(3) I tried this in a document with a section break, and it flew right over
it, so that's not the issue. So I'm stumped by that one, but perhaps someone
who uses the keyboard more than I do (I use the mouse for selection) can
help out here.

(5) It sounds to me as if you're really flying blind. The indent could be a
tab or a hanging indent or a left indent. Using the ruler and displaying
nonprinting characters would help you troubleshoot these issues. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

Wrt (3), how are you selecting the text? With the mouse or keyboard? I'm
wondering if the selection stops (or at least hesitates) at a section
break,
wrapped graphic, or the like.


Keyboard, using shift and downarrow

Wrt (5), do the "random linefeeds" occur in pasted text? (If so, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm). And are they
really
manual line breaks (with nonprinting characters displayed, you'll see a
bent
arrow)? Or are they just places where a line breaks sooner than
expected. Or
by "linefeeds" do you mean extra, unexpected spaces between lines of
text
(such as might be caused by Space Before/After)?


They are bent arrows (hard line break?). As far as I know not in pasted
text
(unless the author has done this to the original file)

I also have a problem where sometimes a line gets indented and I can't
remove
the indent without retyping the last word on the previous line and the
first
word on this line.I think with all these problems there is a chance that
the
original author played with various settings of styles (I am editing
someone
elses document)..

3 Sometimes when I block large chunks of text the block reaches
a
stop and I have to deal with that and then select a new block.

4 Sometimes the delete key will not delete and I have to block
mark
and then delete.

5 Sometimes random linefeeds seem to occur and break up
continuous
text.