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From: William on 11 Jul 2008 13:23 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
From: Lene Fredborg on 11 Jul 2008 16:41 Section breaks can be tricky. See this article: http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/WorkWithSections.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
From: Henk57 on 11 Jul 2008 19:18 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
From: William on 22 Jul 2008 14:57 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 >
From: William on 22 Jul 2008 14:58
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/WorkWithSections.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 |