continuous section break changes to new page - Word 2007

[Benjamin Barrett]

For a journal article, I need a single-column section followed by a
double-column section, where the seam between the two is on the same page.

In Word, I place the cursor at the beginning of the section that needs to be
double-column and insert a continuous break. Voila: It jumps to the next
page. The other method is to place the cursor in the same location and select
two columns beginning at that point in the document. Again, the text jumps to
the next page.

Does anyone know how to break this correctly?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See "Section break causes an unexpected page break in Word" at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292074

 

[Benjamin Barrett]

Thank you for that. As the article notes, the workaround does not work for
multiple columns.

At least I know that it's just not possible

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If the problem is footnotes, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/FtnoteSpanColumns.htm

 

[Benjamin Barrett]

Thank you for that, too! Hopefully Microsoft will fix this, but in the
meantime, I think trying to avoid the situation is the best policy.