out why the
aforementioned footer and header disappear when the section break is deleted.
Ideas
--
William