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MS Office Forum / Word / Page Layout / June 2004Page Break vs Column Break
I've noticed that when I use Column break in a section with only one column, it performs as if I've inserted a page break. Is there any difference in this situation between using a Page break, or a Column break (when working with one column)? I've observed (and wondered) the same thing. Although they are functionally the same in this case, I think I would use a page break if that's what's called for, rather than a column break, just because the latter might be confusing--to you, to Word, and especially to anyone else who might later have to work with your document. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word)  SignatureWords 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. > I've noticed that when I use Column break in a section with only one column, it performs as if I've inserted a page break. Is there any difference in this situation between using a Page break, or a Column break (when working with one column)? Isn't the difference simply that a column break starts to act like a column break (that is, breaks to the next column) if you ever change the number of columns to two or more? SignatureStefan Blom > I've observed (and wondered) the same thing. Although they are functionally > the same in this case, I think I would use a page break if that's what's [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > difference in this situation between using a Page break, or a Column break > (when working with one column)? This would be my assumption, yes, and for that reason I suppose it would be appropriate to use a column break instead of a page break if the document was likely to later be reformatted into columns, but then I avoid both page breaks *and* column breaks wherever possible. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) SignatureWords 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. > Isn't the difference simply that a column break starts to act like a > column break (that is, breaks to the next column) if you ever change [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > break > > (when working with one column)? You're right, of course, that you shouldn't use page or column breaks to control text flow. Instead, you should use options such as "Keep with next". The only kind of break that is sometimes required (except for paragraph breaks, of course!) is a section break. SignatureStefan Blom > This would be my assumption, yes, and for that reason I suppose it would be > appropriate to use a column break instead of a page break if the document [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > > break > > > (when working with one column)? That said, I *do* use page and column breaks judiciously. In documents where it is not necessary for a Heading 1 to begin a section, it does often start a new page, so I format it as "Page break before." And I use column breaks to keep material segregated in a four-column newsletter that gets filled piecemeal as I acquire the content. I've also encountered a few puzzling cases where a section break to balance columns still mysteriously doesn't. Rather than waste (more) time troubleshooting the issue, I "get the work out the door" by inserting a column break as needed. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) SignatureWords 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. > You're right, of course, that you shouldn't use page or column breaks > to control text flow. Instead, you should use options such as "Keep [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > > > break > > > > (when working with one column)? No rule without an exception, I guess. As for "Page break before", I'd have to say the following: I find the difference between using "Page break before" and inserting a manual page break so fundamental that I usually don't really think of "Page break before" as (a way to insert) a page break, but as something far more powerful. The reason is of course that "Page break before" is tied to a certain paragraph or paragraph style rather than to a position in the text. Whether "Page break before" page breaks and manual page breaks are also represented differently in the file structure is another question. If they are not, one might hope that the same could be accomplished with section breaks. Wouldn't that be useful: including section breaks with paragraph styles? SignatureStefan Blom > That said, I *do* use page and column breaks judiciously. In documents where > it is not necessary for a Heading 1 to begin a section, it does often start [quoted text clipped - 82 lines] > > > > break > > > > > (when working with one column)? > Wouldn't that be useful: including > section breaks with paragraph styles? Couldn't be a section break as such, because that would control the formatting of the section *before* the heading - imagine the posts there'd be then <g>. Trying to make it control existing section formatting would be even worse, I suspect. I'd love to be able to say a Heading 1 should start on an odd page, though. SignatureMargaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org > Couldn't be a section break as such, because that would control the > formatting of the section *before* the heading - imagine the posts there'd > be then <g>. Trying to make it control existing section formatting would be > even worse, I suspect. I'd love to be able to say a Heading 1 should start > on an odd page, though. I didn't think of the fact that a section break stores the formatting of the previous section. I certainly see that would cause trouble! Thank you for pointing this out. Stefan Blom |
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