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For some types of documents you may not want your paragraphs to smoothly flow from one page to the next. Instead, you may want to make sure that any given paragraph appears all on one page or another. I require this type of formatting quite often in letters, legal documents, and proposals.
Word includes a formatting feature that allows you to ensure that paragraphs stay together without a page break in the middle of them. You apply this format characteristic by following these steps:
Figure 1. The Line and Page Breaks tab of the Paragraph dialog box.
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2016-06-13 17:01:16
Pam Riseborough
This doesn't work if the text is in a cell within a table. Is there a fix for that?
2016-06-08 15:18:21
Peter Buxton
I find it pays to split a particularly long paragraph with a carriage return at the end of a convenient sentence. This puts half the para on each page, makes the whole thing easier to read, avoids a mid-sentence page-break and avoids a large white space at the bottom of the previous page.
2016-06-07 11:32:59
Lisa Herider
If you want this done throughout your document, you can edit the style sheet you are using (text, normal, etc.) and make sure the Keep Lines Together check box is selected.
2016-06-05 14:22:56
Oopaydo Roinsin
These tips are tremendous support for me in completing Word documents without having to research the text book on search online for the required help which is usually concerning a previously learned topic yet the learned subject matter is hidden within my subconscious-once I review these tips the topic is front and center again. this particular one refreshed my memory on keeping paragraphs on one page without moving as the doc. is expanded.
2016-06-04 12:10:47
Lorraine Bank
bullets and numbers, how to overide, how to set, how to make text that jumps out to the margin go back to the alignment with the other bullets and numbers in the outline
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