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Subject:Re: MSW Problem From:Liam Wickham <liam -at- NWPEOPLE -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 23 Oct 1997 16:55:26 +0100
S.L. Polsky wrote:
>
> Help, all.
>
> I'm editing a set of SAP user docs. All were created in MSW on Win95. I'm
> using MSW 7.0a. Allow Fast Saves is off. Auto Virus scan is on.
>
> I've just started on one doc that's puzzling. When I
> format...paragraph...page_break, the affected paragraph remains where it
> was and appears on the next page. The affected paragraph any everything
> else beneath it on the original page are unworkable; clicking them does
> nothing. Clicking anywhere in those paragraphs on the next page does work.
>
> Tables that span two pages behave the same strange way.
>
> Print Preview shows the affected paragraphs both at the original position
> and on the correct next page; same thing in Page View.
>
> Sharon.
Hi there.
Page breaks in Word are sent to try us. I've had the same problem and
solved it by Select All and then Update Fields, which forces Word to
repaginate the document and sort itself out.
Maybe that'll do it, hope so.
Liam
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Liam Wickham Senior Technical Author
Network People International Ltd. http://www.nwpeople.com