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Ray K
I have a simple 3-page document where the last line of text on page 1 is
at least three lines above the bottom margin, and I have inserted a page
break to force the start of the second page. If I turn on Show/Hide, the
last two lines of page 1 now appear at the top of page 2 (with increased
blank space at the bottom of page 1). The page break now causes the text
that should have started at the top of page 2 to start on page 3.
Doesn't matter if I'm in Normal View or Print Layout View.
Print Preview show the two lines that should be at the bottom of page 1
at the top of page 2. But when I actually print page 1, the last two
lines appear at the bottom of page 1, just where I want them.
So the inconsistencies are:
1. The location of the page break with Show/Hide on vs off
2. The location of the bottom two lines in the Print Preview vs where
they actually print.
By the way, there's no fancy stuff like multiple columns, graphics,
tables, drawings, text boxes, etc. Each page is just straight text,
11-point Helvetica, single-spaced, with one blank line between each
paragraph. Most of the paragraphs are only one or two lines long.
WHOOPS. I STAND CORRECTED. I did do one "fancy" thing. To get those two
last lines onto page 1 I had reduced the paragraph line spacing in the
bottom half of the page from Single to Exactly 12 point. Returning it to
Single solves both inconsistencies.
So I'm now posting this message not as a problem to be solved, but as a
tip for those who may run into it. Keep Show/Hide off and you'll see
the correct page breaks.
Ray
at least three lines above the bottom margin, and I have inserted a page
break to force the start of the second page. If I turn on Show/Hide, the
last two lines of page 1 now appear at the top of page 2 (with increased
blank space at the bottom of page 1). The page break now causes the text
that should have started at the top of page 2 to start on page 3.
Doesn't matter if I'm in Normal View or Print Layout View.
Print Preview show the two lines that should be at the bottom of page 1
at the top of page 2. But when I actually print page 1, the last two
lines appear at the bottom of page 1, just where I want them.
So the inconsistencies are:
1. The location of the page break with Show/Hide on vs off
2. The location of the bottom two lines in the Print Preview vs where
they actually print.
By the way, there's no fancy stuff like multiple columns, graphics,
tables, drawings, text boxes, etc. Each page is just straight text,
11-point Helvetica, single-spaced, with one blank line between each
paragraph. Most of the paragraphs are only one or two lines long.
WHOOPS. I STAND CORRECTED. I did do one "fancy" thing. To get those two
last lines onto page 1 I had reduced the paragraph line spacing in the
bottom half of the page from Single to Exactly 12 point. Returning it to
Single solves both inconsistencies.
So I'm now posting this message not as a problem to be solved, but as a
tip for those who may run into it. Keep Show/Hide off and you'll see
the correct page breaks.
Ray