Word auto-formats in page breaks where they don't belong

[Evan]

It seems that word likes to put page breaks immediately before some section
links. I have completely disabled auto-format and auto-correct, and yet
whenever I try to print my doc or re-load the file, the same errors re-appear.

To be a tad more specific:
1. Word adds page breaks into my table of contents. I used a template to
create the doc, and deleted several appendix headings because they didn't
apply. Wherever there were headings that I deleted, Word now inserts page
breaks right before I print or print preview. This same phenomonon occurs
within the body of the document aswell, and not with all section links, only
a few.

2. One of the heading links actually changes size and color for the last
few letters (in mid-word!) in addition to inserting a page break. I
recognise the color as the one that I use in section headings and the like,
and the font size looks like it might be that of a heading, but I can't
figure out why it would only change the last few characters of a link.

Auto-correct is completely disabled in word and for the "style", whatever
that means. I followed all the troubleshooting directions in help to no
avail. Speedy reply would be appreciated as I am supposed to roll this
report out within a few hours.

Thanks,

Evan

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

A manual page break picks up the formatting (both style and direct) of the
following paragraph (which is why you see extra entries in the TOC if you
have a page break before a heading style). To avoid this, apply the "Page
break before" property to your headings instead of using a manual page
break.