Yes, there is more than one kind of section break; though, I don't know whether ^b and ^% each select one of the types. By far the most common is both the end of a "section" and the end of a page.. Each "section" in word can have a specific formatting "style" applied to it. The other kind os section break allows the style to change, but does not mark the end of a page. There must be some type of document this is useful in, but I can't think of what. The only thing important about these two is that for a file with both types in it, if you use the usual find and replace technique to change section breaks to page breaks, it will remove all section breaks, but not put in page breaks. Absolutely the only reason I know about this is that one day the settings on the scanner that Carrie uses at bookshare got messed up and it started putting in both types of section breaks. Also, by chance, I found there is a work-around to this problem. If you start at the end of the document and tell find and replace to search backwards, it converts all the section breaks to page breaks correctly.
So, everyone can just forget about all this because the problem with the two kinds of section breaks will probably never occur again.
Misha Mayrie ReNae wrote:
Hi Jackie, I wonder if there are more than one kind of section breaks? I know Valerie has seen more than one kind when scanning. I do know that when I type ^b into the find box, and ^m into the replace box, section breaks are changed to page breaks. I'm using Word 2003, so go figure. I just know what I do, and what it makes happen. I never understand why. Mayrie-----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie McBride Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 10:16 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Okay, I messed up... When I checked (because I thought it was ^b also but wasn't sure) my MSWord said ^%. I, too, was taken aback by that. How I checked it was to do a find & replace, then clicked the special menu, then chose section break. What was in the box at that point was ^%. I'm not sayin who's right or wrong here--as I said, I, too, thought that section break was ^b. But my version of word, which, again, is 2003, seems to indicate otherwise. Since this also has me puzzled, any input is greatly appreciated. I'd hate to lead some1 astray. In this case, though, since I did actually check b4 I wrote that, I don't quite know what to say. On 9/20/09, siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Hi Valerie, Yes, ^b is section break. Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 11:41 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Okay, I messed up... In transcribing to my cheat sheet, isn't section break ^b? Take care! Valerie Please pray for Doug's Dad & visit his website: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/billkoonce-----Original Message-----From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss- bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie McBrideSent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 10:41 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Okay, I messed up... Valerie: U asked about the following codes:Line break--no code. See explanation, below Blank line ^p Paragraph break ^p Section break ^% Page break ^m Indent/tab ^tLine breaks are inserted when a line becomes too long to fit in the set margins & this is a soft, not a hard code. It will be changed if the margins are changed. Blank lines & paragraphs are the same. & usually actually consist of ^p^pNote these codes are word 2k3. On 9/19/09, Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:I thinkif you haven't alredy saved you can go back to the document,click oniy, go to edit and click on undo CindyWish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites belowWish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+ListBooks Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List --- On Sat, 9/19/09, Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Okay, I messed up... To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxDate: Saturday, September 19, 2009, 11:31 PM Thought I understood a formatting tool, in the ribbon (don't get me started on that!) for a different book I am working on and need to keep a single reference of keystroke codes for find and replace in one place. I do have a "before" saved copy, but want to learn from my mistake. So that I have them all in one note, I am interested in:Line break Blank line Paragraph break Section break Page break Indent/tabIn short, I thought I could highlight a selection in my work and hit the style I had modified and it would only change that text, but it changed the entire document and I had done many more contextual repairs before knowing it had changed all my title formatting and indents.Ugh! This is most definitely a learning process... Thanks! ValerieTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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