Sections

[Jasper Kent]

Another question.

If I have a continuous section break on a page then the headers and footers
on that page are for the section before the break.

Is there any way I can switch it to make them the headers and footers for
the section after the break (or even have the header for the section before
and the footer for the section after)?

Thanks,

Jasper Kent.

 

[jesse]

Jasper,

You would benefit from reading:

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/WorkWithSections.h
tm

jesse

 

[Jasper Kent]

I've looked at this article, but it does not answer my question.

 

[jesse]

I am quite surprised that you think not. One must learn by
doing. What I've seen explained covers all your questions.
You might want to try sitting down and working at it for a
while. That way, you could generate more specific
questions at to what problems you're encountering.

jesse

 

[jesse]

Table Headings are a separate entity from Headers. If you
want a heading row in a table to repeat on a page break,
put your cursor on the row and click:

Table | Heading Rows Repeat

jesse

 

[Jasper Kent]

Well, if what you've seen explains all, then perhaps you could enlighten me
with your wisdom.

The question is simple. Is there a switch that allows headers to refer to
the section at the end of a page rather than that at the beginning?

My guess is not, but I've seen nothing that states that explicitly.

 

[Jasper Kent]

I think I've managed to do what I wanted (chapter titles in the header) with
STYLEREF. However an alternative (as described Word's help) is to put a
cross reference to a heading style in the header.

One problem with this is that if the section break between chapters is a
continuous break in the middle of the page, then the header for that page
shows the title of the chapter that ends on that page. I would like it to
show the title of the chapter that begins on that page.

I appreciate there are other ways round this (I've used STYLEREF), but
bottom-line question is still pretty simple:

On a page that contains a continuous section break, is there a switch to
make the header and footer refer to the section after the break rather than
to the one before it?

Thanks,

Jasper Kent.

 

[Margaret Aldis]

I think I've managed to do what I wanted (chapter titles in the header) with
STYLEREF. However an alternative (as described Word's help) is to put a
cross reference to a heading style in the header.

One problem with this is that if the section break between chapters is a
continuous break in the middle of the page, then the header for that page
shows the title of the chapter that ends on that page. I would like it to
show the title of the chapter that begins on that page.

I appreciate there are other ways round this (I've used STYLEREF),

So does the /l switch (search for style from bottom of page) not do what you
want?

but
bottom-line question is still pretty simple:

On a page that contains a continuous section break, is there a switch to
make the header and footer refer to the section after the break rather than
to the one before it?

No. As explained in the article and by others here, and as you have found by
your experimentation, *all* the information stored in a section break
*always* refers to the section above the break.

 

[Margaret Aldis]

Ah - I understand where you are coming from now - you are right that the
question 'which section (before or after a continuous break) determines the
headers and footers on a page' is not the same as 'which section break
determines the headers and footers for a section' (which is the question
we've all been answering), but the answer is the same <g>.

The additional piece of information you needed was that the headers and
footers for a page come from the section Word is in when it 'turns the
page'. I so rarely use continuous breaks that I didn't think this through.

Hope all is clear now.

 

[Bob S]

If I have a continuous section break on a page then the headers and footers
on that page are for the section before the break.

Is there any way I can switch it to make them the headers and footers for
the section after the break (or even have the header for the section before
and the footer for the section after)?

No

If there were such a switch it wouldn't help because one of the laws
of the Word universe is that continuous sections have exactly the same
headers and footers as the previous section. Effectively the "same as
previous" bit is permanently set. So the headers after the break are
the same as those before the break anyway.

Bob S