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How do you insert a page break after a text box
One of my co-workers has created a Word document for an
employee evaluation. Instead of using a table for each of the areas evalulated and the responses, she inserted text boxes and lined them up so it looks like a table. Now she's at the end of the first page of the evaluation and wants to add another page, but the cursor inserts the page between her title of the evaluation page and the first text box, placing the text boxes all on a second page. I've tried to insert a page break after the last tex box at the bottom of her first page, but the same thing happens to me as it does to her. Can a page break be put after the last text box or should she create this document in a table? I also cannot get the "Break Text Link" box to not be greyed out, so apparently, the break text link does not work here. |
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How do you insert a page break after a text box
This is going to be a mess. I would recommend restarting the project using a
table. Long term, you'll spend a lot less time setting this up properly to start. If you want to continue to make a bad situation worse, use Ctrl-End to go to the end of your document and insert a page break. (Manual page breaks also contribute to said mess.) You may also want to look into what Word calls an "online form." Check this in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Betty Sutton" wrote in message ... One of my co-workers has created a Word document for an employee evaluation. Instead of using a table for each of the areas evalulated and the responses, she inserted text boxes and lined them up so it looks like a table. Now she's at the end of the first page of the evaluation and wants to add another page, but the cursor inserts the page between her title of the evaluation page and the first text box, placing the text boxes all on a second page. I've tried to insert a page break after the last tex box at the bottom of her first page, but the same thing happens to me as it does to her. Can a page break be put after the last text box or should she create this document in a table? I also cannot get the "Break Text Link" box to not be greyed out, so apparently, the break text link does not work here. |
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How do you insert a page break after a text box
If the only paragraph she has in the document is the page title, then all
the text boxes are anchored to this paragraph. In order to insert a page break, you must add another (empty) text paragraph below the title (by pressing Enter at the end of it). After pressing Enter, immediately press Ctrl+Enter to insert the page break. This is just a stopgap, though; a table would be a much more sensible and stable way to lay out the page. Users who come from page layout programs tend to use text boxes far more than necessary in Word. I create many very complex layouts for books and rarely need to resort to text boxes, which should be used only when it is necessary to wrap text around text, superimpose text on text or a graphic, or place text outside the margins. -- 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. "Betty Sutton" wrote in message ... One of my co-workers has created a Word document for an employee evaluation. Instead of using a table for each of the areas evalulated and the responses, she inserted text boxes and lined them up so it looks like a table. Now she's at the end of the first page of the evaluation and wants to add another page, but the cursor inserts the page between her title of the evaluation page and the first text box, placing the text boxes all on a second page. I've tried to insert a page break after the last tex box at the bottom of her first page, but the same thing happens to me as it does to her. Can a page break be put after the last text box or should she create this document in a table? I also cannot get the "Break Text Link" box to not be greyed out, so apparently, the break text link does not work here. |
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How do you insert a page break after a text box
Hi, Betty.
The text boxes are anchored to the second paragraph on page 1, and the anchors need to be moved to the first paragraph on page 1 if you want to be able to insert a page break after the text boxes. To see the object anchors, click on Tools | Options | View | check the "Object anchors" box. Now when you click on a text box, you'll see an anchor symbol in the left margin. Drag the anchor up to the first paragraph. If the text boxes are grouped together, then you'll only have to move one anchor. If not, then you'll have to move the anchor for each text box individually. If you decide to group the text boxes before moving the anchor, don't ungroup them or else the text boxes might move to unexpected locations. Once you get all the anchors dragged to the first paragraph, you can put your cursor on the second paragraph and insert a page break. Hope this helps. Betty Sutton wrote: One of my co-workers has created a Word document for an employee evaluation. Instead of using a table for each of the areas evalulated and the responses, she inserted text boxes and lined them up so it looks like a table. Now she's at the end of the first page of the evaluation and wants to add another page, but the cursor inserts the page between her title of the evaluation page and the first text box, placing the text boxes all on a second page. I've tried to insert a page break after the last tex box at the bottom of her first page, but the same thing happens to me as it does to her. Can a page break be put after the last text box or should she create this document in a table? I also cannot get the "Break Text Link" box to not be greyed out, so apparently, the break text link does not work here. |
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