When I insert a column break in Microsoft Word, the last paragraph before the column break gets the same styling as the first paragraph after the break. This means that if I set a background color of the paragraph after the break, the last paragraph before the break also gets a background color, even if the paragraph is empty! Is there any way to avoid this?
How to try it:
- Create a new Word document.
- Set it to have a two-column layout.
- Write something.
- Insert a column break.
- Set a background color for the paragraph.
- Observe that the last paragraph on the previous column also gets a background color.
With page breaks, I'm not experiencing this issue. I'm using Word version 1609 (build 7369.2130)
Update
Here is a screenshot showing what it looks like when I create a new paragraph before inserting the column break. I want only the paragraph in the second column to have a background color, not the column break ("Spalteskift") in the first column.