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Dotted line to remove
I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something I did has
made a dotted line appear. It goes across the page from margin to margin. Whatever I do to try to remove it doesn't seem to work. The line was not in the original so some I assume some key or setting I have touched has done it. The Word I am using is MS Office Word 2007 - something I find is a lot more fiddly than the older version I have used for years. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You. |
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See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Marcus M" Marcus M @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message ... I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something I did has made a dotted line appear. It goes across the page from margin to margin. Whatever I do to try to remove it doesn't seem to work. The line was not in the original so some I assume some key or setting I have touched has done it. The Word I am using is MS Office Word 2007 - something I find is a lot more fiddly than the older version I have used for years. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You. |
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That's assuming it's not just a page break.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Marcus M" Marcus M @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message ... I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something I did has made a dotted line appear. It goes across the page from margin to margin. Whatever I do to try to remove it doesn't seem to work. The line was not in the original so some I assume some key or setting I have touched has done it. The Word I am using is MS Office Word 2007 - something I find is a lot more fiddly than the older version I have used for years. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You. |
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Thank you both for your prompt response.
Graham: I have followed the link you sent - it doesn't work for me. Suzanne: I see you as one of the co-authors. I recall I was looking at page breaks when the line first appeared. Does that help? Regards Marcus "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: That's assuming it's not just a page break. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Marcus M" Marcus M @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message ... I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something I did has made a dotted line appear. It goes across the page from margin to margin. Whatever I do to try to remove it doesn't seem to work. The line was not in the original so some I assume some key or setting I have touched has done it. The Word I am using is MS Office Word 2007 - something I find is a lot more fiddly than the older version I have used for years. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You. . |
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"Soft" page breaks are displayed (in Normal view) as a dotted line when you
have nonprinting characters displayed. "Hard" (manual) page breaks are displayed in all views as a dotted line with the words "Page Break" in the center. But if this dotted line is a border, you may have to remove it from several successive paragraphs before you get rid of it entirely. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Marcus M" wrote in message ... Thank you both for your prompt response. Graham: I have followed the link you sent - it doesn't work for me. Suzanne: I see you as one of the co-authors. I recall I was looking at page breaks when the line first appeared. Does that help? Regards Marcus "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: That's assuming it's not just a page break. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Marcus M" Marcus M @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message ... I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something I did has made a dotted line appear. It goes across the page from margin to margin. Whatever I do to try to remove it doesn't seem to work. The line was not in the original so some I assume some key or setting I have touched has done it. The Word I am using is MS Office Word 2007 - something I find is a lot more fiddly than the older version I have used for years. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You. . |
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Hello again,
The position now is this. I tried again and followed all your recommendations and also went through all the Help answers in Word. No success so I did it the hard way, by saving what I could, retyping the faulty bits and merged them so I now have a 30 page story that is as I wrote it. However, doing this I stumbled across what caused the problem. At one point I inserted *** between paragraphs as a marker denoting a scene change in what I wrote. I centred (UK spelling) the break and immediately a dotted line appeared. I was able to remove it by clicking on the 'undo typing' icon. I experimented further and found that anytime I put in 3 or more * asterisks - left, right or centre made no difference - the line appeared. That may help you both in future with some other questioner. So, my problem is solved by a combination of re-doing and by stumbling on the cause. Many thanks for your help. Regards to you both. Marcus. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: "Soft" page breaks are displayed (in Normal view) as a dotted line when you have nonprinting characters displayed. "Hard" (manual) page breaks are displayed in all views as a dotted line with the words "Page Break" in the center. But if this dotted line is a border, you may have to remove it from several successive paragraphs before you get rid of it entirely. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Marcus M" wrote in message ... Thank you both for your prompt response. Graham: I have followed the link you sent - it doesn't work for me. Suzanne: I see you as one of the co-authors. I recall I was looking at page breaks when the line first appeared. Does that help? Regards Marcus "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: That's assuming it's not just a page break. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Marcus M" Marcus M @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message ... I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something I did has made a dotted line appear. It goes across the page from margin to margin. Whatever I do to try to remove it doesn't seem to work. The line was not in the original so some I assume some key or setting I have touched has done it. The Word I am using is MS Office Word 2007 - something I find is a lot more fiddly than the older version I have used for years. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You. . . |
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I am getting those dotted lines as well after using an asterik to make a line. However, I am not able to get rid of them. Any suggestions?
Thank you, Vickie Tuck Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: That's assuming it is not just a page break.--Suzanne S. 08-Feb-10 That's assuming it is not just a page break. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org Previous Posts In This Thread: On Monday, February 08, 2010 5:26 AM Marcus M wrote: Dotted line to remove I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something I did has made a dotted line appear. It goes across the page from margin to margin. Whatever I do to try to remove it does not seem to work. The line was not in the original so some I assume some key or setting I have touched has done it. The Word I am using is MS Office Word 2007 - something I find is a lot more fiddly than the older version I have used for years. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You. On Monday, February 08, 2010 5:30 AM Graham Mayor wrote: See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org On Monday, February 08, 2010 9:29 AM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: That's assuming it is not just a page break.--Suzanne S. That's assuming it is not just a page break. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org On Monday, February 08, 2010 11:37 AM Marcus M wrote: Thank you both for your prompt response. Thank you both for your prompt response. Graham: I have followed the link you sent - it does not work for me. Suzanne: I see you as one of the co-authors. I recall I was looking at page breaks when the line first appeared. Does that help? Regards Marcus "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: On Monday, February 08, 2010 1:31 PM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: "Soft" page breaks are displayed (in Normal view) as a dotted line when "Soft" page breaks are displayed (in Normal view) as a dotted line when you have nonprinting characters displayed. "Hard" (manual) page breaks are displayed in all views as a dotted line with the words "Page Break" in the center. But if this dotted line is a border, you may have to remove it from several successive paragraphs before you get rid of it entirely. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 2:14 PM Marcus M wrote: Hello again,The position now is this. Hello again, The position now is this. I tried again and followed all your recommendations and also went through all the Help answers in Word. No success so I did it the hard way, by saving what I could, retyping the faulty bits and merged them so I now have a 30 page story that is as I wrote it. However, doing this I stumbled across what caused the problem. At one point I inserted *** between paragraphs as a marker denoting a scene change in what I wrote. I centred (UK spelling) the break and immediately a dotted line appeared. I was able to remove it by clicking on the 'undo typing' icon. I experimented further and found that anytime I put in 3 or more * asterisks - left, right or centre made no difference - the line appeared. That may help you both in future with some other questioner. So, my problem is solved by a combination of re-doing and by stumbling on the cause. Many thanks for your help. Regards to you both. Marcus. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:25 PM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: If you had actually read the article Graham referred you to(http://word.mvps. If you had actually read the article Graham referred you to (http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm) and followed the directions there, then you would already have known this and would long since have solved the problem. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:50 PM MikeB wrote: thegh30lyonnat the gh 30 ly on n at On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:25 PM Gordon wrote: Works OK here... Works OK here... On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:09 PM Terry Farrell wrote: Works here too...--Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP Works here too... -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 7:05 PM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: The site was down earlier today; it is back up now.--Suzanne S. The site was down earlier today; it is back up now. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice DataContractSerializer Basics http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...alizer-ba.aspx |
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And have you looked at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...RidOfLine.htm? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org Vickie Tuck wrote in message ... I am getting those dotted lines as well after using an asterik to make a line. However, I am not able to get rid of them. Any suggestions? Thank you, Vickie Tuck Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: That's assuming it is not just a page break.--Suzanne S. 08-Feb-10 That's assuming it is not just a page break. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org Previous Posts In This Thread: On Monday, February 08, 2010 5:26 AM Marcus M wrote: Dotted line to remove I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something I did has made a dotted line appear. It goes across the page from margin to margin. Whatever I do to try to remove it does not seem to work. The line was not in the original so some I assume some key or setting I have touched has done it. The Word I am using is MS Office Word 2007 - something I find is a lot more fiddly than the older version I have used for years. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You. On Monday, February 08, 2010 5:30 AM Graham Mayor wrote: See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org On Monday, February 08, 2010 9:29 AM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: That's assuming it is not just a page break.--Suzanne S. That's assuming it is not just a page break. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org On Monday, February 08, 2010 11:37 AM Marcus M wrote: Thank you both for your prompt response. Thank you both for your prompt response. Graham: I have followed the link you sent - it does not work for me. Suzanne: I see you as one of the co-authors. I recall I was looking at page breaks when the line first appeared. Does that help? Regards Marcus "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: On Monday, February 08, 2010 1:31 PM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: "Soft" page breaks are displayed (in Normal view) as a dotted line when "Soft" page breaks are displayed (in Normal view) as a dotted line when you have nonprinting characters displayed. "Hard" (manual) page breaks are displayed in all views as a dotted line with the words "Page Break" in the center. But if this dotted line is a border, you may have to remove it from several successive paragraphs before you get rid of it entirely. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 2:14 PM Marcus M wrote: Hello again,The position now is this. Hello again, The position now is this. I tried again and followed all your recommendations and also went through all the Help answers in Word. No success so I did it the hard way, by saving what I could, retyping the faulty bits and merged them so I now have a 30 page story that is as I wrote it. However, doing this I stumbled across what caused the problem. At one point I inserted *** between paragraphs as a marker denoting a scene change in what I wrote. I centred (UK spelling) the break and immediately a dotted line appeared. I was able to remove it by clicking on the 'undo typing' icon. I experimented further and found that anytime I put in 3 or more * asterisks - left, right or centre made no difference - the line appeared. That may help you both in future with some other questioner. So, my problem is solved by a combination of re-doing and by stumbling on the cause. Many thanks for your help. Regards to you both. Marcus. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:25 PM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: If you had actually read the article Graham referred you to(http://word.mvps. If you had actually read the article Graham referred you to (http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm) and followed the directions there, then you would already have known this and would long since have solved the problem. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:50 PM MikeB wrote: thegh30lyonnat the gh 30 ly on n at On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:25 PM Gordon wrote: Works OK here... Works OK here... On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:09 PM Terry Farrell wrote: Works here too...--Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP Works here too... -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 7:05 PM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: The site was down earlier today; it is back up now.--Suzanne S. The site was down earlier today; it is back up now. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice DataContractSerializer Basics http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...alizer-ba.aspx |
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Eggheader: Did you even bother to read this thread which gave the answer
before you hijacked it? Vickie Tuck wrote in message ... :I am getting those dotted lines as well after using an asterik to make a line. However, I am not able to get rid of them. Any suggestions? : : Thank you, : Vickie Tuck : : : : Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: : : That's assuming it is not just a page break.--Suzanne S. : 08-Feb-10 : : That's assuming it is not just a page break. : : -- : Suzanne S. Barnhill : Microsoft MVP (Word) : Words into Type : Fairhope, Alabama USA : http://word.mvps.org : : Previous Posts In This Thread: : : On Monday, February 08, 2010 5:26 AM : Marcus M wrote: : : Dotted line to remove : I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something I did has : made a dotted line appear. It goes across the page from margin to margin. : Whatever I do to try to remove it does not seem to work. The line was not in : the original so some I assume some key or setting I have touched has done it. : : The Word I am using is MS Office Word 2007 - something I find is a lot more : fiddly than the older version I have used for years. : : Any help would be appreciated. : : Thank You. : : On Monday, February 08, 2010 5:30 AM : Graham Mayor wrote: : : See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine. : See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm : : -- : : Graham Mayor - Word MVP : : My web site www.gmayor.com : Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org : : : On Monday, February 08, 2010 9:29 AM : Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: : : That's assuming it is not just a page break.--Suzanne S. : That's assuming it is not just a page break. : : -- : Suzanne S. Barnhill : Microsoft MVP (Word) : Words into Type : Fairhope, Alabama USA : http://word.mvps.org : : On Monday, February 08, 2010 11:37 AM : Marcus M wrote: : : Thank you both for your prompt response. : Thank you both for your prompt response. : : Graham: I have followed the link you sent - it does not work for me. : : Suzanne: I see you as one of the co-authors. I recall I was looking at page : breaks when the line first appeared. Does that help? : : Regards : : Marcus : "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: : : On Monday, February 08, 2010 1:31 PM : Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: : : "Soft" page breaks are displayed (in Normal view) as a dotted line when : "Soft" page breaks are displayed (in Normal view) as a dotted line when you : have nonprinting characters displayed. "Hard" (manual) page breaks are : displayed in all views as a dotted line with the words "Page Break" in the : center. : : But if this dotted line is a border, you may have to remove it from several : successive paragraphs before you get rid of it entirely. : : -- : Suzanne S. Barnhill : Microsoft MVP (Word) : Words into Type : Fairhope, Alabama USA : http://word.mvps.org : : On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 2:14 PM : Marcus M wrote: : : Hello again,The position now is this. : Hello again, : : The position now is this. : : I tried again and followed all your recommendations and also went through : all the Help answers in Word. No success so I did it the hard way, by saving : what I could, retyping the faulty bits and merged them so I now have a 30 : page story that is as I wrote it. : : However, doing this I stumbled across what caused the problem. : : At one point I inserted *** between paragraphs as a marker denoting a scene : change in what I wrote. I centred (UK spelling) the break and immediately a : dotted line appeared. I was able to remove it by clicking on the 'undo : typing' icon. : : I experimented further and found that anytime I put in 3 or more * asterisks : - left, right or centre made no difference - the line appeared. : : That may help you both in future with some other questioner. : : So, my problem is solved by a combination of re-doing and by stumbling on : the cause. : : Many thanks for your help. : : Regards to you both. : : Marcus. : : : : "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: : : On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:25 PM : Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: : : If you had actually read the article Graham referred you to(http://word.mvps. : If you had actually read the article Graham referred you to : (http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm) and followed the : directions there, then you would already have known this and would long : since have solved the problem. : : -- : Suzanne S. Barnhill : Microsoft MVP (Word) : Words into Type : Fairhope, Alabama USA : http://word.mvps.org : : On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:50 PM : MikeB wrote: : : thegh30lyonnat : the : gh : 30 : ly : on : n : at : : On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:25 PM : Gordon wrote: : : Works OK here... : Works OK here... : : On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:09 PM : Terry Farrell wrote: : : Works here too...--Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP : Works here too... : : -- : Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP : : On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 7:05 PM : Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: : : The site was down earlier today; it is back up now.--Suzanne S. : The site was down earlier today; it is back up now. : : -- : Suzanne S. Barnhill : Microsoft MVP (Word) : Words into Type : Fairhope, Alabama USA : http://word.mvps.org : : : Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice : DataContractSerializer Basics : http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...alizer-ba.aspx |
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I've had this annoying problem with other word software as well as 2007 and each time it's because I've tried to include a section break with an asterix between paragraphs to denote change of scene in my story and once the dotted line menance appears there seems no way to remove it.
Now I have discovered the solution: 1. If the problem occurs, highlight the whole document and click on 'Normal' this will reset the line spacing etc. to the default setting and the annoying dotted lines will disappear. 2. Then reclick on the spacing and formatting options you want and all is well again. 3. Now instead of breaking up paragraphs with a symbol I insert a small image. Hope all this works for you. Madeleine Marcus M wrote: Dotted line to remove 08-Feb-10 I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something I did has made a dotted line appear. It goes across the page from margin to margin. Whatever I do to try to remove it does not seem to work. The line was not in the original so some I assume some key or setting I have touched has done it. The Word I am using is MS Office Word 2007 - something I find is a lot more fiddly than the older version I have used for years. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You. Previous Posts In This Thread: On Monday, February 08, 2010 5:26 AM Marcus M wrote: Dotted line to remove I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something I did has made a dotted line appear. It goes across the page from margin to margin. Whatever I do to try to remove it does not seem to work. The line was not in the original so some I assume some key or setting I have touched has done it. The Word I am using is MS Office Word 2007 - something I find is a lot more fiddly than the older version I have used for years. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You. On Monday, February 08, 2010 5:30 AM Graham Mayor wrote: See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org On Monday, February 08, 2010 9:29 AM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: That's assuming it is not just a page break.--Suzanne S. That's assuming it is not just a page break. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org On Monday, February 08, 2010 11:37 AM Marcus M wrote: Thank you both for your prompt response. Thank you both for your prompt response. Graham: I have followed the link you sent - it does not work for me. Suzanne: I see you as one of the co-authors. I recall I was looking at page breaks when the line first appeared. Does that help? Regards Marcus "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: On Monday, February 08, 2010 1:31 PM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: "Soft" page breaks are displayed (in Normal view) as a dotted line when "Soft" page breaks are displayed (in Normal view) as a dotted line when you have nonprinting characters displayed. "Hard" (manual) page breaks are displayed in all views as a dotted line with the words "Page Break" in the center. But if this dotted line is a border, you may have to remove it from several successive paragraphs before you get rid of it entirely. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 2:14 PM Marcus M wrote: Hello again,The position now is this. Hello again, The position now is this. I tried again and followed all your recommendations and also went through all the Help answers in Word. No success so I did it the hard way, by saving what I could, retyping the faulty bits and merged them so I now have a 30 page story that is as I wrote it. However, doing this I stumbled across what caused the problem. At one point I inserted *** between paragraphs as a marker denoting a scene change in what I wrote. I centred (UK spelling) the break and immediately a dotted line appeared. I was able to remove it by clicking on the 'undo typing' icon. I experimented further and found that anytime I put in 3 or more * asterisks - left, right or centre made no difference - the line appeared. That may help you both in future with some other questioner. So, my problem is solved by a combination of re-doing and by stumbling on the cause. Many thanks for your help. Regards to you both. Marcus. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:25 PM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: If you had actually read the article Graham referred you to(http://word.mvps. If you had actually read the article Graham referred you to (http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm) and followed the directions there, then you would already have known this and would long since have solved the problem. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:50 PM MikeB wrote: thegh30lyonnat the gh 30 ly on n at On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:25 PM Gordon wrote: Works OK here... Works OK here... On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:09 PM Terry Farrell wrote: Works here too...--Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP Works here too... -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 7:05 PM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: The site was down earlier today; it is back up now.--Suzanne S. The site was down earlier today; it is back up now. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org On Thursday, March 25, 2010 8:34 PM Vickie Tuck wrote: dotted lines I am getting those dotted lines as well after using an asterik to make a line. However, I am not able to get rid of them. Any suggestions? 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The method you describe is quite unnecessary. Just selecting the paragraph
below which the border appears and pressing Ctrl+Q will remove the border from that paragraph. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm. And you can still use asterisks as scene separators if you disable automatic borders. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org Maddy Maddocks wrote in message ... I've had this annoying problem with other word software as well as 2007 and each time it's because I've tried to include a section break with an asterix between paragraphs to denote change of scene in my story and once the dotted line menance appears there seems no way to remove it. Now I have discovered the solution: 1. If the problem occurs, highlight the whole document and click on 'Normal' this will reset the line spacing etc. to the default setting and the annoying dotted lines will disappear. 2. Then reclick on the spacing and formatting options you want and all is well again. 3. Now instead of breaking up paragraphs with a symbol I insert a small image. Hope all this works for you. Madeleine Marcus M wrote: Dotted line to remove 08-Feb-10 I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something I did has made a dotted line appear. It goes across the page from margin to margin. Whatever I do to try to remove it does not seem to work. The line was not in the original so some I assume some key or setting I have touched has done it. The Word I am using is MS Office Word 2007 - something I find is a lot more fiddly than the older version I have used for years. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You. Previous Posts In This Thread: On Monday, February 08, 2010 5:26 AM Marcus M wrote: Dotted line to remove I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something I did has made a dotted line appear. It goes across the page from margin to margin. Whatever I do to try to remove it does not seem to work. The line was not in the original so some I assume some key or setting I have touched has done it. The Word I am using is MS Office Word 2007 - something I find is a lot more fiddly than the older version I have used for years. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You. On Monday, February 08, 2010 5:30 AM Graham Mayor wrote: See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org On Monday, February 08, 2010 9:29 AM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: That's assuming it is not just a page break.--Suzanne S. That's assuming it is not just a page break. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org On Monday, February 08, 2010 11:37 AM Marcus M wrote: Thank you both for your prompt response. Thank you both for your prompt response. Graham: I have followed the link you sent - it does not work for me. Suzanne: I see you as one of the co-authors. I recall I was looking at page breaks when the line first appeared. Does that help? Regards Marcus "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: On Monday, February 08, 2010 1:31 PM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: "Soft" page breaks are displayed (in Normal view) as a dotted line when "Soft" page breaks are displayed (in Normal view) as a dotted line when you have nonprinting characters displayed. "Hard" (manual) page breaks are displayed in all views as a dotted line with the words "Page Break" in the center. But if this dotted line is a border, you may have to remove it from several successive paragraphs before you get rid of it entirely. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 2:14 PM Marcus M wrote: Hello again,The position now is this. Hello again, The position now is this. I tried again and followed all your recommendations and also went through all the Help answers in Word. No success so I did it the hard way, by saving what I could, retyping the faulty bits and merged them so I now have a 30 page story that is as I wrote it. However, doing this I stumbled across what caused the problem. At one point I inserted *** between paragraphs as a marker denoting a scene change in what I wrote. I centred (UK spelling) the break and immediately a dotted line appeared. I was able to remove it by clicking on the 'undo typing' icon. I experimented further and found that anytime I put in 3 or more * asterisks - left, right or centre made no difference - the line appeared. That may help you both in future with some other questioner. So, my problem is solved by a combination of re-doing and by stumbling on the cause. Many thanks for your help. Regards to you both. Marcus. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:25 PM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: If you had actually read the article Graham referred you to(http://word.mvps. If you had actually read the article Graham referred you to (http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm) and followed the directions there, then you would already have known this and would long since have solved the problem. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:50 PM MikeB wrote: thegh30lyonnat the gh 30 ly on n at On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:25 PM Gordon wrote: Works OK here... Works OK here... On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:09 PM Terry Farrell wrote: Works here too...--Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP Works here too... -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 7:05 PM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: The site was down earlier today; it is back up now.--Suzanne S. The site was down earlier today; it is back up now. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org On Thursday, March 25, 2010 8:34 PM Vickie Tuck wrote: dotted lines I am getting those dotted lines as well after using an asterik to make a line. However, I am not able to get rid of them. Any suggestions? Thank you, Vickie Tuck Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice A Framework to Animate WPF and Silverlight Pages Similar to the PowerPoint Slides http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...nimate-wp.aspx |
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The method I suggest is quite simple and effective
Thanks for your comments however, the method you describe seems to be for borders.
It isn't a border that appears within the document it's a weird file corruption that contaminates the text even when parts of it or all of it are cut and pasted into a new document. The method I suggest is actually quite simple and extremely effective.;O) Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: The method you describe is quite unnecessary. 12-Apr-10 The method you describe is quite unnecessary. Just selecting the paragraph below which the border appears and pressing Ctrl+Q will remove the border from that paragraph. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm. And you can still use asterisks as scene separators if you disable automatic borders. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org Maddy Maddocks wrote in message Previous Posts In This Thread: Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice WPF Report Engine, Part 2 http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...ne-part-2.aspx |
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Egghead alert: Confusing the world by changing the subject line.
Maddy Maddocks wrote in message ... : Thanks for your comments however, the method you describe seems to be for borders. : It isn't a border that appears within the document it's a weird file corruption that contaminates the text even when parts of it or all of it are cut and pasted into a new document. : : The method I suggest is actually quite simple and extremely effective.;O) : : : : Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: : : The method you describe is quite unnecessary. : 12-Apr-10 : : The method you describe is quite unnecessary. Just selecting the paragraph : below which the border appears and pressing Ctrl+Q will remove the border : from that paragraph. See : http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm. And you can still : use asterisks as scene separators if you disable automatic borders. : : -- : Suzanne S. Barnhill : Microsoft MVP (Word) : Words into Type : Fairhope, Alabama USA : http://word.mvps.org : : Maddy Maddocks wrote in message : : Previous Posts In This Thread: : : : Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice : WPF Report Engine, Part 2 : http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...ne-part-2.aspx |
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The description of your fix certainly supports Suzanne's conclusion that
this is a paragraph border being added. Have you actually tried the suggestions in the article that she linked to? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP Maddy Maddocks wrote in message ... Thanks for your comments however, the method you describe seems to be for borders. It isn't a border that appears within the document it's a weird file corruption that contaminates the text even when parts of it or all of it are cut and pasted into a new document. The method I suggest is actually quite simple and extremely effective.;O) Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: The method you describe is quite unnecessary. 12-Apr-10 The method you describe is quite unnecessary. Just selecting the paragraph below which the border appears and pressing Ctrl+Q will remove the border from that paragraph. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm. And you can still use asterisks as scene separators if you disable automatic borders. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org Maddy Maddocks wrote in message Previous Posts In This Thread: Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice WPF Report Engine, Part 2 http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...ne-part-2.aspx |
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What the OP described was a border that is created automatically when three
or more asterisks are typed and Enter pressed. The border that is generated is a line of square dots that is applied to the paragraph above. From your original description ("I've tried to include a section break with an asterix between paragraphs to denote change of scene in my story and once the dotted line menance appears there seems no way to remove it."), I would be willing to bet that your problem is the same. Did you in fact read the article at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...RidOfLine.htm? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org Maddy Maddocks wrote in message ... Thanks for your comments however, the method you describe seems to be for borders. It isn't a border that appears within the document it's a weird file corruption that contaminates the text even when parts of it or all of it are cut and pasted into a new document. The method I suggest is actually quite simple and extremely effective.;O) Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: The method you describe is quite unnecessary. 12-Apr-10 The method you describe is quite unnecessary. Just selecting the paragraph below which the border appears and pressing Ctrl+Q will remove the border from that paragraph. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm. And you can still use asterisks as scene separators if you disable automatic borders. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org Maddy Maddocks wrote in message Previous Posts In This Thread: Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice WPF Report Engine, Part 2 http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...ne-part-2.aspx |
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Dotted Line Removal
I highlighted the entire text and used "Ctrl Q" as recmmended at (http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm)
It worked great. Marcus M wrote: Dotted line to remove 08-Feb-10 I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something I did has made a dotted line appear. It goes across the page from margin to margin. Whatever I do to try to remove it does not seem to work. The line was not in the original so some I assume some key or setting I have touched has done it. The Word I am using is MS Office Word 2007 - something I find is a lot more fiddly than the older version I have used for years. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You. Previous Posts In This Thread: On Monday, February 08, 2010 5:26 AM Marcus M wrote: Dotted line to remove I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something I did has made a dotted line appear. It goes across the page from margin to margin. Whatever I do to try to remove it does not seem to work. The line was not in the original so some I assume some key or setting I have touched has done it. The Word I am using is MS Office Word 2007 - something I find is a lot more fiddly than the older version I have used for years. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You. On Monday, February 08, 2010 5:30 AM Graham Mayor wrote: See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org On Monday, February 08, 2010 9:29 AM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: That's assuming it is not just a page break.--Suzanne S. That's assuming it is not just a page break. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org On Monday, February 08, 2010 11:37 AM Marcus M wrote: Thank you both for your prompt response. Thank you both for your prompt response. Graham: I have followed the link you sent - it does not work for me. Suzanne: I see you as one of the co-authors. I recall I was looking at page breaks when the line first appeared. Does that help? Regards Marcus "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: On Monday, February 08, 2010 1:31 PM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: "Soft" page breaks are displayed (in Normal view) as a dotted line when "Soft" page breaks are displayed (in Normal view) as a dotted line when you have nonprinting characters displayed. "Hard" (manual) page breaks are displayed in all views as a dotted line with the words "Page Break" in the center. But if this dotted line is a border, you may have to remove it from several successive paragraphs before you get rid of it entirely. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 2:14 PM Marcus M wrote: Hello again,The position now is this. Hello again, The position now is this. I tried again and followed all your recommendations and also went through all the Help answers in Word. No success so I did it the hard way, by saving what I could, retyping the faulty bits and merged them so I now have a 30 page story that is as I wrote it. However, doing this I stumbled across what caused the problem. At one point I inserted *** between paragraphs as a marker denoting a scene change in what I wrote. I centred (UK spelling) the break and immediately a dotted line appeared. I was able to remove it by clicking on the 'undo typing' icon. I experimented further and found that anytime I put in 3 or more * asterisks - left, right or centre made no difference - the line appeared. That may help you both in future with some other questioner. So, my problem is solved by a combination of re-doing and by stumbling on the cause. Many thanks for your help. Regards to you both. Marcus. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:25 PM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: If you had actually read the article Graham referred you to(http://word.mvps. If you had actually read the article Graham referred you to (http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm) and followed the directions there, then you would already have known this and would long since have solved the problem. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:50 PM MikeB wrote: thegh30lyonnat the gh 30 ly on n at On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:25 PM Gordon wrote: Works OK here... Works OK here... On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:09 PM Terry Farrell wrote: Works here too...--Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP Works here too... -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 7:05 PM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: The site was down earlier today; it is back up now.--Suzanne S. The site was down earlier today; it is back up now. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org On Thursday, March 25, 2010 8:34 PM Vickie Tuck wrote: dotted lines I am getting those dotted lines as well after using an asterik to make a line. However, I am not able to get rid of them. Any suggestions? Thank you, Vickie Tuck On Monday, April 12, 2010 7:09 AM Maddy Maddocks wrote: Dotted lines across word documents I've had this annoying problem with other word software as well as 2007 and each time it's because I've tried to include a section break with an asterix between paragraphs to denote change of scene in my story and once the dotted line menance appears there seems no way to remove it. Now I have discovered the solution: 1. If the problem occurs, highlight the whole document and click on 'Normal' this will reset the line spacing etc. to the default setting and the annoying dotted lines will disappear. 2. Then reclick on the spacing and formatting options you want and all is well again. 3. Now instead of breaking up paragraphs with a symbol I insert a small image. Hope all this works for you. Madeleine On Monday, April 12, 2010 8:25 AM Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: The method you describe is quite unnecessary. The method you describe is quite unnecessary. Just selecting the paragraph below which the border appears and pressing Ctrl+Q will remove the border from that paragraph. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm. And you can still use asterisks as scene separators if you disable automatic borders. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org Maddy Maddocks wrote in message On Tuesday, April 13, 2010 11:29 AM Maddy Maddocks wrote: The method I suggest is quite simple and effective Thanks for your comments however, the method you describe seems to be for borders. It isn't a border that appears within the document it's a weird file corruption that contaminates the text even when parts of it or all of it are cut and pasted into a new document. The method I suggest is actually quite simple and extremely effective.;O) Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice WPF GridView Sample To Insert, Update, and Delete Records http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...ple-to-in.aspx |
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