Re: Trouble With Document in Word 2003 Under WinXP Pro

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Nonbreaking spaces are displayed using degree symbols, as are (with extra
space) en and em spaces; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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" AA Smith" <SmithRMS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23Th97G$BGHA.3984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks Suzann! I'll certainly do that.
>
> Since posting my original on this, I have discovered that when I click on
> the Show/Hide Paragraph button, there are some very odd characters
imbedded
> in the text. Specifically, they LOOK like degree symbols. Word won't let
> me delete them using any of the normal methods. And when I try a find and
> replace with ALT+0186 in the search argument an with no entry in the
Replace
> entry, the search reports finding no hits on the ALT+0186.
>
> How can I get rid of those symbols?
> --
> With kindest regards,
>
> *** Smith
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:efSteX%23BGHA.740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Are you sure you've found all the XE fields? They're formatted as Hidden
> > text, so you can see (and Find) them if you display Hidden text. Use
> > Ctrl+*
> > to display nonprinting characters, then Ctrl+F to open the Find dialog
and
> > search for ^19 XE.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
> > so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > " AA Smith" <SmithRMS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:OHT4n79BGHA.676@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> I have a couple of documents that won't print. A while back, I
narrowed
> > the
> >> problem down to the presence of Index entries in the documents' bodies.
> >> Problem was, there is no Index in the document. The text that's
causing
> >> problems was copied into the document from another document, which had
> >> proper Index entries in the body and an Index at the end of the
document.
> >> When I copied the test, I could not see the Index entries. I've tried
> >> scanning the doc for "XE" entries, which I deleted. However, something
> > else
> >> is still preventing the document from printing. So, I'd very much
> >> appreciate your help figuring out how to solve the problem and getting
> >> the
> >> documents to print.
> >> --
> >> With kindest regards,
> >>
> >> *** Smith
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>

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