I've been working quite a bit with drop-caps, and in the project I'm
working on right now, there are an enormous number of them. Some of them
get cut off if they start on the last line of a page, because they're
set to drop two lines. I would like to be able to tell it to only drop
them one line, so this doesn't happen anymore, but don't want to do this
manually with thousands of drop-caps.

I have a simple understanding of macros, and no knowledge of VBA. I've
looked through the Word Options, and haven't found anything relating to
drop-caps.

I had a similar problem yesterday, and had to manually convert about a
hundred and fifty of them, which was quite the task.

Hope all are well.
Ian
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http://bookstacks.org/

Hi Ian,

"Ian" wrote

> I've been working quite a bit with drop-caps,

drop-caps are placed within "frames".

> and in the project I'm working on right now, there
> are an enormous number of them. Some of them
> get cut off if they start on the last line of a page,
> because they're set to drop two lines. I would like
> to be able to tell it to only drop them one line,
> so this doesn't happen anymore, but don't want
> to do this manually with thousands of drop-caps.

Do you know, that (the format of) frames can be defined in styles? So
you only have to modify the style.

> I have a simple understanding of macros, and no knowledge
> of VBA. I've looked through the Word Options, and haven't
> found anything relating to drop-caps.

You can select all drop-caps at once:
Ctrl + F | More | Format | Frame | Look for in (or similar)| Main
document

It would be a chance, to apply a style.

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Greetings from Germany
Lisa [MS MVP Word]

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> Only thing is, a 1-line drop is actually almost no drop -- all it
> really does is put the cap in a different font. If you mean a 2-line
> drop (i.e., the cap would vertically span 2 lines), change the obvious
> line above.


Hi Mark. Yeah, I don't like changing it to one line. I would do this
mainly to preserve the drop-cap format, in case I change it again. I'm
putting together an eBook of the entire Bible, and every chapter number
is a drop-cap. Sometimes they end up on the bottom of the page, getting
cut off, and I can't figure out what to do about that. Probably what
I'll do is change them globally, and then, if I ever figure it out,
change them back. :-)

Hope you're well.
Ian
--
http://bookstacks.org/

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, wilke-(E-Mail Removed)
says...
> You can select all drop-caps at once:
> Ctrl + F | More | Format | Frame | Look for in (or similar)| Main
> document

Thank you very much. I will save both of these responses.

Hope you're well.
Ian
--
http://bookstacks.org/

That suggests that you're allowing a chapter to break after a single
line! If you turn on "Widow & Orphan" protection in Format Paragraph
(second tab), the problem will disappear and you can keep your two-
line drop cap chapter numbers.

On Jul 17, 12:32*pm, Ian <rastall...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article <0sqdnYRmg8LF6tzRnZ2dnUVZ_uWdn...@speakeasy.net>,
> mtang...@speakeasy.net says...
>
> > Only thing is, a 1-line drop is actually almost no drop -- all it
> > really does is put the cap in a different font. If you mean a 2-line
> > drop (i.e., the cap would vertically span 2 lines), change the obvious
> > line above.
>
> Hi Mark. Yeah, I don't like changing it to one line. I would do this
> mainly to preserve the drop-cap format, in case I change it again. I'm
> putting together an eBook of the entire Bible, and every chapter number
> is a drop-cap. Sometimes they end up on the bottom of the page, getting
> cut off, and I can't figure out what to do about that. Probably what
> I'll do is change them globally, and then, if I ever figure it out,
> change them back. :-)
>
> Hope you're well.