If the style has any Space Before, then this will not be suppressed after a
manual page break (no matter how inserted) as it is after a "soft" page
break unless you enable the Compatibility Option to "Suppress Space Before
after a hard page or column break."

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> Does Word add a few extra points of space before text to which Page Break
> Before has been applied? I have noticed that caption styles, for example,
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> Thanks,
> Beck
Becky Carter Hickman-Jones - 24 Oct 2005 17:50 GMT
Wow. I had no idea! Thanks so much!!
Beck
> If the style has any Space Before, then this will not be suppressed after a
> manual page break (no matter how inserted) as it is after a "soft" page
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> > Thanks,
> > Beck