Graphics are split between pages during printing

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Tim Cole

My favorite head-banger is back again to haunt me! This has followed me
through several version of Word:
Every year I revise and format a concert program that is printed front and
back on a single 8 1/2 x 11 in landscape. I use two column format and
column/page breaks with a line between columns to organize the material.
The problem occurs when I use a bordered graphic in the 2nd column, first
page (the program cover) -- most of it will print in the intended column,
but a small portion of the bottom prints on the next page.
I've used a single graphic, multiple graphics and text, resized it as
"object" or "picture", played with the page layout, used blank hard-returns
or deleted them, but still the graphic splits. I know (but I've forgotten
how) that page borders can look like this, with the bottom border not
printing or printing on a the next page, so I removed all semblance of "page
borders" and incorporated a built-up graphic (as a .jpg, .gif, .png... you
name it...).
But, still, the problem exists. What's even more frustrating, it only shows
up when I print. Neither "Page View" nor "Print Layout" shows any such
problem; there are no mysterious page numbers or added sections (this
document is only one section). I waste a lot of paper trying to solve this
mystery.
Currently using Word XP with all updates and service packages -- no matter!
the problem has followed me around like my shadow throughout earlier
versions!

Tim Cole,
anal-retentive engineer who refuses to cut and paste.
 
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Richard O. Neville

Try this: turn on "Show paragraphs" and select the paragraph mark at the
beginning of the page on which each graphic should appear. Change the font
size to 1 (that's right, one), and in the paragraph menu be sure there is no
space before or after. Then, also in the paragraph menu, check "Page break
before." Paste in your graphic. Since the paragraph mark is now so small, it
is imperceptible to the reader, but causes Word to start a new page before
the graphic.
 

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