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Cursor doesn't "push" text forward
Hi. When I edit a Word doc and place the "blinking bar" in front of a line of
text (on the left margin) why doesn't the space bar push the text forward? If I move the "blinking bar" after the first character in the line, the space bar works. I have Word 2007 but it's the same in all versions of Word. Why is this? Is it possible to fix this so the space bar push text from the beginning of the line? Thank you. Jimmy |
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What happens when you press the space bar or type other text? Does existing
text in front of the cursor get deleted? If so... then you're in Overtype mode. Press the Insert key to toggle Overtype off. There should be an indicator at the bottom of the Word window in the status bar. You can also toggle Overtype on/off by clicking that indicator. If you don't see it, then right click the status bar and choose Overtype. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Jimmy" wrote in message ... Hi. When I edit a Word doc and place the "blinking bar" in front of a line of text (on the left margin) why doesn't the space bar push the text forward? If I move the "blinking bar" after the first character in the line, the space bar works. I have Word 2007 but it's the same in all versions of Word. Why is this? Is it possible to fix this so the space bar push text from the beginning of the line? Thank you. Jimmy |
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Dear Herb, thanks for the prompt reply. It is not an overtype issue, which I
have dealt with in the past. The text in front of the cursor is not getting deleted. My issue is happening in a Word doc. I have Auto-format turned off. I'll type an example: 1. This is a sample of what happens when I try to "push" the word "the" forward in this sentence. In the example above, if I were to type the first line until the right margin moved the text to the next line, or just pushed the "Enter" key after "push" and then placed the blinking bar in front of the second line starting word (the), the space bar would not advance the text forward. If I placed the blinking cursor between the letters t and h in the word "the", I could then push the h and all of the following text forward. Why can't I push starting at the beginning of the line? This is not a "corrupted" issue. It has bugged me in Office XP and Office 2003 also. Why doesn't the space bar work from any location?!?! Can I fix this? Thanks. Jimmy. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: What happens when you press the space bar or type other text? Does existing text in front of the cursor get deleted? If so... then you're in Overtype mode. Press the Insert key to toggle Overtype off. There should be an indicator at the bottom of the Word window in the status bar. You can also toggle Overtype on/off by clicking that indicator. If you don't see it, then right click the status bar and choose Overtype. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Jimmy" wrote in message ... Hi. When I edit a Word doc and place the "blinking bar" in front of a line of text (on the left margin) why doesn't the space bar push the text forward? If I move the "blinking bar" after the first character in the line, the space bar works. I have Word 2007 but it's the same in all versions of Word. Why is this? Is it possible to fix this so the space bar push text from the beginning of the line? Thank you. Jimmy |
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What's happening is that the spaces are being added at the beginning of the
preceding line. If you press Ctrl+Shift+8 to toggle non-printing formatting marks ON, you can see it happening. Word inserts the spaces at the end of the preceding line precisely to avoid the non-printing spaces affecting the text on the next line. Basically... the answer is that Word is not like a typewriter. Word doesn't want you to insert spaces to move stuff to the right. If you want the word "the" to move to the right, there are other and arguably better ways to do it. However... if you want to do it with spaces, then you'll need to use non-breaking spaces, by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Jimmy" wrote in message ... Dear Herb, thanks for the prompt reply. It is not an overtype issue, which I have dealt with in the past. The text in front of the cursor is not getting deleted. My issue is happening in a Word doc. I have Auto-format turned off. I'll type an example: 1. This is a sample of what happens when I try to "push" the word "the" forward in this sentence. In the example above, if I were to type the first line until the right margin moved the text to the next line, or just pushed the "Enter" key after "push" and then placed the blinking bar in front of the second line starting word (the), the space bar would not advance the text forward. If I placed the blinking cursor between the letters t and h in the word "the", I could then push the h and all of the following text forward. Why can't I push starting at the beginning of the line? This is not a "corrupted" issue. It has bugged me in Office XP and Office 2003 also. Why doesn't the space bar work from any location?!?! Can I fix this? Thanks. Jimmy. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: What happens when you press the space bar or type other text? Does existing text in front of the cursor get deleted? If so... then you're in Overtype mode. Press the Insert key to toggle Overtype off. There should be an indicator at the bottom of the Word window in the status bar. You can also toggle Overtype on/off by clicking that indicator. If you don't see it, then right click the status bar and choose Overtype. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Jimmy" wrote in message ... Hi. When I edit a Word doc and place the "blinking bar" in front of a line of text (on the left margin) why doesn't the space bar push the text forward? If I move the "blinking bar" after the first character in the line, the space bar works. I have Word 2007 but it's the same in all versions of Word. Why is this? Is it possible to fix this so the space bar push text from the beginning of the line? Thank you. Jimmy |
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You should be able to "push" the line with spaces after a paragraph break
(or line break), but you can't do it after a normal line wrap because the spaces pile up at the end of the previous line. If you display nonprinting characters, you'll see how this works. There is a Compatibility Option that can change this ("Wrap trailing spaces to next line"), but I don't really advise using that. Instead, depending on what you are trying to do, use a hanging indent or some other spacing option. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jimmy" wrote in message ... Dear Herb, thanks for the prompt reply. It is not an overtype issue, which I have dealt with in the past. The text in front of the cursor is not getting deleted. My issue is happening in a Word doc. I have Auto-format turned off. I'll type an example: 1. This is a sample of what happens when I try to "push" the word "the" forward in this sentence. In the example above, if I were to type the first line until the right margin moved the text to the next line, or just pushed the "Enter" key after "push" and then placed the blinking bar in front of the second line starting word (the), the space bar would not advance the text forward. If I placed the blinking cursor between the letters t and h in the word "the", I could then push the h and all of the following text forward. Why can't I push starting at the beginning of the line? This is not a "corrupted" issue. It has bugged me in Office XP and Office 2003 also. Why doesn't the space bar work from any location?!?! Can I fix this? Thanks. Jimmy. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: What happens when you press the space bar or type other text? Does existing text in front of the cursor get deleted? If so... then you're in Overtype mode. Press the Insert key to toggle Overtype off. There should be an indicator at the bottom of the Word window in the status bar. You can also toggle Overtype on/off by clicking that indicator. If you don't see it, then right click the status bar and choose Overtype. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Jimmy" wrote in message ... Hi. When I edit a Word doc and place the "blinking bar" in front of a line of text (on the left margin) why doesn't the space bar push the text forward? If I move the "blinking bar" after the first character in the line, the space bar works. I have Word 2007 but it's the same in all versions of Word. Why is this? Is it possible to fix this so the space bar push text from the beginning of the line? Thank you. Jimmy |
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Dear Suzanne, thank you for your response. After a little more experimenting
I think I was incorrect in stating that hitting the "enter" key before the "wrap" didn't allow me to "push" the next line. I know there is a reason why you can't push a wrapped line with the spacebar but I can't figure what it is. What difference does it make?! I used Herb's suggestion of Ctrl+Sh+8 and I could then see the space bar "dots" trail off into infinity and beyond. (Where do they go?!) Anyway, I may turn auto format back on and experiment with the margin and indent thing some more. I turned it off because changing numbers and doing other things was a big hassle and I don't use Word enough to remember the steps. I number my paragraphs 1.2.3....etc. All I am trying to do is make the lines past the first line be at about the same indent as the first line. It sounds easy (and maybe it is) but I can't seem to figure it out. I know. I know. Get "Word for Dummies". I'll tell you this much, I'll be using Herb's Ctrl+Sh+spacebar over-ride with reckless abandon. What's not to like? I can move my text where I want and it prints fine. Thanks again. Jimmy. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You should be able to "push" the line with spaces after a paragraph break (or line break), but you can't do it after a normal line wrap because the spaces pile up at the end of the previous line. If you display nonprinting characters, you'll see how this works. There is a Compatibility Option that can change this ("Wrap trailing spaces to next line"), but I don't really advise using that. Instead, depending on what you are trying to do, use a hanging indent or some other spacing option. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jimmy" wrote in message ... Dear Herb, thanks for the prompt reply. It is not an overtype issue, which I have dealt with in the past. The text in front of the cursor is not getting deleted. My issue is happening in a Word doc. I have Auto-format turned off. I'll type an example: 1. This is a sample of what happens when I try to "push" the word "the" forward in this sentence. In the example above, if I were to type the first line until the right margin moved the text to the next line, or just pushed the "Enter" key after "push" and then placed the blinking bar in front of the second line starting word (the), the space bar would not advance the text forward. If I placed the blinking cursor between the letters t and h in the word "the", I could then push the h and all of the following text forward. Why can't I push starting at the beginning of the line? This is not a "corrupted" issue. It has bugged me in Office XP and Office 2003 also. Why doesn't the space bar work from any location?!?! Can I fix this? Thanks. Jimmy. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: What happens when you press the space bar or type other text? Does existing text in front of the cursor get deleted? If so... then you're in Overtype mode. Press the Insert key to toggle Overtype off. There should be an indicator at the bottom of the Word window in the status bar. You can also toggle Overtype on/off by clicking that indicator. If you don't see it, then right click the status bar and choose Overtype. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Jimmy" wrote in message ... Hi. When I edit a Word doc and place the "blinking bar" in front of a line of text (on the left margin) why doesn't the space bar push the text forward? If I move the "blinking bar" after the first character in the line, the space bar works. I have Word 2007 but it's the same in all versions of Word. Why is this? Is it possible to fix this so the space bar push text from the beginning of the line? Thank you. Jimmy |
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Suzanne diagnosed your solution precisely.
Go to Format | Paragraph | Indentation | Special | Hanging. You can set this "hanging indent" in one of your styles, or it will be followed in each successive paragraph until you select Normal style again. (Speaking as an editor and typesetter, it is a real nightmare when an author tries to "format" paragraphs with spaces or tabs.) On Feb 7, 5:04*pm, Jimmy wrote: Dear Suzanne, thank you for your response. After a little more experimenting I think I was incorrect in stating that hitting the "enter" key before the "wrap" didn't allow me to "push" the next line. I know there is a reason why you can't push a wrapped line with the spacebar but I can't figure what it is. What difference does it make?! I used Herb's suggestion of Ctrl+Sh+8 and I could then see the space bar "dots" trail off into infinity and beyond. (Where do they go?!) Anyway, I may turn auto format back on and experiment with the margin and indent thing some more. I turned it off because changing numbers and doing other things was a big hassle and I don't use Word enough to remember the steps. I number my paragraphs 1.2.3....etc. All I am trying to do is make the lines past the first line be at about the same indent as the first line. It sounds easy (and maybe it is) but I can't seem to figure it out. I know. I know. Get "Word for Dummies". I'll tell you this much, I'll be using Herb's Ctrl+Sh+spacebar over-ride with reckless abandon. What's not to like? I can move my text where I want and it prints fine. Thanks again. Jimmy. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You should be able to "push" the line with spaces after a paragraph break (or line break), but you can't do it after a normal line wrap because the spaces pile up at the end of the previous line. If you display nonprinting characters, you'll see how this works. There is a Compatibility Option that can change this ("Wrap trailing spaces to next line"), but I don't really advise using that. Instead, depending on what you are trying to do, use a hanging indent or some other spacing option. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jimmy" wrote in message ... Dear Herb, thanks for the prompt reply. It is not an overtype issue, which I have dealt with in the past. The text in front of the cursor is not getting deleted. My issue is happening in a Word doc. I have Auto-format turned off. I'll type an example: 1. This is a sample of what happens when I try to "push" the word "the" forward *in this sentence. In the example above, if I were to type the first line until the right margin moved the text to the next line, or just pushed the "Enter" key after "push" and then placed the blinking bar in front of the second line starting word (the), the space bar would not advance the text forward. If I placed the blinking cursor between the letters t and h in the word "the", I could then push the h and all of the following text forward. Why can't I push starting at the beginning of the line? *This is not a "corrupted" issue. It has bugged me in Office XP and Office 2003 also. Why doesn't the space bar work from any location?!?! Can I fix this? Thanks. Jimmy. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: What happens when you press the space bar or type other text? Does existing text in front of the cursor get deleted? If so... then you're in Overtype mode. Press the Insert key to toggle Overtype off. There should be an indicator at the bottom of the Word window in the status bar. You can also toggle Overtype on/off by clicking that indicator. If you don't see it, then right click the status bar and choose Overtype. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog:http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web:http://www.herbtyson.com "Jimmy" wrote in message ... Hi. When I edit a Word doc and place the "blinking bar" in front of a line of text (on the left margin) why doesn't the space bar push the text forward? If I move the "blinking bar" after the first character in the line, the space bar works. I have Word 2007 but it's the same in all versions of Word. Why is this? Is it possible to fix this so the space bar push text from the beginning of the line? Thank you. |
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On Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 1:20:01 AM UTC+1, Jimmy wrote:
Hi. When I edit a Word doc and place the "blinking bar" in front of a line of text (on the left margin) why doesn't the space bar push the text forward? If I move the "blinking bar" after the first character in the line, the space bar works. I have Word 2007 but it's the same in all versions of Word. Why is this? Is it possible to fix this so the space bar push text from the beginning of the line? Thank you. Jimmy Dear Jimmy: You have received many learned suggestions, all of which I am sure are the elegant ways to solve your problem...but here's what I do: I put the cursor behind the first letter in line #2; press delete until the last letter in line #1 appears immediately behind the first letter in line #2; then I just press RETURN, and the space-bar will be able to move the entire line #2 to the right as much as I want! |
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Yes!!! Best answer ever and it works! Thanks :-)
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