The real problem with inserting manual page breaks is that if you edit the
document and add or remove text before the page break (even if it is 20 or
100 pages before the page Break) the Page Break moves. So you can easily end
up with a virtually empty page because the page break has moved to the top
of the next page.
--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/
: Suzanne
:
: Thanks for the clear explanation and examples of times when these two
: paragraph formatting options might prove helpful. I guess I've never been
: afraid of "insert - page break" and am wondering if I should be more
: apprehensive about using those after reading your notes.
:
: Thanks ----------- BK
:
:
: : > "Keep with next" is enabled by default for heading styles; you don't
want
: > a
: > heading at the bottom of the page and the following text starting on the
: > next page. It's also a good idea to enable it for table heading rows. It
: > can
: > be useful in tables (and elsewhere) to control page breaks (you want to
: > avoid manual page breaks wherever possible).
: >
: > "Keep lines together" is not necessary for paragraphs of 1-3 lines
: > provided
: > you have "Widow/orphan control" enabled (as it is by default for all
: > styles)
: > but can be useful for longer paragraphs in some instances. For example,
: > one
: > of the types of documents I prepare is a Q&A for lawyers. One of my
: > clients
: > is a consultant who provides litigation support; he prepares questions
for
: > lawyers to ask in depositions and at trial, along with the expected
: > answers.
: > These are formatted in 14-pt TNR to be easily read in court. The
questions
: > are formatted as both "Keep with next" and "Keep lines together,"
because
: > you don't want the lawyer to have to turn the page when he's asking a
: > question (you don't want to make it too obvious that he's reading from a
: > prepared text!). KLT can also be used in conjunction with KWN to control
: > page breaks.
: >
: > --
: > Suzanne S. Barnhill
: > Microsoft MVP (Word)
: > Words into Type
: > Fairhope, Alabama USA
:
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: > so
: > all may benefit.
: >
: > : >> Using Windows XP Pro and Office 2000
: >>
: >> I understand what the paragraph format choices are (keep with next and
: > keep
: >> lines together) I just cannot think of a time when those would be
: > important
: >> boxes to check.
: >>
: >>
: >
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