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Gary T - 17 Feb 2005 10:43 GMT

Hi,

I have a series of Bullet Lists, that sometimes start near the bottom of a
page and are too large for all the bullet points to fit on one page.
However, rather than fit, say, 4 bullet points on the first page then the
remaining 2 on the next page, Word is "snapping" all 6 to the second page,
thus leaving a large gap at the bottom of the first page, which doesn't look
good.

I am using the "Show / Hide" Icon, which reveals a black square in the left
hand margin - what does this mean and is it relevant to why Word is doing
this to my bullet points?

Any help greatly appreciated.

Gary T.

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Stefan Blom - 17 Feb 2005 11:18 GMT

Check your bulleted paragraphs for "Keep with next", "Keep lines
together", "Page break before" and "Widow/Orphan control" settings on
the Line and Page Breaks tab of Format>Paragraph. However, note that
these options are useful when applied properly. For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/TextReflow.htm.

The black square is related to the formatting options mentioned above.
To read more about nonprinting marks, see:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/NonPrintChars.htm.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 17 Feb 2005 17:03 GMT

Stefan has given you the long version. The short version is that the list
items are probably formatted as "Keep with next." This is a good idea for
the first item of the first and last pair (so that you don't have a single
bullet point alone on a page), but not for all.

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