This could be a case of document corruption. For more, see:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm.

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Stefan Blom


"Kendall" wrote in message
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Thank you for your response. Unfortunately, I had already thought
of that
and had cleared all tabs. I am completely stymied!

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Does the text contain tab characters? Did you check the setting
for
the corresponding tab stop (in FormatTabs)?

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Stefan Blom


"Kendall" wrote in message
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No. I have checked all indentation settings, as well as
margins. I
don't
know what to try next.


Does the paragraph format have a right indent set?

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Kendall" wrote in message
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I added a new column. I chose autofit to contents, and no
word
wrap. The
first 10 or so characters show up, and then it's blank.
When I
select the
column, the selection is only about 1", even though I've
widened
it to
over
3". (The width of the selection is the amount of text that
it
displays.