no automatic page break

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Patti Price

I'm working in a very simple document in Print Layout View. When I get to the end of page 1, Word will not insert an automatic page break. What I type disappears as if going to a new page, but the page count is still 1. If I go to Normal view, I can see what I typed. When I try to print the document, only 1 page prints.

I can open a old file and Word will add pages as necessary.

Any ideas what is happening here? Do I have something set that I don't know about?

Patti
 
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TF

Have you installed and assigned a default printer driver?

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Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://www.mvps.org/word/

I'm working in a very simple document in Print Layout View. When I get to
the end of page 1, Word will not insert an automatic page break. What I type
disappears as if going to a new page, but the page count is still 1. If I go
to Normal view, I can see what I typed. When I try to print the document,
only 1 page prints.

I can open a old file and Word will add pages as necessary.

Any ideas what is happening here? Do I have something set that I don't know
about?

Patti
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

If you're not typing in a text box or a table that has become wrapped, check
Format | Columns to make sure it is set to 1.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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Patti Price said:
I'm working in a very simple document in Print Layout View. When I get to
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the end of page 1, Word will not insert an automatic page break. What I type
disappears as if going to a new page, but the page count is still 1. If I go
to Normal view, I can see what I typed. When I try to print the document,
only 1 page prints.
 
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Patti Price

Thank you, Suzanne.

I thought about columns, but looked in the wrong place to check the problem. I'll have to fix this so that all my new documents don't have 2 columns.

Patti
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

For help with that, see
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Patti Price said:
Thank you, Suzanne.

I thought about columns, but looked in the wrong place to check the
Click to expand...
problem. I'll have to fix this so that all my new documents don't have 2
columns.
 
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