Paragraph spacing at top of page

[Guest]

I use the "space before" property of my heading styles
to create space between sections of my documents.

When a heading occurs at the top of a page this
space should be omitted, of course (or esle there
would be a silly-looking space at the top of the page,
before the section heading).

Can I make Word automatically omit "space before"
when my heading happens to fall at the top of a page ??

If not, is there some better way to control spacing between
paragraphs.

thanks

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Word automatically suppresses Space Before provided (a) you have not changed
the Compatibility Options and (b) it is not preceded by a manual page break
or a section break. You can suppress the space after page breaks and column
breaks but not after section breaks (see Tools | Options | Compatibility).
Generally speaking, if a new section is a new chapter, you want extra space
before the heading. If the heading follows, say, a Continuous section break,
then your only option may be to remove the Space Before for that particular
heading.

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

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