Workaround desperately needed for a Word "Feature"

[Roscoe]

I discovered that when I have two section breaks in a row, deleting the
second one is nearly impossible.

Situation: I have a 2-column section ending, followed by new section
requiring a new page (to change the page orientation). So, I placed a
continuous section break to even up the columns, followed by a "next
page" section break so I can switch to landscape. Fine so far.

After editing, the 2-column text grew to the point where the "next
page" section break was no longer required (it inserted a blank page).
So I attempted to delete it.

Sorry. Apparently can't do that in Word. No matter what I tried, the
"next page" section break remained and the continous break went away.
Even tried inserting several "^p" on either side of the next page
break, selected the region to include the "next page" section break but
clearly avoiding the continuous break, and voila, the continuous break
was repaced with a "next page" section break.

AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH

Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance!

Roscoe

 

[Rob graham]

Funny, that. I can't make it do what's happening to you. It seems to work
OK. I'm on Word 2000.

Rob Graham

 

[Roscoe]

Hmmm, I did reproduce it, but then I tried it again where I inserted
some carriage returns between the two breaks (like I did before) and
after the last break, and then selected a chunk where the secon break
was included and the firs break was not...worked like it would be
expected to.

Now I am really confused. the document (I inherited it) must be
corrupted somehow.

Thanks for trying!

 

[Rob graham]

Hmmm, I did reproduce it, but then I tried it again where I inserted
some carriage returns between the two breaks (like I did before) and
after the last break, and then selected a chunk where the secon break
was included and the firs break was not...worked like it would be
expected to.

Now I am really confused. the document (I inherited it) must be
corrupted somehow.

Thanks for trying!

I've found not dissimilar problems in the past when using documents from
long ago. Can't move top and bottom margins, for example, or can move them
but the text does not react. Paste into a new doc usually cures it.

Rob