Formatting problem with page breaks Shana 04.08.2006 16:06:03 I'm working on a document, comprised of several "Section" documents. Each section has its own cover sheet. To differentiate between the flow of content, there is a page break on each cover page, to ensure that the section content begins at the top of page 2. However, because of the placement of the page break, there is an H2 [blank] line on the cover page, and the H2 heading at the top of page 2 appears twice in the TOC -- once attributed to page 1 [the section cover sheet], and once [correctly] attributed to page 2. I've tried removing the break and trying adding a return, changing that blank line to "clear formatting" and then adding a new break (instead of inserting the break at the beginning of the H2 heading). However, that results in an extra return appearing at the top of page 2 -- and it doesn't look good to have a section not start at the top of the page. Help! Thanks,

Re: Formatting problem with page breaks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 04.08.2006 17:23:16 Format your H2 as "Page break before" instead of inserting a manual page break. -- 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. "Shana" <Shana[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AACA425D-3F86-4C37-98C6-64F39BDACB3A[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I'm working on a document, comprised of several "Section" documents. Each > section has its own cover sheet. To differentiate between the flow of > content, there is a page break on each cover page, to ensure that the section > content begins at the top of page 2. > > However, because of the placement of the page break, there is an H2 [blank] > line on the cover page, and the H2 heading at the top of page 2 appears twice > in the TOC -- once attributed to page 1 [the section cover sheet], and once > [correctly] attributed to page 2. > > I've tried removing the break and trying adding a return, changing that > blank line to "clear formatting" and then adding a new break (instead of > inserting the break at the beginning of the H2 heading). However, that > results in an extra return appearing at the top of page 2 -- and it doesn't > look good to have a section not start at the top of the page. > > Help! > > Thanks,

Re: Formatting problem with page breaks Shana 04.08.2006 17:38:02 Where can I find that command in a menu? When I entered "page break before" in the ms help box, I didn't see specific information with these exact keywords, and the topics presented don't seem to fit. I'm using Word 2002. Thanks, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Format your H2 as "Page break before" instead of inserting a manual page > break. > > -- > 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. > > "Shana" <Shana[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:AACA425D-3F86-4C37-98C6-64F39BDACB3A[ at ]microsoft.com... > > I'm working on a document, comprised of several "Section" documents. Each > > section has its own cover sheet. To differentiate between the flow of > > content, there is a page break on each cover page, to ensure that the > section > > content begins at the top of page 2. > > > > However, because of the placement of the page break, there is an H2 > [blank] > > line on the cover page, and the H2 heading at the top of page 2 appears > twice > > in the TOC -- once attributed to page 1 [the section cover sheet], and > once > > [correctly] attributed to page 2. > > > > I've tried removing the break and trying adding a return, changing that > > blank line to "clear formatting" and then adding a new break (instead of > > inserting the break at the beginning of the H2 heading). However, that > > results in an extra return appearing at the top of page 2 -- and it > doesn't > > look good to have a section not start at the top of the page. > > > > Help! > > > > Thanks, > >

Re: Formatting problem with page breaks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 04.08.2006 21:30:04 On the Line and Page Breaks tab of Format | Paragraph. -- 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. "Shana" <Shana[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3BE574DA-C893-4FED-BF70-6C34CD6C8DF5[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Where can I find that command in a menu? When I entered "page break before" > in the ms help box, I didn't see specific information with these exact > keywords, and the topics presented don't seem to fit. I'm using Word 2002. > > Thanks, > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > > > Format your H2 as "Page break before" instead of inserting a manual page > > break. > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > "Shana" <Shana[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:AACA425D-3F86-4C37-98C6-64F39BDACB3A[ at ]microsoft.com... > > > I'm working on a document, comprised of several "Section" documents. Each > > > section has its own cover sheet. To differentiate between the flow of > > > content, there is a page break on each cover page, to ensure that the > > section > > > content begins at the top of page 2. > > > > > > However, because of the placement of the page break, there is an H2 > > [blank] > > > line on the cover page, and the H2 heading at the top of page 2 appears > > twice > > > in the TOC -- once attributed to page 1 [the section cover sheet], and > > once > > > [correctly] attributed to page 2. > > > > > > I've tried removing the break and trying adding a return, changing that > > > blank line to "clear formatting" and then adding a new break (instead of > > > inserting the break at the beginning of the H2 heading). However, that > > > results in an extra return appearing at the top of page 2 -- and it > > doesn't > > > look good to have a section not start at the top of the page. > > > > > > Help! > > > > > > Thanks, > > > >