G
Gerry Rudolf
Situation: A multi-column section has plenty of entnotes
(in my case: two column section). The section ends with a
continuous section break. On the page where this section
break occurs there are endnotes spreading in columns
together making up more than one page length, that is: if
all endotes on that page would be rendered in one and the
same column of this multi-column section, this column
would be longer than fits in the text area. (For example:
in a two column section, this amounts to half of the text
space filled with endnotes, in a three column scetuon,
this amounts to a third of the text space filled with
endnotes.) Under such circumstances, the endnote columns
will NOT be balanced, and the section break will appear at
the very end of that page, resulting in any subsequent
text of the new section appearing on a new page. (Oddly
enough, in three column section, the columns are balanced
imperfectly only over two columns.)
If, however, the endnotes on this page amount to less than
an entire column, the continuous section break will lead
to balanced endnote columns. (Although I sometimes have
cases, where balancing does work only with far less
endnotes than one entire column, but I haven't figured out
when exactly this happens.) If it is unclear what I mean,
I can send a sample file.
This error has been a part of Word since Word for Windows
1.0, yes, since 1991!
There is no workaround, accept copying the endnotes into
the body text (which always gets balanced perfectly),
numbering them there with auto-number, and rendering the
endnotes as hidden text. Or has anbody another suggestion?
Since 1997 I try to get somebody to listen to that and try
to address it. The only reaction I ever got was "If you do
not like our products, use a competitor's product". I
didn't think that was a smart answer.
(in my case: two column section). The section ends with a
continuous section break. On the page where this section
break occurs there are endnotes spreading in columns
together making up more than one page length, that is: if
all endotes on that page would be rendered in one and the
same column of this multi-column section, this column
would be longer than fits in the text area. (For example:
in a two column section, this amounts to half of the text
space filled with endnotes, in a three column scetuon,
this amounts to a third of the text space filled with
endnotes.) Under such circumstances, the endnote columns
will NOT be balanced, and the section break will appear at
the very end of that page, resulting in any subsequent
text of the new section appearing on a new page. (Oddly
enough, in three column section, the columns are balanced
imperfectly only over two columns.)
If, however, the endnotes on this page amount to less than
an entire column, the continuous section break will lead
to balanced endnote columns. (Although I sometimes have
cases, where balancing does work only with far less
endnotes than one entire column, but I haven't figured out
when exactly this happens.) If it is unclear what I mean,
I can send a sample file.
This error has been a part of Word since Word for Windows
1.0, yes, since 1991!
There is no workaround, accept copying the endnotes into
the body text (which always gets balanced perfectly),
numbering them there with auto-number, and rendering the
endnotes as hidden text. Or has anbody another suggestion?
Since 1997 I try to get somebody to listen to that and try
to address it. The only reaction I ever got was "If you do
not like our products, use a competitor's product". I
didn't think that was a smart answer.