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Wavy Blue Line
I know what wavy read and green lines mean, but what does a wavy blue line
mean? I tried searching the Word help and none of the hits explained it. -- Andy |
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Wavy Blue Line
Did you search for "wavy lines"? See the Help topic "What do the underlines
in my document mean?" (third hit), which explains that "Word uses wavy blue underlines to indicate possible instances of inconsistent formatting." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Andy Reyes" wrote in message ... I know what wavy read and green lines mean, but what does a wavy blue line mean? I tried searching the Word help and none of the hits explained it. -- Andy |
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Wavy Blue Line
like you sugested I had tried searching on "wavy blue line" and the only hil
I goy that was even on the subject explained the red and green lines, but not the blue ones. I tried searching on "wavy lines" and did not get anything that had to do with spelling or grammar. Most of the hits had to do with templates. I even tried searching on "What do the underlines in my document mean" (the topic that you said you found the information on) and all I got was "Double underline the text" and the rest were templates. It looks like help on Word 2007 leaves a lot to be desired. -- Andy "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you search for "wavy lines"? See the Help topic "What do the underlines in my document mean?" (third hit), which explains that "Word uses wavy blue underlines to indicate possible instances of inconsistent formatting." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Andy Reyes" wrote in message ... I know what wavy read and green lines mean, but what does a wavy blue line mean? I tried searching the Word help and none of the hits explained it. -- Andy |
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Wavy Blue Line
You did not say that you were using Word 2007. I gather that Help in that
version mostly has yet to be written. I believe we were led to hope, however, that Help in that version would be designed in such a way that service packs could add to it. In any case, the other answer you received did mention that wavy blue lines in Word 2007 point out contextual spelling errors rather than formatting inconsistencies. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Andy Reyes" wrote in message ... like you sugested I had tried searching on "wavy blue line" and the only hil I goy that was even on the subject explained the red and green lines, but not the blue ones. I tried searching on "wavy lines" and did not get anything that had to do with spelling or grammar. Most of the hits had to do with templates. I even tried searching on "What do the underlines in my document mean" (the topic that you said you found the information on) and all I got was "Double underline the text" and the rest were templates. It looks like help on Word 2007 leaves a lot to be desired. -- Andy "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you search for "wavy lines"? See the Help topic "What do the underlines in my document mean?" (third hit), which explains that "Word uses wavy blue underlines to indicate possible instances of inconsistent formatting." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Andy Reyes" wrote in message ... I know what wavy read and green lines mean, but what does a wavy blue line mean? I tried searching the Word help and none of the hits explained it. -- Andy |
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The Help topics that are present in Word 2007 are fairly good, and
while there are some holes in coverage, they aren't really that bad. The indexing is absolutely horrendous, though -- it's impossible to find about half of the things I know are in there. In this case, the only two topics that mention the blue wavy underline are "Keep track of formatting while you type" (http://office.microsoft.com/client/h...1 00970211033) and "Check spelling and grammar" (http://office.microsoft.com/client/h... 01512471033). Because the wording in the formatting article is "blue squiggly underline", you can find that article by looking for the term "squiggly" -- but not "wavy", which was the term used in Word 2003 help. The spelling article mentions blue wavy underlines in a heading but doesn't say anything about them in the text. :-b Word 2003 Help also had a topic titled "I see something unusual in my document" (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/he...894821033.aspx) that listed all the wavy underlines and other formatting marks, but that topic doesn't appear to have been carried forward; maybe it's there, but the indexing won't let me find it... -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:20:21 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You did not say that you were using Word 2007. I gather that Help in that version mostly has yet to be written. I believe we were led to hope, however, that Help in that version would be designed in such a way that service packs could add to it. In any case, the other answer you received did mention that wavy blue lines in Word 2007 point out contextual spelling errors rather than formatting inconsistencies. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Andy Reyes" wrote in message ... like you sugested I had tried searching on "wavy blue line" and the only hil I goy that was even on the subject explained the red and green lines, but not the blue ones. I tried searching on "wavy lines" and did not get anything that had to do with spelling or grammar. Most of the hits had to do with templates. I even tried searching on "What do the underlines in my document mean" (the topic that you said you found the information on) and all I got was "Double underline the text" and the rest were templates. It looks like help on Word 2007 leaves a lot to be desired. -- Andy "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you search for "wavy lines"? See the Help topic "What do the underlines in my document mean?" (third hit), which explains that "Word uses wavy blue underlines to indicate possible instances of inconsistent formatting." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Andy Reyes" wrote in message ... I know what wavy read and green lines mean, but what does a wavy blue line mean? I tried searching the Word help and none of the hits explained it. -- Andy |
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Wavy Blue Line
I've found that they indicate incorrect contextual spelling in Office 2007.
For instance, if you use "can not" in a sentence, you should see it with a wavy blue line with a right click correction of "cannot". You can turn it off, by clicking the Office button, selecting Word Options. Select Proofing and clear the check mark from "Use contextual spelling". -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message was posted to a newsgroup, Please post replies and questions to the group so that others can learn as well. "Andy Reyes" wrote in message ... I know what wavy read and green lines mean, but what does a wavy blue line mean? I tried searching the Word help and none of the hits explained it. -- Andy |
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Wavy Blue Line
Hurrah!!! Finally, someone knows! Thank you.
"Dawn Crosier, Word MVP" wrote: I've found that they indicate incorrect contextual spelling in Office 2007. For instance, if you use "can not" in a sentence, you should see it with a wavy blue line with a right click correction of "cannot". You can turn it off, by clicking the Office button, selecting Word Options. Select Proofing and clear the check mark from "Use contextual spelling". -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message was posted to a newsgroup, Please post replies and questions to the group so that others can learn as well. "Andy Reyes" wrote in message ... I know what wavy read and green lines mean, but what does a wavy blue line mean? I tried searching the Word help and none of the hits explained it. -- Andy |
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Wavy Blue Line
I corrected and stopped the blue wavy/squiggly lines that refer to contextual
spelling. Problem is they still show up when there is a formatting or style difference. How do I get rid of that? It is extremely annoying. One line in my resume has the blue wavy/squiggly lines under the entire line. When I right click, I get the following options: 1. Replace direct formatting with with style List Paragraph 2. Ignore Once 3. Ignore Rule I want to ignore not replace my formatting (which is consistent throughout my doc). How do I turn this feature off permanently? Rich "Keepitreal" wrote: Hurrah!!! Finally, someone knows! Thank you. "Dawn Crosier, Word MVP" wrote: I've found that they indicate incorrect contextual spelling in Office 2007. For instance, if you use "can not" in a sentence, you should see it with a wavy blue line with a right click correction of "cannot". You can turn it off, by clicking the Office button, selecting Word Options. Select Proofing and clear the check mark from "Use contextual spelling". -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message was posted to a newsgroup, Please post replies and questions to the group so that others can learn as well. "Andy Reyes" wrote in message ... I know what wavy read and green lines mean, but what does a wavy blue line mean? I tried searching the Word help and none of the hits explained it. -- Andy |
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Wavy Blue Line
Hi Rich,
One of the oddities of Word 2007 was MS choosing to use blue as the squiggle color for two different features (a) the new context spelling and (b) an enhanced version of the Word 2003 introduced feature to mark formatting 'inconsistencies' In Word 2007 that's under Office Button=Word Options=Advanced=Editing Options [ ] Mark Formatting Inconsistencies ============= "RTWG" wrote in message ... I corrected and stopped the blue wavy/squiggly lines that refer to contextual spelling. Problem is they still show up when there is a formatting or style difference. How do I get rid of that? It is extremely annoying. One line in my resume has the blue wavy/squiggly lines under the entire line. When I right click, I get the following options: 1. Replace direct formatting with with style List Paragraph 2. Ignore Once 3. Ignore Rule I want to ignore not replace my formatting (which is consistent throughout my doc). How do I turn this feature off permanently? Rich -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Wavy Blue Line
I wondered about that, too. I guess there are only so many colors. g
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in message ... Hi Rich, One of the oddities of Word 2007 was MS choosing to use blue as the squiggle color for two different features (a) the new context spelling and (b) an enhanced version of the Word 2003 introduced feature to mark formatting 'inconsistencies' In Word 2007 that's under Office Button=Word Options=Advanced=Editing Options [ ] Mark Formatting Inconsistencies ============= "RTWG" wrote in message ... I corrected and stopped the blue wavy/squiggly lines that refer to contextual spelling. Problem is they still show up when there is a formatting or style difference. How do I get rid of that? It is extremely annoying. One line in my resume has the blue wavy/squiggly lines under the entire line. When I right click, I get the following options: 1. Replace direct formatting with with style List Paragraph 2. Ignore Once 3. Ignore Rule I want to ignore not replace my formatting (which is consistent throughout my doc). How do I turn this feature off permanently? Rich -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Wavy Blue Line
What are "formatting inconsistencies," and where is this switch in
2003? On Jun 13, 8:07*pm, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote: Hi Rich, One of the oddities of Word 2007 was MS choosing to use blue as the squiggle color for two different features (a) the new context spelling and (b) an enhanced version of the *Word 2003 introduced feature to mark formatting 'inconsistencies' In Word 2007 that's under * *Office Button=Word Options=Advanced=Editing Options * * *[ *] Mark Formatting Inconsistencies ============= * "RTWG" wrote in ... I corrected and stopped the blue wavy/squiggly lines that refer to contextual spelling. Problem is they still show up when there is a formatting or style difference. How do I get rid of that? It is extremely annoying. One line in my resume has the blue wavy/squiggly lines under the entire line. When I right click, I get the following options: 1. Replace direct formatting with with style List Paragraph 2. Ignore Once 3. Ignore Rule I want to ignore not replace my formatting (which is consistent throughout my doc). How do I turn this feature off permanently? |
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