Screenplay Problem--Automatically adding text after a page break

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Steve P

Does anyone know if it's possible to have word add a line
when certain paragraphs encounter a page break?
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

What do you mean by "add a line"?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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Guest

I'm trying to come up with a screenplay template. Every
Scene begins with a "Description Header", followed by
dialogue, stage directions, whatever. The problem is that
you're supposed to add the description Header when the
scene continues on the next page. For example

EXT. BATCAVE NIGHT

The batmobile roars through the batcave entrance. Batman
and Robin stare straight ahead, jaws muscles rippling as

------------Page Break-------------


EXT. BATCAVE NIGHT (Cont.)

they roar past. The Batcave doors close automatically.



What I'd like to do is have the "(Cont.)" added whenever
the page breaks across a scene. I thought I could design a
macro for it, but I'm not very astute with VB, and I don't
see how else I could do it. Any thoughts would be greatly
appreciated.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Ah, yes, that's difficult. If you can start each scene on a new page, then
you could insert a section break (Next Page) between scenes, enable
"Different first page," and put the description header continuation in the
Header that would appear on the second and subsequent pages of the scene. To
make this really easy (so that you don't have to change the Header for each
section), use a StyleRef field to pick up the text of the Description Header
and add "(Cont.)" after it.

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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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Guest

Sorry if that was vague. The problem is that every scene
starts with a one line description. If the scene continues
to the next page, the description needs to be added, along
with the word continued. For instance...

EXT. BATCAVE DAY

The hidden entrance tot he batcave opens. The batmob-


----page break----

EXT. BATCAVE DAY (cont.)

ile roars past the camera.

Is it possible to have this line added whenever I
repaginate using a macro or something?
 
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Guest

Thanks. I'll try that.
-----Original Message-----
Ah, yes, that's difficult. If you can start each scene on a new page, then
you could insert a section break (Next Page) between scenes, enable
"Different first page," and put the description header continuation in the
Header that would appear on the second and subsequent pages of the scene. To
make this really easy (so that you don't have to change the Header for each
section), use a StyleRef field to pick up the text of the Description Header
and add "(Cont.)" after it.

--
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.



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