WD: Paragraph Formatting Continues After Column Break
Article ID: 184020
Article Last Modified on 8/21/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
- Microsoft Word 2.0a
- Microsoft Office Word 2003
- Microsoft Word 2.0c
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
This article was previously published under Q184020
SYMPTOMS
In a Microsoft Word document, when you insert a column break and then
immediately apply paragraph formatting to the first paragraph of a new
column, that format is also applied to the last paragraph of the previous
column.
CAUSE
When you insert a column break into your document, it starts a new column,
but it does not start a new paragraph. This means that if paragraph
formatting is applied anywhere within the paragraph (before and after the
column break), that formatting will apply to both parts of the paragraph
(before and after the column break).
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, enter a paragraph mark at the end of the
column immediately before the column break. To do this, follow these steps:
- Place the insertion point in the last line of the column immediately
before the column break.
- Press END to move the insertion point to the end of the column.
- Press ENTER to enter a paragraph mark.
You will now be able to apply paragraph formatting to the second column
without affecting the first column.
MORE INFORMATION
This behavior was changed in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows and Microsoft
Word 98 Macintosh Edition. In Word 97 and Word 98, when you enter a column
break and then apply paragraph formatting, that formatting will not apply
to the paragraph immediately prior to the column break.
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