Hi Jill, The asterisks were added by the validator, not by me as the submitter. I only use asterisks to denote section breaks that are indicated in the print by white space. My practice concerning page numbers, as I have said what feels like six thousand times is to do the following in the case of pages containing chapter headings: Page break Blank line Page number Blank line Chapter heading Blank Line Text on the page Blank line Page break. In the case of pages where chapter headings do not appear, I do this: Page break Blank line Page number Blank Line Text on the page Blank line Page break. Just to clarify. I'm glad that Ann's asterisks helped you to be certain that a chapter heading was present. In some cases, too much information is better than not enough. Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jill O'Connell Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 8:55 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question About Protecting Chapters I just read a Miss Zukas book that Mary submitted; she had a page number, a line of asterisks and then the chapter heading; nothing was erased. In this case I would say that the asterisks weren't really necessary; however, they did help accentuate the factor that there was a new chapter. ----- Original Message ----- From: siss52 <mailto:siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 11:16 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question About Protecting Chapters Hi Susan, No, it won't. I put about 4 stars on the first line, then blank line, then chapter name. It will eat the asterisks. <smile> Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan <mailto:slumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 12:58 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question About Protecting Chapters As Lissi Says, Hi Booksharians, When the chapter name such as "Chapter One" is the first thing at the top of the page and the page number is at the bottom of a page, (and I do not wish to move the page number), will putting one blank line on both sides of the chapter name protect it? Thanks. Susan ________________________________ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.8.1/1730 - Release Date: 10/17/2008 8:07 AM ________________________________ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.8.1/1730 - Release Date: 10/17/2008 8:07 AM To 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.