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Page Break vs Column Break
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)?
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Page Break vs Column Break
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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "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)? |
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Page Break vs Column Break
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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "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)? |
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Page Break vs Column Break
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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... 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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "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)? |
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Page Break vs Column Break
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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... 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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "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)? |
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Page Break vs Column Break
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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... 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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "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)? |
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