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Formatting problem or something else?
I'm formatting stories to print for binding. I like the chapter heads
to be at the top of the page, so I hit Enter until the heading goes to the next page top. I've done several dozen successfully using this method. Yesterday, I needed to add a couple of blank pages to the beginning (so there would be a blank sheet at the start of the text block), so I pressed Enter above the title until there were two blank pages before the title page. Now, when I try to move the chapter heads down to the next page, it skips down two inches. If I try to delete spaces to bring it up to the top of the page, it just skips up to the previous page. It's like those two inches don't exist. What's more confusing, it doesn't always do this, and sometimes it skips half a page. I've tried deleting that file and starting over, but now it's doing it on every file I start to edit. I don't even know the right question to start looking for the answer! |
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Don't use empty paragraphs for formatting. There are simpler and better
ways. If your headings should start a new page, apply a heading style (such as "Heading 1") and define that style as 'Page break before'. The more disciplined your are with the use of named styles, the easier is your task ever more. "MamaCats" wrote in message ups.com... I'm formatting stories to print for binding. I like the chapter heads to be at the top of the page, so I hit Enter until the heading goes to the next page top. I've done several dozen successfully using this method. Yesterday, I needed to add a couple of blank pages to the beginning (so there would be a blank sheet at the start of the text block), so I pressed Enter above the title until there were two blank pages before the title page. Now, when I try to move the chapter heads down to the next page, it skips down two inches. If I try to delete spaces to bring it up to the top of the page, it just skips up to the previous page. It's like those two inches don't exist. What's more confusing, it doesn't always do this, and sometimes it skips half a page. I've tried deleting that file and starting over, but now it's doing it on every file I start to edit. I don't even know the right question to start looking for the answer! |
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Thanks so much, Jezebel! That seems to have solved the problem. I
didn't know just what a page break was before. Guess if I'm going to be using Word for more than simple letters, I'm going to have to take the time to go through a tutorial, even if I won't use 95% of it. Again, thanks for saving my sanity! Jezebel wrote: Don't use empty paragraphs for formatting. There are simpler and better ways. If your headings should start a new page, apply a heading style (such as "Heading 1") and define that style as 'Page break before'. The more disciplined your are with the use of named styles, the easier is your task ever more. "MamaCats" wrote in message ups.com... I'm formatting stories to print for binding. I like the chapter heads to be at the top of the page, so I hit Enter until the heading goes to the next page top. I've done several dozen successfully using this method. Yesterday, I needed to add a couple of blank pages to the beginning (so there would be a blank sheet at the start of the text block), so I pressed Enter above the title until there were two blank pages before the title page. Now, when I try to move the chapter heads down to the next page, it skips down two inches. If I try to delete spaces to bring it up to the top of the page, it just skips up to the previous page. It's like those two inches don't exist. What's more confusing, it doesn't always do this, and sometimes it skips half a page. I've tried deleting that file and starting over, but now it's doing it on every file I start to edit. I don't even know the right question to start looking for the answer! |
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You don't need to learn it all, but styles are really at the heart of how
Word works. http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm http://addbalance.com/usersguide/basic_formatting.htm. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "MamaCats" wrote in message oups.com... Thanks so much, Jezebel! That seems to have solved the problem. I didn't know just what a page break was before. Guess if I'm going to be using Word for more than simple letters, I'm going to have to take the time to go through a tutorial, even if I won't use 95% of it. Again, thanks for saving my sanity! Jezebel wrote: Don't use empty paragraphs for formatting. There are simpler and better ways. If your headings should start a new page, apply a heading style (such as "Heading 1") and define that style as 'Page break before'. The more disciplined your are with the use of named styles, the easier is your task ever more. "MamaCats" wrote in message ups.com... I'm formatting stories to print for binding. I like the chapter heads to be at the top of the page, so I hit Enter until the heading goes to the next page top. I've done several dozen successfully using this method. Yesterday, I needed to add a couple of blank pages to the beginning (so there would be a blank sheet at the start of the text block), so I pressed Enter above the title until there were two blank pages before the title page. Now, when I try to move the chapter heads down to the next page, it skips down two inches. If I try to delete spaces to bring it up to the top of the page, it just skips up to the previous page. It's like those two inches don't exist. What's more confusing, it doesn't always do this, and sometimes it skips half a page. I've tried deleting that file and starting over, but now it's doing it on every file I start to edit. I don't even know the right question to start looking for the answer! |
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Great information, Charles! This will save me so much time; I just
haven't the patience to wade through a huge amount of data to find exactly what I need. Especially when I don't even know what I'm looking for in the first place. Thank you! Charles Kenyon wrote: You don't need to learn it all, but styles are really at the heart of how Word works. http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm http://addbalance.com/usersguide/basic_formatting.htm. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "MamaCats" wrote in message oups.com... Thanks so much, Jezebel! That seems to have solved the problem. I didn't know just what a page break was before. Guess if I'm going to be using Word for more than simple letters, I'm going to have to take the time to go through a tutorial, even if I won't use 95% of it. Again, thanks for saving my sanity! Jezebel wrote: Don't use empty paragraphs for formatting. There are simpler and better ways. If your headings should start a new page, apply a heading style (such as "Heading 1") and define that style as 'Page break before'. The more disciplined your are with the use of named styles, the easier is your task ever more. "MamaCats" wrote in message ups.com... I'm formatting stories to print for binding. I like the chapter heads to be at the top of the page, so I hit Enter until the heading goes to the next page top. I've done several dozen successfully using this method. Yesterday, I needed to add a couple of blank pages to the beginning (so there would be a blank sheet at the start of the text block), so I pressed Enter above the title until there were two blank pages before the title page. Now, when I try to move the chapter heads down to the next page, it skips down two inches. If I try to delete spaces to bring it up to the top of the page, it just skips up to the previous page. It's like those two inches don't exist. What's more confusing, it doesn't always do this, and sometimes it skips half a page. I've tried deleting that file and starting over, but now it's doing it on every file I start to edit. I don't even know the right question to start looking for the answer! |
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