Word Paragraph Headings: How to Not Force Line Break to Paragrap.

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Michael S Berens

The standard Word declaration for a Style used for paragraph heading forces a
line-break before the paragraph text. It would be preferable to provide the
option for no line break for the paragraph-style so that the following
efferct can be achived:

Heading-5. Paragraph text. Paragraph text. Paragraph text. Paragraph
text. Paragraph text. Paragraph text. Paragraph text. Paragraph text.
Paragraph text. Paragraph text. Paragraph text. Paragraph text.
Paragraph text. Paragraph text.

Heading-5. Paragraph text. Paragraph text. Paragraph text. Paragraph
text. Paragraph text. Paragraph text. Paragraph text. Paragraph text.
Paragraph text. Paragraph text. Paragraph text. Paragraph text.
Paragraph text. Paragraph text.

I think that there was a technique with heading-frames to acheive this
within the heading style in Word97, but the current frames function in
Word2000 seems different.

Thanks
 
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Daiya Mitchell

If what you typed is what you want to achieve, see here:
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/RunInSidehead.htm

I think the feature you are asking for was implemented in Word 2002, and you
can fudge it in earlier versions, except that I don't totally understand
what you are saying. I would call that a hard return or a paragraph mark,
myself, rather than line-break, which implies a new line within the same
paragraph.
 
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Margaret Aldis

Hi Michael

Word uses the word 'Frame' for two completely different things <sigh>. The
'visible' menu options in newer versions of Word refer to web page frames,
but the Word 97 frames are still available (The Insert Frame command is on
the Forms toolbar, but you can use Tools > Customize to move it.)

You can still define a style with a frame, as in Word 97 (Modify > Format >
Frame), and this can be a good way to get a heading 'alongside' a paragraph
(generally, in the margin) - this is slightly different from a true run-in
subhead using a hidden paragraph break or style separator as per Daiya's
link, though, which is probably what you want.
 
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