no automatic page break

I'm working in a very simple document in Print Layout View. When I get to the end of page 1, Word will not insert an automatic page break. What I type disappears as if going to a new page, but the page count is still 1. If I go to Normal view, I can see what I typed. When I try to print the document, only 1 page prints.

I can open a old file and Word will add pages as necessary.

Any ideas what is happening here? Do I have something set that I don't know about?

Patti

TF
Tue Dec 16 16:46:04 CST 2003

Have you installed and assigned a default printer driver?

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"Patti Price" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I'm working in a very simple document in Print Layout View. When I get to
the end of page 1, Word will not insert an automatic page break. What I type
disappears as if going to a new page, but the page count is still 1. If I go
to Normal view, I can see what I typed. When I try to print the document,
only 1 page prints.

I can open a old file and Word will add pages as necessary.

Any ideas what is happening here? Do I have something set that I don't know
about?

Patti

Suzanne
Tue Dec 16 18:29:20 CST 2003

If you're not typing in a text box or a table that has become wrapped, check
Format | Columns to make sure it is set to 1.

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Words into Type
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"Patti Price" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9ED627A7-9636-468F-8523-3AA327BB91C5@microsoft.com...
> I'm working in a very simple document in Print Layout View. When I get to
the end of page 1, Word will not insert an automatic page break. What I type
disappears as if going to a new page, but the page count is still 1. If I go
to Normal view, I can see what I typed. When I try to print the document,
only 1 page prints.
>
> I can open a old file and Word will add pages as necessary.
>
> Any ideas what is happening here? Do I have something set that I don't
know about?
>
> Patti

anonymous
Tue Dec 16 19:16:08 CST 2003

Thank you, Suzanne.

I thought about columns, but looked in the wrong place to check the problem. I'll have to fix this so that all my new documents don't have 2 columns.

Patti

Suzanne
Tue Dec 16 23:28:21 CST 2003

For help with that, see
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Patti Price" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you, Suzanne.
>
> I thought about columns, but looked in the wrong place to check the
problem. I'll have to fix this so that all my new documents don't have 2
columns.
>
> Patti