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Subject:Help! Section breaks in Word97 From:Bruce Brodersen <baruch -at- TELEPORT -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 23 Jun 1998 09:32:56 -0700
t 07:42 AM 6/23/98 PDT, you wrote:
>I am having a very frustrating time just now with Word97, and I'm
>wondering if anyone out there might be able to help (and quick!).
>
>I am working on a document in Word (because I have to). Normally, I
>have no problem with creating section breaks and different footers and
>all that jazz, but in this document, it keeps changing the Section Break
>(Next Page) that I put before every level 1 header to Section Break (Odd
>Page). I can delete them and add new ones as much as I like, it just
>changes them to Odd Page behind my back.
The problem most likely resides in Page Setup (File menu). My guess it that
you have new sections beginning on Odd pages, and Page Break Before selected
in Format>Paragraph.
