atw: Re: How does one stop Word playing "Blankety Blanks"?
- From: Michael Edward Granat <megranat@xxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:09:45 +1100 (EST)
Well Bede (S)
First off, thanks for stepping in so quickly and making an
effort to help.
I'll answer your questions from within your post, as
follows:
Quoting SUNTER Bede <Bede_SUNTER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Coupla questions Micky G:
>
> What SR of Weird 2-grand are you using?
Here it is Word 2000 (9.0.6926 SP-3)
But the problem has been pervasive, elsewhere on other Word
subversions(?)
> How are the odd-page section breaks being created in the first place?
Insert > Break...>(Break dialog) Section break types pane,
select (.)Odd page.
> How are you changing them to next-page section breaks?
Edit > Find... > Find what: ^b, then move down one line
below the break. Then File > Page setup... > Layout tab >
Section start: (drop-down) New page.
Sped up by the following recorded macro, as doing so by
hand became very tedious and no more effective:
Sub sectbreakNP()
'
' sectbreakNP Macro
' Macro recorded 11/02/2005 by Michael E. Granat
'
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "^b"
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
Selection.MoveDown Unit:=wdLine, Count:=1
With Selection.PageSetup
.LineNumbering.Active = False
.Orientation = wdOrientPortrait
.TopMargin = CentimetersToPoints(3.16)
.BottomMargin = CentimetersToPoints(2.5)
.LeftMargin = CentimetersToPoints(3.2)
.RightMargin = CentimetersToPoints(3.2)
.Gutter = CentimetersToPoints(0)
.HeaderDistance = CentimetersToPoints(1.3)
.FooterDistance = CentimetersToPoints(1.3)
.PageWidth = CentimetersToPoints(21)
.PageHeight = CentimetersToPoints(29.7)
.FirstPageTray = wdPrinterDefaultBin
.OtherPagesTray = wdPrinterDefaultBin
.SectionStart = wdSectionNewPage
.OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter = False
.DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter = False
.VerticalAlignment = wdAlignVerticalTop
.SuppressEndnotes = False
.MirrorMargins = True
.TwoPagesOnOne = False
.GutterPos = wdGutterPosLeft
End With
End Sub
>
> The reason for the last question is:
> This problem occurred in W97 and may have persisted into W2k first
> releas=
> e. To convert an odd-page section break into a next-page section break,
> y=
> ou need to plonk your cursor somewhere in the section following the
> break=
Know that thanks. It also stated this in the Word Help,
plus I checked the Working with sections article on the
Word MVP site @
<http://www.word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/WorkWithSections.htm>
> , then go File/Page setup/Layout and change 'Section start' from 'Odd
> pag=
> e' to 'New page'.=20
>
> Hope I'm neither telling you something you already know nor barking up
> th=
> e wrong inference.
Never mind. I really appreciate the thoughtfulness of your
post, even if it does offer me nothing new.
> Bede=20
>
<snippety-doo-dah!>
Sincerely,
Michael
Michael E. Granat
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E&OE.
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