BUG: Insert section break new page

[Miya]

"Insert section break new page" creates a page AFTER the new section instead of BEFORE the new section where it is supposed to!

This command should insert a page break into the document and push the remaining text to a new page that is also a new section.

Instead, it creates useless new blank pages at the end of the document, after the new section!

 

[JE McGimpsey]

"Insert section break new page" creates a page AFTER the new section instead
of BEFORE the new section where it is supposed to! <br><br>This command
should insert a page break into the document and push the remaining text to a
new page that is also a new section. <br><br>Instead, it creates useless new
blank pages at the end of the document, after the new section!

Which version and update of Word are you using?

Which Mac OS version?

I can't replicate that on any version of Word that I have.

By design, Word creates the section break right where the insertion
point is - is it possible that the insertion point was at the end of the
document when you inserted the break (e.g., you had scrolled the display
to somewhere in the middle of the document, but hadn't clicked there)?

If not, does this happen with all documents or just one?

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

I can't reproduce this here. I assume you are using Word 2008? I have
six pages of text, I put the cursor before a paragraph on the third page
and use Insert\ Section Break New Page, and I get the six pages split
into two sections with a section break on page 3, just as you say it ought.

Can you test it with a different document? is there anything special
about your document? Are you perhaps trying to insert the section break
into a text box or footnote space or something?

 

[Miya]

I am using Word 2008 on an aluminum iMac (Intel) with OS 10.5.1.
Word creates a SECTION break but the section break is not accompanied by a PAGE break the way it is supposed to be (see my expanded discussion above).

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Miya:

That description is not clear...

A section break changes the layout properties of the document. One of the
catches is that a section break ENDS the section that it controls, so
anything you set in a section break (headers, footers, margins etc) apply to
the next BEFORE the section break in the file.

A "New Page" section break tells the computer to begin printing that section
on a "new" page. The other choices are "Odd Page", "Even" page, or
"Continuous".

The place where this change takes effect may be hundreds or even thousands
of pages earlier in the file, because the section break "contains" the
properties that affect the section that it ends.

Use a section break if you want to change the settings within a document
(usually, the headers, footers, margins, or page numbering). Some changes
that you make will force a new sheet of paper. For example, if you change
the paper size, the printer MUST switch to a new sheet of paper

Use "New Page" if you do not care whether the new section starts on an odd
page, or an even page; or if you are printing single-sided.

Use "Odd Page" in most cases. Your default Normal template should be set to
Odd Page. This begins the print job on a right-hand, odd-numbered page.
That is normal for English readers.

Use "Even Page" if you are doing special things ‹ For example, your cover
sheet may be pre-printed, so you want the contents to begin on page 2.

Use "Continuous" if you are using the section break to change protections
within the section. For example, you may want to declare parts of your file
off-limits to editing: you do this by encasing the section in continuous
section breaks, then using Tools>Protect to keep users from editing within
the breaks. Don't change the paper size, or you will get a new page,
whether you wanted one or not.

You cannot see the effect of Section Breaks in Print Layout View. You must
use File>Print Preview. That causes Word to call the printer driver to make
up the page, and in doing so, gets everything on the correct sides. It also
shows you where the blank pages will go.

If you use Odd or Even section breaks, Word will pad the print output with
blank sheets if it needs to, in order to automatically start a section on
the side you have specified. However, since these sheets do not exist in
the file, Print Layout view cannot show them to you.

Hope this helps

"Insert section break new page" creates a page AFTER the new section instead
of BEFORE the new section where it is supposed to!

This command should insert a page break into the document and push the
remaining text to a new page that is also a new section.

Instead, it creates useless new blank pages at the end of the document, after
the new section!

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