No rule without an exception, I guess.

As for "Page break before", I'd have to say the following: I find the
difference between using "Page break before" and inserting a manual
page break so fundamental that I usually don't really think of "Page
break before" as (a way to insert) a page break, but as something far
more powerful. The reason is of course that "Page break before" is
tied to a certain paragraph or paragraph style rather than to a
position in the text.

Whether "Page break before" page breaks and manual page breaks are
also represented differently in the file structure is another
question. If they are not, one might hope that the same could be
accomplished with section breaks. Wouldn't that be useful: including
section breaks with paragraph styles?

--
Stefan Blom


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
That said, I *do* use page and column breaks judiciously. In
documents where
it is not necessary for a Heading 1 to begin a section, it does
often start
a new page, so I format it as "Page break before." And I use column
breaks
to keep material segregated in a four-column newsletter that gets
filled
piecemeal as I acquire the content. I've also encountered a few
puzzling
cases where a section break to balance columns still mysteriously
doesn't.
Rather than waste (more) time troubleshooting the issue, I "get the
work out
the door" by inserting a column break as needed.

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"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
You're right, of course, that you shouldn't use page or column
breaks
to control text flow. Instead, you should use options such as
"Keep
with next".

The only kind of break that is sometimes required (except for
paragraph breaks, of course!) is a section break.

--
Stefan Blom


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
This would be my assumption, yes, and for that reason I suppose
it
would be
appropriate to use a column break instead of a page break if the
document
was likely to later be reformatted into columns, but then I
avoid
both page
breaks *and* column breaks wherever possible.

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"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
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Isn't the difference simply that a column break starts to act
like
a
column break (that is, breaks to the next column) if you ever
change
the number of columns to two or more?

--
Stefan Blom


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
I've observed (and wondered) the same thing. Although they
are
functionally
the same in this case, I think I would use a page break if
that's
what's
called for, rather than a column break, just because the
latter
might be
confusing--to you, to Word, and especially to anyone else
who
might
later
have to work with your document.

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"DreAndre" wrote in
message
...
I've noticed that when I use Column break in a section
with
only
one
column, it performs as if I've inserted a page break. Is
there
any
difference in this situation between using a Page break, or
a
Column
break
(when working with one column)?