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Subject:Re: AT wits end with Word - SOLVED!!! From:Jo Francis Byrd <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 03 Apr 2001 21:49:16 -0500
Thanks, everyone!
Kathleen Padova diagnosed the problem: a chapter had even page on the Page
Layout. Corrected that and it cured the problem - and saved the atmosphere from
becoming only "slightly" blue from unseemly language.
I inherited this document, and I've spent TWO days cleaning up the formatting
and getting rid of all the unnecessary styles. From experience, I've learned to
keep all formatting VERY clean - a bad code can really screw things up.
Thanks again to all the suggestions. I appreciate each and every one.
Jo Byrd
Jo Francis Byrd wrote:
> Before I devolve into a raging madwoman and do something unspeakable to this
> computer.....
>
> I have a document with multiple chapters. I insert an odd section break
> between each chapter so each will start on an odd page. Do a Save, a Ctrl+A to
> select the entire document, an F9 to update all the fields and
> the TOC. Check the TOC, and my odd section breaks have changed - it's magic!!!
> - into next page section breaks - meaning, if the preceding page is an odd
> page, the chapter now starts on an even page. I have
> deleted these (expletive deleted) next page section breaks and inserted odd
> page section breaks I don't dare count how many times (I AM trying to retain a
> shred of sanity, here).
>
> Any clue as to why Word is ignoring my wishes (well, besides that we ARE
> talking Word here), and what I can do to make the blasted program honor what I
> tell it to do?
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