Header 1 in the Headings section from previous page

[Chricholson]

I have made a template which has in the heading area the current Header 1.
However, if I have a new Header 1 on my page it changes to see this new one,
not the one I have from the page before. I need to it to pick up whichever
header has been carried across from the previous page. So if there is a new
Header 1 it will not be seen in the heading area until the next page. If,
however, a Header 1 starts a page then this will need to be placed into the
heading.

Hope someone knows what I mean.

Chris

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yes, that's the way StyleRef works. It isn't suitable for all situations.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Chricholson]

So does this mean there is not a solution to the problem?

Chris

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Maybe you're confusing the way the two terms "Header" and "Heading"
are used in Word? The Header is the area at the top of the page that
reflects the latest Heading. The Heading is the (often numbered)
subtitle within a chapter.

Usually, the Header will show the last Heading that was used, even if
it occurred many pages before, and it shows a new Heading on the page
where the Heading occurs.

The way you do this is to put a STYLEREF field in the Header, and be
sure that the "text" of the STYLEREF field is the name of the style of
the Heading that you want to be listed in the Heading.

I think that what Suzanne was getting at is that usually a book
_doesn't_ repeat the old Heading on the page where a new Heading
appears, and Word is designed to do it the "usual" way.

 

[Chricholson]

I'm always getting those two mixed up, yes I did mean the other way around.

And I never realised it was the "standard". It's for an assignment report
not a book but I guess the same applies. Thanks for your help anyway.

Chris