Unwanted break within paragraph

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?

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

"Frank" wrote:

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?

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

"Hookette" wrote:

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

"Frank" wrote:

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?

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."

On Feb 20, 1:26*pm, Frank wrote:
Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above &
below as far as I can tell.

"Hookette" wrote:
You sure it's a page break and not a margin? *(just a thought)

"Frank" wrote:

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?-

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.

"grammatim" wrote:

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."

On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote:
Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above &
below as far as I can tell.

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

"Frank" wrote:

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?-

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.

"Frank" wrote:

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.

"grammatim" wrote:

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."

On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote:
Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above &
below as far as I can tell.

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

"Frank" wrote:

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?-

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

"Frank" wrote in message
...
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.

"Frank" wrote:

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.

"grammatim" wrote:

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."

On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote:
Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected
above &
below as far as I can tell.

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

"Frank" wrote:

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?-

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).

On Feb 20, 1:53*pm, Frank wrote:
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.



"grammatim" wrote:
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."

On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote:
Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above &
below as far as I can tell.

"Hookette" wrote:
You sure it's a page break and not a margin? *(just a thought)

"Frank" wrote:

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?--

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).

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

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

"Frank" wrote in message
...
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.

"Frank" wrote:

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.

"grammatim" wrote:

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."

On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote:
Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected
above &
below as far as I can tell.

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

"Frank" wrote:

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?-

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.

"grammatim" wrote:

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).

On Feb 20, 1:53 pm, Frank wrote:
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.



"grammatim" wrote:
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."

On Feb 20, 1:26 pm, Frank wrote:
Good question...it might be but widow/orphan control is selected above &
below as far as I can tell.

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

"Frank" wrote:

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?--