thanks much for the great suggestions. I was thinking that the "half sheet" would be more like a 1.5" bit of the previous page, to minimally trigger the writer

thanks much for the great suggestions. I was thinking that the "half sheet" would be more like a 1.5" bit of the previous page, to minimally trigger the writer's memory of where he/she left off before... for subsequent pages it's what you ended on, not the starting note... I am in full agreement with the rest of your suggestions... btw I think the shading is a bit different on different computers, which led me to the larger drop shadow, etc. But I'll reduce it a bit and change the border color.