Insert page to existing document

[Timothy Hellum]

Hello,

This should be simple, and perhaps I am missing something obvious, but I
cannot see where in Word 2004 (Mac OS 10.3.6) one can insert a blank page
into an existing document.

I have a Word doc sent to me by a colleague to which he forgot to add a
title page. Anyone know how to insert a blank page at the start of a
document that I can modify thereafter?

Any help appreciated.

Timothy

 

[MT]

Hello,

This should be simple, and perhaps I am missing something obvious, but I
cannot see where in Word 2004 (Mac OS 10.3.6) one can insert a blank page
into an existing document.

I have a Word doc sent to me by a colleague to which he forgot to add a
title page. Anyone know how to insert a blank page at the start of a
document that I can modify thereafter?

Any help appreciated.

Timothy

I would go to the top of the document and choose Insert->Break...->Page
.. This will give you an empty page and all the content on the next page.
Make sure to change pagination if necessary.


MT

 

[John McGhie]

Yes, you will kick yourself when you hear what it is that you are missing


"Content"

Type the text you want to appear on page one. All of the content currently
on page 1 will move down to make room for it.

You can't have a "blank" page in Word. You have to create some text,
otherwise you don't have a page at all. You cannot create a "blank" page
between pages three and four and have page four move down a page. It simply
becomes page 5.

The point I am making is actually serious, and is fundamental to
word-processing.

In a DTP or Page Layout program, each page contains a "grid", a structure
upon which you mount components such as text and graphics to position them.

In a Word processing program, a document is simply a pile of text. The
word-processor fills each page with text beginning at the top of the
document. Each paragraph is dangling from the one above it. The program
creates a new page each time it fills the one above, until it has laid out
all of the text. A "blank" page in a word processor cannot exist because
there is nothing there to force the program to create a page.

Hope this helps

Hello,

This should be simple, and perhaps I am missing something obvious, but I
cannot see where in Word 2004 (Mac OS 10.3.6) one can insert a blank page
into an existing document.

I have a Word doc sent to me by a colleague to which he forgot to add a
title page. Anyone know how to insert a blank page at the start of a
document that I can modify thereafter?

Any help appreciated.

Timothy

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Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410

 

[Clive Huggan]

[Comment additional to John's]: And given that Timothy wants to insert text
to appear as a title page -- i.e. if it's like most title pages it will be
light-on for text -- he should end the text with Insert menu -> Break ->
Page Break, non?

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is at least 5 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[John McGhie]

Well, a Technical Writer would exhort him to correctly format the paragraphs
on the first and second pages so he doesn't need the page break.

But yes: "something" has to force the remaining text down a page.

[Comment additional to John's]: And given that Timothy wants to insert text
to appear as a title page -- i.e. if it's like most title pages it will be
light-on for text -- he should end the text with Insert menu -> Break ->
Page Break, non?

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is at least 5 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
============================================================

* WAIT FOR CONSIDERED ADVICE: If you post a question, keep re-visiting the
newsgroup for several days after the first response comes in. Sometimes it
takes a few responses before the best or complete solution is proposed;
sometimes you'll be asked for further information so that a better answer
can be provided. Good tips about getting the best out of posting are at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FindHelp/Posting.htm (if you use Safari, you may
need to hit the circular arrow icon -- "Reload the current page" -- a few
times).

============================================================

Yes, you will kick yourself when you hear what it is that you are missing


"Content"

Type the text you want to appear on page one. All of the content currently
on page 1 will move down to make room for it.

You can't have a "blank" page in Word. You have to create some text,
otherwise you don't have a page at all. You cannot create a "blank" page
between pages three and four and have page four move down a page. It simply
becomes page 5.

The point I am making is actually serious, and is fundamental to
word-processing.

In a DTP or Page Layout program, each page contains a "grid", a structure
upon which you mount components such as text and graphics to position them.

In a Word processing program, a document is simply a pile of text. The
word-processor fills each page with text beginning at the top of the
document. Each paragraph is dangling from the one above it. The program
creates a new page each time it fills the one above, until it has laid out
all of the text. A "blank" page in a word processor cannot exist because
there is nothing there to force the program to create a page.

Hope this helps

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410

 

[Clive Huggan]

I was waiting for that, John!!! ;-)

Clive
===========

Well, a Technical Writer would exhort him to correctly format the paragraphs
on the first and second pages so he doesn't need the page break.

But yes: "something" has to force the remaining text down a page.

[Comment additional to John's]: And given that Timothy wants to insert text
to appear as a title page -- i.e. if it's like most title pages it will be
light-on for text -- he should end the text with Insert menu -> Break ->
Page Break, non?

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is at least 5 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
============================================================

* WAIT FOR CONSIDERED ADVICE: If you post a question, keep re-visiting the
newsgroup for several days after the first response comes in. Sometimes it
takes a few responses before the best or complete solution is proposed;
sometimes you'll be asked for further information so that a better answer
can be provided. Good tips about getting the best out of posting are at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FindHelp/Posting.htm (if you use Safari, you may
need to hit the circular arrow icon -- "Reload the current page" -- a few
times).

============================================================

Yes, you will kick yourself when you hear what it is that you are missing


"Content"

Type the text you want to appear on page one. All of the content currently
on page 1 will move down to make room for it.

You can't have a "blank" page in Word. You have to create some text,
otherwise you don't have a page at all. You cannot create a "blank" page
between pages three and four and have page four move down a page. It simply
becomes page 5.

The point I am making is actually serious, and is fundamental to
word-processing.

In a DTP or Page Layout program, each page contains a "grid", a structure
upon which you mount components such as text and graphics to position them.

In a Word processing program, a document is simply a pile of text. The
word-processor fills each page with text beginning at the top of the
document. Each paragraph is dangling from the one above it. The program
creates a new page each time it fills the one above, until it has laid out
all of the text. A "blank" page in a word processor cannot exist because
there is nothing there to force the program to create a page.

Hope this helps

On 18/11/04 3:25 PM, in article BDC18E74.198D%[email protected], "Timothy

Hello,

This should be simple, and perhaps I am missing something obvious, but I
cannot see where in Word 2004 (Mac OS 10.3.6) one can insert a blank page
into an existing document.

I have a Word doc sent to me by a colleague to which he forgot to add a
title page. Anyone know how to insert a blank page at the start of a
document that I can modify thereafter?

Any help appreciated.

Timothy