Extra Paragraph Breaks appearing in Header and Footer

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Steven B

2011-01-06 17:40:39 UTC

Hello everyone,

Periodically, when adjusting the styles and formatting of a document,
or updating fields and even entering/exiting the Header and Footer
extra paragraph marks appear in the Header and Footer. I don't know
why this happens, but they accumulate to the point where the document
will end up with 3 or 4 extra lines in both the header and footer
which takes away a significant amount of working space in the primary
document.

Do any of you know why this happens and how I can prevent it? I am
using MSOffice 2003 SP3.

Thank you,

Steven

Suzanne S. Barnhill

2011-01-06 19:02:46 UTC

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I am aware of one cause: if you copy/paste content from one header/footer to
another, no matter how carefully you exclude the paragraph when copying and
include it when pasting, you will still get an extra, empty paragraph. I
find this extremely annoying and counterintuitive, but at least I am aware
of it because I always have nonprinting characters displayed. Those who
don't have that visual clue would likely be much more puzzled by why their
top margins are not uniform (as sometimes results from this anomaly).
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Steven B
Hello everyone,
Periodically, when adjusting the styles and formatting of a document,
or updating fields and even entering/exiting the Header and Footer
extra paragraph marks appear in the Header and Footer. I don't know
why this happens, but they accumulate to the point where the document
will end up with 3 or 4 extra lines in both the header and footer
which takes away a significant amount of working space in the primary
document.
Do any of you know why this happens and how I can prevent it? I am
using MSOffice 2003 SP3.
Thank you,
Steven

Steven B

2011-01-06 21:00:32 UTC

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Hi Suzanne,

I also keep the nonprinting characters visible, comes from fixing
documents for co-workers, however it isn't from a copy/paste. These
just randomly appear. I delete them, and later on they appear again if
I change a style. I notice it most often if I update a style that
automatically updates (particularly Normal) and that affects others.
I've disabled automatic updates to see if that resolves it.

Very frustrating.

S

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
I am aware of one cause: if you copy/paste content from one header/footer to
another, no matter how carefully you exclude the paragraph when copying and
include it when pasting, you will still get an extra, empty paragraph. I
find this extremely annoying and counterintuitive, but at least I am aware
of it because I always have nonprinting characters displayed. Those who
don't have that visual clue would likely be much more puzzled by why their
top margins are not uniform (as sometimes results from this anomaly).
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

2011-01-06 22:33:33 UTC

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Are you actually getting extra paragraphs or just Spacing After? This could
be a result of updating the style on which your header/footer style is based
(Normal by default). By and large, I prefer not to have any styles update
automatically except the TOC styles.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

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Hi Suzanne,

I also keep the nonprinting characters visible, comes from fixing
documents for co-workers, however it isn't from a copy/paste. These
just randomly appear. I delete them, and later on they appear again if
I change a style. I notice it most often if I update a style that
automatically updates (particularly Normal) and that affects others.
I've disabled automatic updates to see if that resolves it.

Very frustrating.

S

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Steven B

2011-01-13 20:34:08 UTC

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Definitely extra paragraphs. I checked the header/footer style and
they are not set to automatically update. I'm trying to intentionally
recreate the problem so that I can figure out how/why it happens but
so far it seems random.

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
Are you actually getting extra paragraphs or just Spacing After? This could
be a result of updating the style on which your header/footer style is based
(Normal by default). By and large, I prefer not to have any styles update
automatically except the TOC styles.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
Hi Suzanne,
I also keep the nonprinting characters visible, comes from fixing
documents for co-workers, however it isn't from a copy/paste. These
just randomly appear. I delete them, and later on they appear again if
I change a style. I notice it most often if I update a style that
automatically updates (particularly Normal) and that affects others.
I've disabled automatic updates to see if that resolves it.
Very frustrating.
S

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k***@gmail.com

2020-06-08 16:26:22 UTC

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I have Word 2016 Paste options to Paste Text Only between Documents.

I noticed that when I select text and copy/paste using Ctrl+V into a new document I get an extra paragraph marker in the header.
Through testing, if the source text contains a Next Page or Continuous section break, the new document has an extra paragraph marker inserted in the header. Only with Ctrl+V not with Paste button/right click.