Even Out Your Oddly-Paginating Pages

Applies to: Word 2007

If you've ever been frustrated by oddly-falling "Odd and Even Pages", follow these simple do's and don'ts:

  • DON'T use manual page breaks
  • DO use Section Breaks-Next Page, but sparingly
  • DON'T use Home | Paragraph (dialog launcher) | Line and Page Breaks | Page break before liberally!
  • DO add Page break before to appropriate styles (e.g., each "Heading 1" paragraph begins a new page).

You won't believe how evenly your pages and your frustration levels begin to fall.

Conventions Used: Information regarding the Word 2007 features identified in this article use the following navigating conventions:

 

TAB

GROUP

BUTTON

SUB-MENU, if any

(example)

Home

Editing

Find

 

(example)

Insert

Text

Object

Text from file

 

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