large amount of extra space before page breaks?

[removing all headers and footers]

In word 2003, one Word file with text that I got from another source has
large amounts of extra space before every page break, and I cannot figure out
why. It does not seem to be a footer with paragraph marks, I checked that, or
a header??

In page setup, the margins are all one inch, but in page setup it shows it
with 2/3 of a page and lots of space at the bottom. every page. Is there a
pagebreak control?


any ideas. thanks, JF

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Check the formatting of the paragraphs that begin the pages. On the Line and
Page Breaks tab of Format | Paragraph, see if "Page break before" or "Keep
with next" is checked. Also, if you'll display text boundaries (Tools |
Options | View) you won't need to guess whether the space is in the footer
or the document body.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"removing all headers and footers"

 

[removing all headers and footers]

thanks. It was the "keep lines together" in the paragraph format tab in my
normal style. Hard to find ......

 

[Terry Farrell]

The clue is the little black box in the left margin adjacent to the
paragraphs with Keep Lines Together applied.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, that bullet can signify any one or more of the following:

Keep with next
Keep lines together
Page break before
Suppress line numbering

 

[Terry Farrell]

True, but it still is a good clue!

Terry

Well, that bullet can signify any one or more of the following:

Keep with next
Keep lines together
Page break before
Suppress line numbering

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA