Box around paragraphs with different styles? (2003 SP3)

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I can get one box around multiple paragraphs with the same formatting. Can I get one box around multiple paragraphs with different styles (say, a paragraph followed by a bulleted list)?

I’ve done this by moving the text in question into a one-cell table, but I would prefer not to do it that way because within the table I lose widow/orphan protection and the ability to keep embedded tables from breaking across pages. Unless someone has a solution to those issues instead?

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I think that the boxes only stay as one box as long as the indent doesn’t change from one para to another. So if you want a bulleted list within the box, have the bullet at the margin, not indented.

Otherwise, I would have suggested a table. You can always have your table with one column but many rows if you want, and then have a single border round all of them, if that makes things easier to control.

Ian

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Additionally, there is the “Allow row to break across pages” setting that can be un-checked, within a table. I believe you must select the whole table, as opposed to just placing the cursor anywhere in the table, and then find the setting at TABLE–TABLE PROPERTIES–ROW. Un-checking that “Allow row to break across pages” option will prevent cells from breaking across pages, regardless of the content of the cell, if I’m not mistaken.

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Thanks. Splitting my table into multiple rows and then keeping some rows from breaking across pages will help with the embedded tables.

That still leaves me with window/orphan control, but I’m better than where I was!

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