Justify last line

[Guest]

Sometimes I need to justify the last line of a letter and continue to second
page. I used to be able to do SHIFT + ENTER. Word 2003 doesn't do it but
Word 2000 did. How do I do it in Word 2003?

 

[CyberTaz]

Can you be a bit more descriptive of what you are trying to accomplish?

Justification is a para attribute & applies to all lines of the para
regardless of where a natural page break occurs within it. Also, Shift+Enter
has always created a _line break_ and still works the same in 2003.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Guest]

Example, I have a paragraph at the end of a letter (all data being justified)
that will need to be continued to another page due to margin set up. On that
next page, there would be only one line and I want to have at least two line
on that next page before I put the closing (very truly yours). So, I go to
the previous page and put a page break (which is CTRL + ENTER) so as to bring
at least 2 lines on the next page. When I do this, that last line on let's
say page 1 will not justify. In Word 2000, a SHIFT + ENTER at the end of the
line and then a CTRL + ENTER would cause that last line to justify.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

On the Compatibility tab of Tools | Options, make sure the box for "Don't
expand character spaces on the line ending Shift-Return" isn't checked.
Unless that option is enabled, inserting a line break should justify the
last line in a justified paragraph as usual.

But if you're just wanting to continue to a second page, you shouldn't have
to insert a line break at all--just keep typing. Perhaps you're inserting a
page break (Ctrl+Enter)? If so, a page break is by default accompanied by a
paragraph break, so you will indeed have to insert a line break as well.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Jay Freedman]

If your paragraph has "widow and orphan control" turned on in the
Format > Paragraph > Line & Page Breaks dialog, you'll automatically
get at least two lines of the paragraph on page 2 without any manual
page break (as long as the paragraph has at least 4 lines, so it can
get 2 on page 1 and 2 on page 2). This should be set by default in
your Normal paragraph style, but you might have removed it at some
point.

If you still have the need to justify a line before a manual page
break, I find that it does work here as you described (Shift+Enter and
then Ctrl+Enter). Are you sure you're getting a line break from the
Shift+Enter keystroke? Turn on nonprinting characters (click the ¶
button) and verify that there's a left-pointing arrow at the end of
the line before the page break.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Guest]

That's it! It worked. I didn't have the box checked in tools, options but
you mentioned a line break. I only knew of section and page break but did
know a line break. So I checked and there was a text wrapping break.....it
worked! Thanks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You were inserting a line break to begin with, using Shift+Enter.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[last line justify in word 2007]

How would one find this option in 2007, to deselect the option to disable the
last line justify?

thanks,

John

 

[Jay Freedman]

In Word 2007, go to Office button > Word Options > Advanced. Scroll
all the way to the bottom of the dialog and click the link for Layout
Options. The option Suzanne mentioned is there, in alphabetic order.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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