Re: strange formatting of text

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From: feagin (feagin_at_ufl.edu)
Date: 09/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:58:00 -0700

no, not in text box or cell. what are text boundaries?
>-----Original Message-----
>Is the text in a text box, frame, or table cell? Do you
have Text Boundaries
>displayed?
>
>--
>Suzanne S. Barnhill
>Microsoft MVP (Word)
>Words into Type
>Fairhope, Alabama USA
>Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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>"feagin" <feagin@ufl.edu> wrote in message
>news:163f01c499b2$fee22b40$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> No, the lines insist on being half lines, and there are
on
>> P-type hidden codes or line breaks at the end of each of
>> these half lines, nothing but spaces are indicated when
I
>> click on show/hide. If I try to manually move words to
the
>> previous short line, letters are deleted from the front
of
>> the words, and they refuse to move up a line??
>>
>> The first paragraph marker is way down at the bottom of
>> the passage and deleting it also changes nothing.... JF
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >And there are no paragraph indents?
>> >
>> >--
>> >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.
>> >
>> >"feagin" <feagin@ufl.edu> wrote in message
>> >news:0d0901c49923$822da0f0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> Hi. thanks, but that does not help. The passage from
the
>> >> other source, has NO line or paragraph breaks at the
end
>> >> of the shorter lines, and this is true when the
>> show/hide
>> >> button is on. I had already tried that. there are
only
>> >> spaces at the end of the short lines and I cannot
force
>> >> those lines to normal length. Nothing seems to get
rid
>> of
>> >> whatever underlying formatting is forcing this odd
>> >> behavior. "Clear formating" does not in fact do
>> >> that. ....?? JF
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >See
>> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm
>> >> >
>> >> >--
>> >> >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.
>> >> >
>> >> >"feagin" <feagin@ufl.edu> wrote in message
>> >> >news:0ebd01c49915$403e8aa0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> >> Working in Word 2002, I have imported some text
from
>> >> >> another source into my main document, but this new
>> text
>> >> >> insists on its own odd formating (half normal
length
>> >> >> lines, but not paragraph mark at the end of each,
for
>> >> >> example) that I cannot seem to get rid of. I have
>> tried
>> >> to
>> >> >> block it and change it to my "normal" style both
>> >> directly
>> >> >> and using the little brush. Doesn't work. I have
>> tried
>> >> >> the "clear formatting" style, that does not work.
I
>> have
>> >> >> tried to delete the last paragraph mark at the
end ,
>> and
>> >> >> that does not help either. I have tried to move it
>> into
>> >> >> another blank screen and reformat it, and then
bring
>> it
>> >> >> back. It stays the same . Any ideas?
>> >> >
>> >> >.
>> >> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>.
>

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