Why doesn't the text on the top of column 2 align with column one? It's not
even, text on top of column 2 is a bit higher compared to the text on top of
column 1. This only occurs if I remove a column break from the bottom of
coulmn one. If I leave the column break in then the text on the top of both
columns align evenly again???

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"jabroni" wrote in message
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Why doesn't the text on the top of column 2 align with column one? It's
not
even, text on top of column 2 is a bit higher compared to the text on top
of
column 1. This only occurs if I remove a column break from the bottom of
coulmn one. If I leave the column break in then the text on the top of
both
columns align evenly again???

Your paragraph is formatted with Space Before, which is suppressed after a
"soft" page or column break but not after a manual one. You can remove the
"Space Before" from the first paragraph in column 1.

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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
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"jabroni" wrote in message
...
Why doesn't the text on the top of column 2 align with column one? It's
not
even, text on top of column 2 is a bit higher compared to the text on top
of
column 1. This only occurs if I remove a column break from the bottom of
coulmn one. If I leave the column break in then the text on the top of
both
columns align evenly again???

I see. It's almost as if the space before attribute for the paragraph is
doubled when there is a coulm break or page break. We currently have all of
our styles with a 4 pt space before. If I set all the styles in the document
to 0 space before then all is good and eveything lines up evenly....of course
when I give it a number to work with greater then zero that's when the text
spacing issue comes into play with page\column breaks. I think this helped,
thanks a lot!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Your paragraph is formatted with Space Before, which is suppressed after a
"soft" page or column break but not after a manual one. You can remove the
"Space Before" from the first paragraph in column 1.

--
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.

"jabroni" wrote in message
...
Why doesn't the text on the top of column 2 align with column one? It's
not
even, text on top of column 2 is a bit higher compared to the text on top
of
column 1. This only occurs if I remove a column break from the bottom of
coulmn one. If I leave the column break in then the text on the top of
both
columns align evenly again???

Space Before is (by default) suppressed at the top of a page or a column but
retained after section breaks and manual page and column breaks. There is a
Compatibility Option to suppress Space Before after hard page and column
breaks, but this does not affect section breaks, so it wouldn't help you.

--
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.

"jabroni" wrote in message
...
I see. It's almost as if the space before attribute for the paragraph is
doubled when there is a coulm break or page break. We currently have all
of
our styles with a 4 pt space before. If I set all the styles in the
document
to 0 space before then all is good and eveything lines up evenly....of
course
when I give it a number to work with greater then zero that's when the
text
spacing issue comes into play with page\column breaks. I think this
helped,
thanks a lot!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Your paragraph is formatted with Space Before, which is suppressed after
a
"soft" page or column break but not after a manual one. You can remove
the
"Space Before" from the first paragraph in column 1.

--
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.

"jabroni" wrote in message
...
Why doesn't the text on the top of column 2 align with column one?
It's
not
even, text on top of column 2 is a bit higher compared to the text on
top
of
column 1. This only occurs if I remove a column break from the bottom
of
coulmn one. If I leave the column break in then the text on the top
of
both
columns align evenly again???