Need help to delete break

[Devonshire]

Word 2007

I've done a search and read all the threads on deleteing breaks and am still
at a loss.

I have a outline going that is now at 3 pages and growing. After a Heading
I line and a following line of normal text Word is insisting on a break
before I resume with a heading 2 format text. The break appears on the draft
view and leaves 2/3 of a page blank on the first page. In the draft view it
is just a dotted line and does not identify itself as a page or section
break. If I go to the end of the document, on the lower bar ther is no
information on multiple sections so I am assuming that there is only one
section. If I highlight the text before, through and past the offending
break, the break does not go away. I can't selct the break in draft mode so
that I can delete it. I tried making the bottom margin smaller from one
thread, with no effect.

How can I delete this break?

 

[Devonshire]

The offending break seems to occur after the "Normal" format text and just
before the outline numbered text outline begins. If I change the top three
lines (the project name, the title of the document and the date) to say
"Heading 1" then the automatic break disappears.

I don't want the entire document to be a numbered outline; I need the
document to have the project name, the title of the document and the date
before the outlione begins.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If your outline is constructed of heading styles, the problem is caused by
the fact that Headings 1-4 are formatted as "Keep with next" (Format |
Paragraph | Line and Page breaks), which causes them to chase one another
until they fill a page and Word is forced to insert a break. To avoid this
problem, remove the KWN formatting from at least Headings 3 and 4.

 

[Devonshire]

I don't completely understand that bit of subtlety, but it worked.

Thanks!