Header abruptly appearing mid-document on headings

Lauren Evers 15 Reputation points
2023-02-15T15:44:23.45+00:00

I'm formatting a manuscript on Microsoft Word and do not want the header to appear on the pages with headings (beginning of a new chapter). My manuscript follows what I want up to chapter 10 where it abruptly puts the header on the next heading page. I'm not sure how to stop this and am not sure why it happened.

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  1. Lauren Evers 15 Reputation points
    2023-02-15T16:09:15.6933333+00:00

    Resolved - sorry. I realized I was using page breaks instead of ending sections with continuous breaks!

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  2. Charles Kenyon 2,816 Reputation points
    2023-02-16T15:10:00.8766667+00:00

    I suspect that you should be using Next-Page or Odd-Page section breaks rather than continuous ones. Certainly you should if you want that heading to be on a new page.

    See also: When to use Section Breaks in Word

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  3. Emily Hua-MSFT 27,641 Reputation points
    2023-02-16T02:01:02.0866667+00:00

    Hi @Lauren Evers

    I am glad that your issue is resolved, and thanks for your sharing.

    By the way, since the Microsoft Q&A community has a policy that "The question author cannot accept their own answer. They can only accept answers by others.", and according to the scenario introduced here: Answering your own questions on Microsoft Q&A, I would make a brief summary of this thread:

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    Header abruptly appearing mid-document on headings

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    Resolved via Lauren Evers

    The page breaks was used instead of ending sections with continuous breaks.

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