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Getting rid of divisions caused by Sections
I have opened an RTF document and saved it as a Word document. In the
document there are indented quotes followed by normal text. Every time there is an indented quote there is a page break so that a 24 page document has become at 35 page document (ie. there is a quote then a whole bunch of empty space, then on the next page, the resumed normal text). How do I get the text and the quotes on the same page? By using the delete returns it screws up the document even more! (I am new to Word and I understand that the indenting of the text has created different sections but I want to keep the indented quotes but dont want it as sections, as these 'sections' seem to have created the problem.) This is a simple document but these 'sections' seem to make things more complex than they need to be. I don't want to have to reformat all the quotes to solve this problem...just something simple to get the quotes and the normal text on the same page. Thanks. |
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Getting rid of divisions caused by Sections
Just to add. The section breaks seem to be caused by a change in margins for
quotes, nothing else. This seems to be a bug in Word as change in margins or double indents should not be considered formatting changes. Oh well. Anyhow, I found a suggestion to eliminate section breaks all at once in the database. find ^b and replace with nothing. This seems to work EXCEPT I lost not only the section breaks but also every quote now is back at the margins of regular text which is definitely not what I wanted (Ijust wanted to eliminate the section breaks !) So how do I eliminate section breaks and retain the indented quote margins? There are a lot of quotes in this document so I would like to find some simple way to do this. Thanks. "walintz" wrote: I have opened an RTF document and saved it as a Word document. In the document there are indented quotes followed by normal text. Every time there is an indented quote there is a page break so that a 24 page document has become at 35 page document (ie. there is a quote then a whole bunch of empty space, then on the next page, the resumed normal text). How do I get the text and the quotes on the same page? By using the delete returns it screws up the document even more! (I am new to Word and I understand that the indenting of the text has created different sections but I want to keep the indented quotes but dont want it as sections, as these 'sections' seem to have created the problem.) This is a simple document but these 'sections' seem to make things more complex than they need to be. I don't want to have to reformat all the quotes to solve this problem...just something simple to get the quotes and the normal text on the same page. Thanks. |
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Getting rid of divisions caused by Sections
Most likely the document was imported from another application, such as Word
Perfect, that actually does change margins instead of paragraph indents. Delete the section breaks and apply the appropriate styles (such as Block Text for the quotes). -- 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. "walintz" wrote in message ... Just to add. The section breaks seem to be caused by a change in margins for quotes, nothing else. This seems to be a bug in Word as change in margins or double indents should not be considered formatting changes. Oh well. Anyhow, I found a suggestion to eliminate section breaks all at once in the database. find ^b and replace with nothing. This seems to work EXCEPT I lost not only the section breaks but also every quote now is back at the margins of regular text which is definitely not what I wanted (Ijust wanted to eliminate the section breaks !) So how do I eliminate section breaks and retain the indented quote margins? There are a lot of quotes in this document so I would like to find some simple way to do this. Thanks. "walintz" wrote: I have opened an RTF document and saved it as a Word document. In the document there are indented quotes followed by normal text. Every time there is an indented quote there is a page break so that a 24 page document has become at 35 page document (ie. there is a quote then a whole bunch of empty space, then on the next page, the resumed normal text). How do I get the text and the quotes on the same page? By using the delete returns it screws up the document even more! (I am new to Word and I understand that the indenting of the text has created different sections but I want to keep the indented quotes but dont want it as sections, as these 'sections' seem to have created the problem.) This is a simple document but these 'sections' seem to make things more complex than they need to be. I don't want to have to reformat all the quotes to solve this problem...just something simple to get the quotes and the normal text on the same page. Thanks. |
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Getting rid of divisions caused by Sections
Once I eliminae section breaks I have all these formerly indented quotes that
are now just marginslike regular text. Is there not a way to ,before I eliminate section breaks(why does eliminate section breaks affect margins?) whereby I can preserve the indentext text sections with their margins? thanks. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Most likely the document was imported from another application, such as Word Perfect, that actually does change margins instead of paragraph indents. Delete the section breaks and apply the appropriate styles (such as Block Text for the quotes). -- 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. "walintz" wrote in message ... Just to add. The section breaks seem to be caused by a change in margins for quotes, nothing else. This seems to be a bug in Word as change in margins or double indents should not be considered formatting changes. Oh well. Anyhow, I found a suggestion to eliminate section breaks all at once in the database. find ^b and replace with nothing. This seems to work EXCEPT I lost not only the section breaks but also every quote now is back at the margins of regular text which is definitely not what I wanted (Ijust wanted to eliminate the section breaks !) So how do I eliminate section breaks and retain the indented quote margins? There are a lot of quotes in this document so I would like to find some simple way to do this. Thanks. "walintz" wrote: I have opened an RTF document and saved it as a Word document. In the document there are indented quotes followed by normal text. Every time there is an indented quote there is a page break so that a 24 page document has become at 35 page document (ie. there is a quote then a whole bunch of empty space, then on the next page, the resumed normal text). How do I get the text and the quotes on the same page? By using the delete returns it screws up the document even more! (I am new to Word and I understand that the indenting of the text has created different sections but I want to keep the indented quotes but dont want it as sections, as these 'sections' seem to have created the problem.) This is a simple document but these 'sections' seem to make things more complex than they need to be. I don't want to have to reformat all the quotes to solve this problem...just something simple to get the quotes and the normal text on the same page. Thanks. |
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Getting rid of divisions caused by Sections
In Word, margins are part of the section properties. Indentation is a
paragraph property. In other words, if you change the indents (by dragging the indent markers on the ruler or using the Paragraph dialog box) before removing the section breaks, you will preserve the look of the document. For more on sections, see this article: Working with sections http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting...thSections.htm -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "walintz" wrote in message ... Once I eliminae section breaks I have all these formerly indented quotes that are now just marginslike regular text. Is there not a way to ,before I eliminate section breaks(why does eliminate section breaks affect margins?) whereby I can preserve the indentext text sections with their margins? thanks. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Most likely the document was imported from another application, such as Word Perfect, that actually does change margins instead of paragraph indents. Delete the section breaks and apply the appropriate styles (such as Block Text for the quotes). -- 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. "walintz" wrote in message ... Just to add. The section breaks seem to be caused by a change in margins for quotes, nothing else. This seems to be a bug in Word as change in margins or double indents should not be considered formatting changes. Oh well. Anyhow, I found a suggestion to eliminate section breaks all at once in the database. find ^b and replace with nothing. This seems to work EXCEPT I lost not only the section breaks but also every quote now is back at the margins of regular text which is definitely not what I wanted (Ijust wanted to eliminate the section breaks !) So how do I eliminate section breaks and retain the indented quote margins? There are a lot of quotes in this document so I would like to find some simple way to do this. Thanks. "walintz" wrote: I have opened an RTF document and saved it as a Word document. In the document there are indented quotes followed by normal text. Every time there is an indented quote there is a page break so that a 24 page document has become at 35 page document (ie. there is a quote then a whole bunch of empty space, then on the next page, the resumed normal text). How do I get the text and the quotes on the same page? By using the delete returns it screws up the document even more! (I am new to Word and I understand that the indenting of the text has created different sections but I want to keep the indented quotes but dont want it as sections, as these 'sections' seem to have created the problem.) This is a simple document but these 'sections' seem to make things more complex than they need to be. I don't want to have to reformat all the quotes to solve this problem...just something simple to get the quotes and the normal text on the same page. Thanks. |
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As I suggested previously, apply the Block Text style to these quotations
before removing the section breaks. -- 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. "walintz" wrote in message ... Once I eliminae section breaks I have all these formerly indented quotes that are now just marginslike regular text. Is there not a way to ,before I eliminate section breaks(why does eliminate section breaks affect margins?) whereby I can preserve the indentext text sections with their margins? thanks. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Most likely the document was imported from another application, such as Word Perfect, that actually does change margins instead of paragraph indents. Delete the section breaks and apply the appropriate styles (such as Block Text for the quotes). -- 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. "walintz" wrote in message ... Just to add. The section breaks seem to be caused by a change in margins for quotes, nothing else. This seems to be a bug in Word as change in margins or double indents should not be considered formatting changes. Oh well. Anyhow, I found a suggestion to eliminate section breaks all at once in the database. find ^b and replace with nothing. This seems to work EXCEPT I lost not only the section breaks but also every quote now is back at the margins of regular text which is definitely not what I wanted (Ijust wanted to eliminate the section breaks !) So how do I eliminate section breaks and retain the indented quote margins? There are a lot of quotes in this document so I would like to find some simple way to do this. Thanks. "walintz" wrote: I have opened an RTF document and saved it as a Word document. In the document there are indented quotes followed by normal text. Every time there is an indented quote there is a page break so that a 24 page document has become at 35 page document (ie. there is a quote then a whole bunch of empty space, then on the next page, the resumed normal text). How do I get the text and the quotes on the same page? By using the delete returns it screws up the document even more! (I am new to Word and I understand that the indenting of the text has created different sections but I want to keep the indented quotes but dont want it as sections, as these 'sections' seem to have created the problem.) This is a simple document but these 'sections' seem to make things more complex than they need to be. I don't want to have to reformat all the quotes to solve this problem...just something simple to get the quotes and the normal text on the same page. Thanks. |
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