MS Word Legal Training- What is Causing Everything To Go To The Next Page?

Large portions of my text keep going to the next page. Nothing I do seems to stop it. Let's examine a few reasons for this. 1. Check your Vertical Alignment. Unless doing a cover page, your "Vertical Alignment" setting should be Top. This is found under Home, Page Layout (Layout for 2016 users), Page Setup, Layout Tab, Vertical Alignment. Change it to "Top Alignment" if portions of your document other than the cover page are positioned in the center of the page vertically. Ninety nine percent of documents use "Top Alignment". 2. Check your Before and After Spacing for "Direct Formatting" as well as within particular Styles. For instance, if you have a Body Text or Multilevel Outline paragraph that has let's say 36-48 Before or After Spacing, this can cause large gaps between paragraphs thus unnatural breaking of the page. For the most part, use 12 After Spacing between paragraphs whether it is Direct Formatting or built into the style. 3. Finally, check for overuse of either "Keep With Next" or "Keep Lines Together". Normally we build this into Headings 1 and 2 of a Multilevel Outline. Overuse of Keep With Next can cause unnatural breaking of the page. The tell tale little "black dots" to the left of your paragraphs will tell you if you have Keep With Next/Keep Lines Together applied to your paragraphs. 4. Other than Headings 1 and 2, you can remove Keep With Next/Keep Lines Together by modifying the Heading Levels you don't want it applied to. Modifying the Heading Style go to Format Paragraph, Line and Page Breaks, and remove Keep With Next/Keep Lines Together. Note: If NOT built into the style but applied directly, go to Home, Paragraph, Line and Page Breaks and remove the setting from there. The page should now flow normally. You can always use the Direct Formatting approach to "Keep With Next" for those individual paragraphs that need that setting. Training From An Inside Perspective www.advanceto.com For Teacher Connected Books www.awarenessexplosion.com Getting Ready To Take A Hands-On MS Word Test? www.legaltestready.com