Hi Charles.

Some context for you.

The current document I'm working on is 200+ pages long. I produce this type of document on a routine basis.

Within the document there are 6 chapters with 20+ sections in each chapter with lots of tabulated data and figures.

There is an overall TOC in the first chapter and each module has its own TOC, List of Tables and List of Figures.

To comply with requirements each page must show the chapter and section so we use stylerefs in the heading (In fact the headers and footers are comprosed entirely of style ref or other ref fields.

The document has to be rendered to pdf for its final use. When you do this you will find that stylerefs in the heading of the pdf do not render correctly if you do not strictly segment the document using section beaks which do not link to the previous section. This is a 'feature' that is acknowledged in the Micreosof help for the style ref field.

I accept and understand that it is wise to advise caution about the potential issues/advantages that section breaks may bring if you choose to use them. But to say that using them is wrong, is in itself wrong.

I use them extensively. They are incredibly useful precisely because