WD: Background Repagination Can't Be Turned Off

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SYMPTOMS

The Background Repagination option is selected and is unavailable (dimmed) for you to clear (turn off).

To locate this option, on the Tools menu, click Options (or click Preferences in Word 98 Macintosh Edition), and select the General tab.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because you are viewing the current document in page layout view. By design, page layout view requires that Background Repagination be turned on, because Word must show the page breaks correctly.

RESOLUTION

To turn off Background Repagination, change the document view to normal, outline, or master document view.

MORE INFORMATION

Repagination in Word cannot be totally turned off. This is because Word has to repaginate the document in page layout and print preview in order to correctly display the document.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
119943 WD: Actions that Invoke Repagination

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Article ID: 120106 - Last Review: August 16, 2005 - Revision: 1.1
APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Word 6.0a
  • Microsoft Word 6.0c
  • Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
  • Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
  • Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
  • Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
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