It's the enemy of elegant formatting. Try it. Double-click anywhere on the
page to type. The mouse pointer shows you whether the resulting paragraph
will be left or right-aligned or centered. Then press Ctrl+* or click the
Show/Hide ¶ button to display nonprinting characters. You'll see that
"behind the curtain," Word has achieved this effect by dumping in a whole
bunch of empty paragraphs, tab characters, spaces, etc. It's a quick and
dirty approach to typing in a way that is comfortable for users of drawing
packages (such as CorelDRAW), which permit you to insert text or graphics
anywhere on a page, but it's inimical to the philosophy of word processing
software, which is all about continuous text flow. Ideally, to take best
advantage of what Word has to offer, you need to learn to use styles to
position and format your text.

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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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"KLB" wrote in message
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Ok, thank you

Any particular reason why "click & type" is a bad idea?