You cannot insert spaces at the beginning of a line unless (a) the preceding
line ends in a line break or paragraph break or (b) you enable the
Compatibililty Option to "Wrap trailing spaces to the next line." By design,
Word piles up spaces at the end of a line. If you tell us what you're trying
to accomplish by inserting a space, we may be able to tell you a better way
to do it (a hanging indent perhaps?).

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"ted medin" wrote in message
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Have a doc which will not allow me to insert a space @ the start of line.
I
can insert text but not a space. HELP! TIA

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