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
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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
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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?

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Stefan Blom


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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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
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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)?