Style added to "next page"

[Gwelsh]

I have a document that I am using styles in. When I want to force a new page
and apply a style to the first line in the new page, the style is also
applied to the "next page" code. This would not be a problem, except the
style I am using puts a shaded box around the text. So that leaves me with a
shaded box at the end of the previous page. I can't find any where to fix
this. Any help would be appreciated.

Here is the style code:

Font: Bold, Space After: 12 pt, No widow/orphan control, Don't keep with
next, Don't keep lines together, Level 2, Pattern: Clear (Custom
Color(RGB(229,223,236))), Style: Quick Style, Based on: Heading Base,
Following style: Body Text

 

[Jay Freedman]

Do NOT use a page break (Ctrl+Enter) to force a new page, precisely because
of this kind of problem. Instead, modify the style; go into its Paragraph
properties dialog, click the Line and Page Breaks tab, and check the box for
"Page break before".

To use it, first delete the manual page break if there is already one there.
Simply apply the style to the paragraph that should become the first one on
the new page.

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[Stefan Blom]

It seems as if you are using a manual page break to force the new page?
Instead, change the style to include "Page break before" formatting.

 

[Gwelsh]

Thank you for the suggestion, unfortunately this does not work for the style
I am using. I don't always want a page break before the heading. It only
works out that in this instance I need to force the page. Any suggestions
for this case?

 

[Jay Freedman]

Then don't add it to the style, but just apply it to that one paragraph --
right-click in the paragraph, choose Paragraph from the popup menu, and go
to the Line and Page Breaks tab of that dialog.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Or create a separate style with the "Page break before" setting.

 

[Gwelsh]

Maybe I'll just remove the shading, that would be the easiest. Thanks for
your help.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Thank you for the follow-up.