Unwanted break within paragraph

[Frank]

I'm editing a document created by someone else.
Anyway, there is what appears to be an automatic page break (dotted line, no
"Page Break" indicated) within a paragraph. I can't get rid of it.
Help?

 

[Hookette]

You sure it's a page break and not a margin? (just a thought)

 

[Frank]

Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above &
below as far as I can tell.

 

[grammatim]

If you're seeing a dotted-line page boundary, then you're in Normal/
Draft View? If you switch to Page View, do you see that the page is
full and that is in fact where the next page has to start?

If you need to not break a paragraph across pages, then go to Format >
Paragraph (either for the individual paragraph or for the paragraph
style), the second tab, and check "Keep Lines Together."

 

[Frank]

Thank you, that does it...it inserts a page break before the paragraph.
But I'm still a little confused; I always thought widow/orphan control did
that.

 

[Frank]

I should elaborate by saying that only one line of the paragraph appears on
the first page while the balance appears on the next.
It's not as if the paragraph was ten lines with 5 appearing on the first
page and 5 on the second.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If "Widow/orphan control" is enabled for that paragraph, then it should NOT
break as you describe. Have you confirmed that that option is checked
(Format | Paragraph | Line and Page Breaks)?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[grammatim]

Well ,,, there's a difference between "inserting a page break" (which
ensures a new page wherever that break happens to fall; also achieved
with "page break before" in the Format > Paragraph pane) and "keep
lines together" (where you'll only see the effect if the paragraph
starts to run onto the next page).

 

[Frank]

Yes, I've checked & re-checked that.
I've checked "Borders & Shading".
I've checked Styles.
Word 2003 by the way.
I can easily work around it in this case but It's Driving me Nuts.

I can tell you one more thing...
this paragraph seems to have ended with a "Form Field" or something which
was a grey box which, when clicked, turned Black and allowed you to type info
into it (I pasted something from the clipboard). Could this have something to
do with it?

There is a paragraph mark on the line before the paragraph in question (an
empty paragraph) and one at the end of the paragraph (after a period).

 

[Frank]

Ah Yes, I see the distinction. Thanks for the clarification, and btw this is
a fine work-around but I'm still perplexed as to why with "Widow/orphan"
checked this paragraph breaks as it does.
Everyone here says I should just move on & forget it (my daughter told me to
just put an "enter" somewhere above it and shut up) but I'm of a curious
nature.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ah, the plot thickens! Press Alt+F9 and see if you see anything different.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[grammatim]

Widow & Orphan definitely means that a paragraph shouldn't break with
just one line at the bottom or top of a page.

 

[Frank]

Yeah, this is wierd. Obviously I'm missing something.
Also, I don't see any graphic objects around; I say this because Suzanne
wrote in another thread some time ago that such things with wrapping enabled
can confuse things.
I've solved the immediate problem but I'm determined to find out what's
going on.
I'm not too familiar with the protocol but I don't suppose I could send the
file to someone to look at?

 

[Frank]

Suzanne! I'm sorry...I didn't see your post earlier!
Pressing Alt+F9 changed everything!
I can't stay, have to go & won't be back til Monday, but page breaks all
seem to have been reset?
What did I do?
Thank you!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Send it here and I'll take a look. You have aroused my curiosity.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Displaying field codes will have caused pages to break differently just
because there's more "text." This won't affect the pagination of the final
printed document (unless you opt to print field codes). I just thought that
if there was a form field or the like hiding in the vicinity of the
mysterious page break, that might be an explanation.

I'm leaving town Tuesday, but perhaps we can pursue this on Monday.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Frank]

The issue occurs in question 16...between pages 11 & 12.
OOps..very embarassing; I don't know how to do that (send the file that is).

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Attach the file to an email (File | Send To | Mail Recipient as Attachment)
and email it to me.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org