Shannon, It's up to you, but if you listen to how it reads with the words split between pages, then you'll understand why volunteers prefer to put them together. Like I said, though, it's up to you, and it won't make any difference in whether or not your book is approved. Gerald -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Shannon A. Reece Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 2:32 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] merging words Gerald said: Also, if you find a word where the first half is at the bottom of one page and the second is at the top of the next, then please go ahead and put the two halves back together. It doesn't matter which page the word ends up on either. Just choose the one which looks the most appropriate for that situation. Ah Gerald, can I weep now!! I am working on a book where most of the pages end in hyphenated words. I have been, (keep in mind I just started here a week or two ago), carefully making sure that there were hyphens in the right places, etc! And now, *sob, sniffle, howl), you tell me I can put the word parts together on one of the pages? <grin> Okay so I have three choices. I can either leave the word halves I've already fixed,nicely hyphenated, as they are, split between the first 72 pages I have edited and from here on out I can do as you say and merge the word parts onto one page, or I can leave what I did alone but fix it in the way you suggested in the future editing of this book, or I could get drunk and cry. But the third choice doesn't interest me much, so of the two, what would you suggest I do? Shannon