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Unexpected alignment when using styles for headings 1, 1.1, 1.1.1
Hello All
My OS = Windows XP Professional Media Center Ed, SP2 Question = MS Word 2007 What I am experiencing: I am trying to use the styles for lists. The headings I'm using are 1, then 1.1, then 1.1.1, then sometimes 1.1.1.1 Okay, now I've started creating my document, and it was going quite well for a couple of pages. (Yippie!) But then the mean ol "gremlin" came out. Here's what happened. When I hit the enter button at the end of a Heading 1.1.1 paragraph, the cursor ends the paragraph and goes to the next line. (This is not the problem yet.) Now, I press the Heading 2 Style for 1.1 and I get my next section of my document (in my current document it's 6.3). However, the 6.3 is surrounded by a box. So, I proceed to type the line for that section 6.3. It types out correctly. Then I hit enter. And the cursor does something unexpected. It raises up slightly above the line in a "superscript position" just slightly above the line itself. (I am now confused.) Because what should have happened is the cursor needed to go to the next line below where I just got done typing. (Now wait the problem gets better!) (Okay, me being me, I try endlessly to tame the Lion. I try to make a nice juicy steak. No luck.) But in actuality here's what I did next. I hit the enter key again. And the cursor drops down one line, but it stays at the same location. In other words, it's still at the end of the line just above. (utt-o Did I do something wrong? I don't think so.) (So, I continue my quest to tame this beast.) I right click the line just above (that's my 6.3 line) and I click the paragraph symbol to see the paragraph marks. I'm hoping to get some clues as to what's going on in my document. (I wanna tame that beast!) And now I encounter a symbol looking like an anchor. The anchor symbol hangs to the right of the box surrounding the line 6.3, just off the paragraph symbol too. (Why this is so, I don't know.) So, I do some comparisons between my lines 6.2 and 6.3. And what do I discover? The little anchor symbol is in different spots on both my lines. (Ah Ha!) On line 6.2, the anchor symbol is just left and below the line number 6.2 itself. It actually appears below the box surrounding line 6.2 and at the same level as line 6.2.1. (That's not where the anchor is for my line 6.3) So, this must be why I'm having this problem. I just don't know what to do about it. I've currently read some of Shauna Kelly's (MVP) pages for Word 2002 and 2003, but that's not up to date for 2007. However, her pages have most definitely helped me understand and clarify some basic stuff about Word. She's really terrific. Visit her site for some background on prior verisions of Word. Well, I know my problem has something to do with where this anchor symbol appears on my line 6.3. It may have something to do with formating. I just haven't learnt enough yet about how this all works yet. (So much to read. My head hurts.) So, if any of you people understand this and can help then I'd really appreciate it. There's just got to be a way to control what's happening here in my document. And I'd like to know how it got that way too. I just don't understand it. I was doing the same thing I did in prior parts of my document. Have a nice day to all of you. |
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Unexpected alignment when using styles for headings 1, 1.1, 1.1.1
Since you are seeing an anchor, could you be typing in a text box?
~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Hello All My OS = Windows XP Professional Media Center Ed, SP2 Question = MS Word 2007 What I am experiencing: I am trying to use the styles for lists. The headings I'm using are 1, then 1.1, then 1.1.1, then sometimes 1.1.1.1 Okay, now I've started creating my document, and it was going quite well for a couple of pages. (Yippie!) But then the mean ol "gremlin" came out. Here's what happened. When I hit the enter button at the end of a Heading 1.1.1 paragraph, the cursor ends the paragraph and goes to the next line. (This is not the problem yet.) Now, I press the Heading 2 Style for 1.1 and I get my next section of my document (in my current document it's 6.3). However, the 6.3 is surrounded by a box. So, I proceed to type the line for that section 6.3. It types out correctly. Then I hit enter. And the cursor does something unexpected. It raises up slightly above the line in a "superscript position" just slightly above the line itself. (I am now confused.) Because what should have happened is the cursor needed to go to the next line below where I just got done typing. (Now wait the problem gets better!) (Okay, me being me, I try endlessly to tame the Lion. I try to make a nice juicy steak. No luck.) But in actuality here's what I did next. I hit the enter key again. And the cursor drops down one line, but it stays at the same location. In other words, it's still at the end of the line just above. (utt-o Did I do something wrong? I don't think so.) (So, I continue my quest to tame this beast.) I right click the line just above (that's my 6.3 line) and I click the paragraph symbol to see the paragraph marks. I'm hoping to get some clues as to what's going on in my document. (I wanna tame that beast!) And now I encounter a symbol looking like an anchor. The anchor symbol hangs to the right of the box surrounding the line 6.3, just off the paragraph symbol too. (Why this is so, I don't know.) So, I do some comparisons between my lines 6.2 and 6.3. And what do I discover? The little anchor symbol is in different spots on both my lines. (Ah Ha!) On line 6.2, the anchor symbol is just left and below the line number 6.2 itself. It actually appears below the box surrounding line 6.2 and at the same level as line 6.2.1. (That's not where the anchor is for my line 6.3) So, this must be why I'm having this problem. I just don't know what to do about it. I've currently read some of Shauna Kelly's (MVP) pages for Word 2002 and 2003, but that's not up to date for 2007. However, her pages have most definitely helped me understand and clarify some basic stuff about Word. She's really terrific. Visit her site for some background on prior verisions of Word. Well, I know my problem has something to do with where this anchor symbol appears on my line 6.3. It may have something to do with formating. I just haven't learnt enough yet about how this all works yet. (So much to read. My head hurts.) So, if any of you people understand this and can help then I'd really appreciate it. There's just got to be a way to control what's happening here in my document. And I'd like to know how it got that way too. I just don't understand it. I was doing the same thing I did in prior parts of my document. Have a nice day to all of you. |
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Unexpected alignment when using styles for headings 1, 1.1, 1.1.1
Another possibility is that you have inadvertently saved frame formatting to
your Heading 2 style. To remove such formatting: In the Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S), right-click the Heading 2 entry and choose Modify from the context menu. In the Modify Style dialog box, click the Format button, and then click Frame. Click Remove Frame, and then click OK to close the Modify Style dialog box again. ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... Since you are seeing an anchor, could you be typing in a text box? ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Hello All My OS = Windows XP Professional Media Center Ed, SP2 Question = MS Word 2007 What I am experiencing: I am trying to use the styles for lists. The headings I'm using are 1, then 1.1, then 1.1.1, then sometimes 1.1.1.1 Okay, now I've started creating my document, and it was going quite well for a couple of pages. (Yippie!) But then the mean ol "gremlin" came out. Here's what happened. When I hit the enter button at the end of a Heading 1.1.1 paragraph, the cursor ends the paragraph and goes to the next line. (This is not the problem yet.) Now, I press the Heading 2 Style for 1.1 and I get my next section of my document (in my current document it's 6.3). However, the 6.3 is surrounded by a box. So, I proceed to type the line for that section 6.3. It types out correctly. Then I hit enter. And the cursor does something unexpected. It raises up slightly above the line in a "superscript position" just slightly above the line itself. (I am now confused.) Because what should have happened is the cursor needed to go to the next line below where I just got done typing. (Now wait the problem gets better!) (Okay, me being me, I try endlessly to tame the Lion. I try to make a nice juicy steak. No luck.) But in actuality here's what I did next. I hit the enter key again. And the cursor drops down one line, but it stays at the same location. In other words, it's still at the end of the line just above. (utt-o Did I do something wrong? I don't think so.) (So, I continue my quest to tame this beast.) I right click the line just above (that's my 6.3 line) and I click the paragraph symbol to see the paragraph marks. I'm hoping to get some clues as to what's going on in my document. (I wanna tame that beast!) And now I encounter a symbol looking like an anchor. The anchor symbol hangs to the right of the box surrounding the line 6.3, just off the paragraph symbol too. (Why this is so, I don't know.) So, I do some comparisons between my lines 6.2 and 6.3. And what do I discover? The little anchor symbol is in different spots on both my lines. (Ah Ha!) On line 6.2, the anchor symbol is just left and below the line number 6.2 itself. It actually appears below the box surrounding line 6.2 and at the same level as line 6.2.1. (That's not where the anchor is for my line 6.3) So, this must be why I'm having this problem. I just don't know what to do about it. I've currently read some of Shauna Kelly's (MVP) pages for Word 2002 and 2003, but that's not up to date for 2007. However, her pages have most definitely helped me understand and clarify some basic stuff about Word. She's really terrific. Visit her site for some background on prior verisions of Word. Well, I know my problem has something to do with where this anchor symbol appears on my line 6.3. It may have something to do with formating. I just haven't learnt enough yet about how this all works yet. (So much to read. My head hurts.) So, if any of you people understand this and can help then I'd really appreciate it. There's just got to be a way to control what's happening here in my document. And I'd like to know how it got that way too. I just don't understand it. I was doing the same thing I did in prior parts of my document. Have a nice day to all of you. |
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Unexpected alignment when using styles for headings 1, 1.1, 1.
Thank you so much for your attention to this matter. Yes, I am typing in a
text box. You know, I have done so much work trying to figure this out. Today alone, I spent three hours scanning through large volumes on Word 2007. I just can't believe it. I mean, I'm trying to find a picture of this anchor symbol in an illustration within these volumes. I reviewed indexes looking up what I felt may have been relevant key words. I reviewed tables of contents. Books looked at: Microsoft Office Word 2007 Inside Out (I also ordered a copy of it recently. And I expect delivery in about 7 - 14 days.) By the way, I scanned every single page. But not one illustration showing this anchor symbol. In addition, it seems impossible to hone in on this symbol using the books index. Gee, this seems like such a great book too. But why didn't they include a chapter of all kinds of paragraph symbols one might find while using this program? I'm planning on writing either Kathy Murray or Mary Milhollon about this situation. If you knew my background and prior experience wtih computers then you'll completely understand my disappointment at not being able to easily locate a definition of this anchor symbol. Gosh, with a proper definition of this symbol, I may have been able to connect the dots using my experience to debug this problem. Oh my, what a hassle this has been. I figured it must have had to do with paragraph symbols, formatting symbols, bookmarks, etc. But go review, the Inside Out book (or the next book, see below) and try to find a picture, definition and explaination of this text box anchor symbol. You won't find it. Another book: Word 2007 Step By Step (I believe that was the name of it.) I review the index and contents, went to various locations in this book too, and I even flipped through every page looking for this anchor symbol. No luck! Yuck! Now, here's an interesting thing. I compared the format symbols of a prior paragraph showing the anchor. And the anchor appears just left and below the heading line number. This means it must be able to be controlled. It must be able to be moved somehow. But how? And, because the anchor on the 6.3 line in my current document is to the right of the text box and raised in a sort-of superscripted position, then the paragraph mark for the next line appears just to the right of that anchor, even below it appears another paragraph symbol on the next line. So, any text which I type will be out of sink with prior text in my document. Gee Whiz. This is making me bannanas! And I'm not a monkey. I like lions, and I enjoy taming them. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Since you are seeing an anchor, could you be typing in a text box? ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Hello All My OS = Windows XP Professional Media Center Ed, SP2 Question = MS Word 2007 What I am experiencing: I am trying to use the styles for lists. The headings I'm using are 1, then 1.1, then 1.1.1, then sometimes 1.1.1.1 Okay, now I've started creating my document, and it was going quite well for a couple of pages. (Yippie!) But then the mean ol "gremlin" came out. Here's what happened. When I hit the enter button at the end of a Heading 1.1.1 paragraph, the cursor ends the paragraph and goes to the next line. (This is not the problem yet.) Now, I press the Heading 2 Style for 1.1 and I get my next section of my document (in my current document it's 6.3). However, the 6.3 is surrounded by a box. So, I proceed to type the line for that section 6.3. It types out correctly. Then I hit enter. And the cursor does something unexpected. It raises up slightly above the line in a "superscript position" just slightly above the line itself. (I am now confused.) Because what should have happened is the cursor needed to go to the next line below where I just got done typing. (Now wait the problem gets better!) (Okay, me being me, I try endlessly to tame the Lion. I try to make a nice juicy steak. No luck.) But in actuality here's what I did next. I hit the enter key again. And the cursor drops down one line, but it stays at the same location. In other words, it's still at the end of the line just above. (utt-o Did I do something wrong? I don't think so.) (So, I continue my quest to tame this beast.) I right click the line just above (that's my 6.3 line) and I click the paragraph symbol to see the paragraph marks. I'm hoping to get some clues as to what's going on in my document. (I wanna tame that beast!) And now I encounter a symbol looking like an anchor. The anchor symbol hangs to the right of the box surrounding the line 6.3, just off the paragraph symbol too. (Why this is so, I don't know.) So, I do some comparisons between my lines 6.2 and 6.3. And what do I discover? The little anchor symbol is in different spots on both my lines. (Ah Ha!) On line 6.2, the anchor symbol is just left and below the line number 6.2 itself. It actually appears below the box surrounding line 6.2 and at the same level as line 6.2.1. (That's not where the anchor is for my line 6.3) So, this must be why I'm having this problem. I just don't know what to do about it. I've currently read some of Shauna Kelly's (MVP) pages for Word 2002 and 2003, but that's not up to date for 2007. However, her pages have most definitely helped me understand and clarify some basic stuff about Word. She's really terrific. Visit her site for some background on prior verisions of Word. Well, I know my problem has something to do with where this anchor symbol appears on my line 6.3. It may have something to do with formating. I just haven't learnt enough yet about how this all works yet. (So much to read. My head hurts.) So, if any of you people understand this and can help then I'd really appreciate it. There's just got to be a way to control what's happening here in my document. And I'd like to know how it got that way too. I just don't understand it. I was doing the same thing I did in prior parts of my document. Have a nice day to all of you. |
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Unexpected alignment when using styles for headings 1, 1.1, 1.
For a description of object anchors, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/drwgrphcs/anchors.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Thank you so much for your attention to this matter. Yes, I am typing in a text box. You know, I have done so much work trying to figure this out. Today alone, I spent three hours scanning through large volumes on Word 2007. I just can't believe it. I mean, I'm trying to find a picture of this anchor symbol in an illustration within these volumes. I reviewed indexes looking up what I felt may have been relevant key words. I reviewed tables of contents. Books looked at: Microsoft Office Word 2007 Inside Out (I also ordered a copy of it recently. And I expect delivery in about 7 - 14 days.) By the way, I scanned every single page. But not one illustration showing this anchor symbol. In addition, it seems impossible to hone in on this symbol using the books index. Gee, this seems like such a great book too. But why didn't they include a chapter of all kinds of paragraph symbols one might find while using this program? I'm planning on writing either Kathy Murray or Mary Milhollon about this situation. If you knew my background and prior experience wtih computers then you'll completely understand my disappointment at not being able to easily locate a definition of this anchor symbol. Gosh, with a proper definition of this symbol, I may have been able to connect the dots using my experience to debug this problem. Oh my, what a hassle this has been. I figured it must have had to do with paragraph symbols, formatting symbols, bookmarks, etc. But go review, the Inside Out book (or the next book, see below) and try to find a picture, definition and explaination of this text box anchor symbol. You won't find it. Another book: Word 2007 Step By Step (I believe that was the name of it.) I review the index and contents, went to various locations in this book too, and I even flipped through every page looking for this anchor symbol. No luck! Yuck! Now, here's an interesting thing. I compared the format symbols of a prior paragraph showing the anchor. And the anchor appears just left and below the heading line number. This means it must be able to be controlled. It must be able to be moved somehow. But how? And, because the anchor on the 6.3 line in my current document is to the right of the text box and raised in a sort-of superscripted position, then the paragraph mark for the next line appears just to the right of that anchor, even below it appears another paragraph symbol on the next line. So, any text which I type will be out of sink with prior text in my document. Gee Whiz. This is making me bannanas! And I'm not a monkey. I like lions, and I enjoy taming them. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Since you are seeing an anchor, could you be typing in a text box? ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Hello All My OS = Windows XP Professional Media Center Ed, SP2 Question = MS Word 2007 What I am experiencing: I am trying to use the styles for lists. The headings I'm using are 1, then 1.1, then 1.1.1, then sometimes 1.1.1.1 Okay, now I've started creating my document, and it was going quite well for a couple of pages. (Yippie!) But then the mean ol "gremlin" came out. Here's what happened. When I hit the enter button at the end of a Heading 1.1.1 paragraph, the cursor ends the paragraph and goes to the next line. (This is not the problem yet.) Now, I press the Heading 2 Style for 1.1 and I get my next section of my document (in my current document it's 6.3). However, the 6.3 is surrounded by a box. So, I proceed to type the line for that section 6.3. It types out correctly. Then I hit enter. And the cursor does something unexpected. It raises up slightly above the line in a "superscript position" just slightly above the line itself. (I am now confused.) Because what should have happened is the cursor needed to go to the next line below where I just got done typing. (Now wait the problem gets better!) (Okay, me being me, I try endlessly to tame the Lion. I try to make a nice juicy steak. No luck.) But in actuality here's what I did next. I hit the enter key again. And the cursor drops down one line, but it stays at the same location. In other words, it's still at the end of the line just above. (utt-o Did I do something wrong? I don't think so.) (So, I continue my quest to tame this beast.) I right click the line just above (that's my 6.3 line) and I click the paragraph symbol to see the paragraph marks. I'm hoping to get some clues as to what's going on in my document. (I wanna tame that beast!) And now I encounter a symbol looking like an anchor. The anchor symbol hangs to the right of the box surrounding the line 6.3, just off the paragraph symbol too. (Why this is so, I don't know.) So, I do some comparisons between my lines 6.2 and 6.3. And what do I discover? The little anchor symbol is in different spots on both my lines. (Ah Ha!) On line 6.2, the anchor symbol is just left and below the line number 6.2 itself. It actually appears below the box surrounding line 6.2 and at the same level as line 6.2.1. (That's not where the anchor is for my line 6.3) So, this must be why I'm having this problem. I just don't know what to do about it. I've currently read some of Shauna Kelly's (MVP) pages for Word 2002 and 2003, but that's not up to date for 2007. However, her pages have most definitely helped me understand and clarify some basic stuff about Word. She's really terrific. Visit her site for some background on prior verisions of Word. Well, I know my problem has something to do with where this anchor symbol appears on my line 6.3. It may have something to do with formating. I just haven't learnt enough yet about how this all works yet. (So much to read. My head hurts.) So, if any of you people understand this and can help then I'd really appreciate it. There's just got to be a way to control what's happening here in my document. And I'd like to know how it got that way too. I just don't understand it. I was doing the same thing I did in prior parts of my document. Have a nice day to all of you. |
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Unexpected alignment when using styles for headings 1, 1.1, 1.
I have discovered by trial and error, frame controls. I've tried:
"...right-click the Heading 2 entry and choose Modify from the context menu. In the Modify Style dialog box, click the Format button, and then click Frame. Click Remove Frame, and then click OK to close the Modify Style dialog box again." Yes, I did this, but I don't every recall playing around with these controls before. So, I just don't understand how this came to be in the first place? Recall, however, when I click on a prior paragraph like line 6.2, I see the same text box, I see the same anchor symbol, but the anchor symbol is to the left of the text box. I believe it's just left of the heading line number 6.2 and slightly below it. Again, this makes me feel that having a text box is ok and having the anchor appear just left of the box is also ok. Can you understand how I get the idea that this is just part of the built in style for Heading 1.1 My new friend Stefan, I didn't put it there. I don't even know how to properly do this now. I know there's a difference between adding a permanent and temporary style. But I still have to study this stuff a bit more. The point, however, is I'm just using the built in heading style. How did things get all messed up? The anchor symbol moved to the right of the text box. Now, new paragraphs start to the right of the anchor symbol just right of the text box. Because of this, I can't finish the rest of my document. And I've got much more stuff to do. The books, I've described aren't much help. Sadly, cause they look like such great books. Expecially Inside Out. I've got to figure out what caused this problem. I've got to understand how to reverse the problem. I've got to figure out how to move around that dar gone anchor symbol. This stuff has got to be more clear. You know, when you manipulate a piece of art, you've got those handles, right. You even have a rotate handle. But, at least, you can look in a book and learn about this stuff clearly. It's pretty simple to learn that the handles resize the graphic and the rotate handle actually rotates the graphic 360 degrees. Why can't they explain this anchor symbol more clearly to us. (I'm disappointed in them for not clearly explaining this in their almost one thousand page reference book. However, I still luv's 'em, cause nobody's perfect. But computers are bery bery exact, you know. So, ...) Yesterday, I even looked at the Deluxe (OMG) MS Office Word 2007 book. No luck here either. This book is about 1400 pages long. I've got a headache from all this research. Hopefully, I'll be able to email Kathy Murray or Mary Milhollon about this situation. They really need to be aware of this issue. Because somebody out there in Never Never Land is going to run into this problem too. And if they're reading my comments and hopefully your answers to the situation then perhaps they'll save themselves some serious time loss and aggravation. Oh, the pain. But I'm gonna get to the bottom of this if it takes another week. Remember, I tame lions. Can't help it. I just love lions. I found out about a really helpful person by the name of Shauna Kelly (MVP). So, I started studying her web pages on prior verisions of Word 2002, etc. And I got a better idea about how to use this Word program. You know, I love those people at Microsoft. But sometimes, I wonder what they're eatting, drinking and smoking over there. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Another possibility is that you have inadvertently saved frame formatting to your Heading 2 style. To remove such formatting: In the Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S), right-click the Heading 2 entry and choose Modify from the context menu. In the Modify Style dialog box, click the Format button, and then click Frame. Click Remove Frame, and then click OK to close the Modify Style dialog box again. ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... Since you are seeing an anchor, could you be typing in a text box? ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Hello All My OS = Windows XP Professional Media Center Ed, SP2 Question = MS Word 2007 What I am experiencing: I am trying to use the styles for lists. The headings I'm using are 1, then 1.1, then 1.1.1, then sometimes 1.1.1.1 Okay, now I've started creating my document, and it was going quite well for a couple of pages. (Yippie!) But then the mean ol "gremlin" came out. Here's what happened. When I hit the enter button at the end of a Heading 1.1.1 paragraph, the cursor ends the paragraph and goes to the next line. (This is not the problem yet.) Now, I press the Heading 2 Style for 1.1 and I get my next section of my document (in my current document it's 6.3). However, the 6.3 is surrounded by a box. So, I proceed to type the line for that section 6.3. It types out correctly. Then I hit enter. And the cursor does something unexpected. It raises up slightly above the line in a "superscript position" just slightly above the line itself. (I am now confused.) Because what should have happened is the cursor needed to go to the next line below where I just got done typing. (Now wait the problem gets better!) (Okay, me being me, I try endlessly to tame the Lion. I try to make a nice juicy steak. No luck.) But in actuality here's what I did next. I hit the enter key again. And the cursor drops down one line, but it stays at the same location. In other words, it's still at the end of the line just above. (utt-o Did I do something wrong? I don't think so.) (So, I continue my quest to tame this beast.) I right click the line just above (that's my 6.3 line) and I click the paragraph symbol to see the paragraph marks. I'm hoping to get some clues as to what's going on in my document. (I wanna tame that beast!) And now I encounter a symbol looking like an anchor. The anchor symbol hangs to the right of the box surrounding the line 6.3, just off the paragraph symbol too. (Why this is so, I don't know.) So, I do some comparisons between my lines 6.2 and 6.3. And what do I discover? The little anchor symbol is in different spots on both my lines. (Ah Ha!) On line 6.2, the anchor symbol is just left and below the line number 6.2 itself. It actually appears below the box surrounding line 6.2 and at the same level as line 6.2.1. (That's not where the anchor is for my line 6.3) So, this must be why I'm having this problem. I just don't know what to do about it. I've currently read some of Shauna Kelly's (MVP) pages for Word 2002 and 2003, but that's not up to date for 2007. However, her pages have most definitely helped me understand and clarify some basic stuff about Word. She's really terrific. Visit her site for some background on prior verisions of Word. Well, I know my problem has something to do with where this anchor symbol appears on my line 6.3. It may have something to do with formating. I just haven't learnt enough yet about how this all works yet. (So much to read. My head hurts.) So, if any of you people understand this and can help then I'd really appreciate it. There's just got to be a way to control what's happening here in my document. And I'd like to know how it got that way too. I just don't understand it. I was doing the same thing I did in prior parts of my document. Have a nice day to all of you. |
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Unexpected alignment when using styles for headings 1, 1.1, 1.
Stefan, I just wrote an email to Mary Milhollon [ Author (1 of 3) to: MS
Office Word 2007 Inside Out ] advising her of our discussion and relating my ideas to help her and her associates improve an all ready outstanding publication. It's my little contribution to everyone. And, hopefully, it will help them in updated revisions of their publication. Also, I did just make an attempt to Remove Frame as you stated in your post. It seems to have worked. And I have typed out a couple of more paragraphs in my document, just to test what happens. And it seems that the lion is somewhat satiated for now. However, there's still a lack of an understanding to how this situation came to be in the first place? I want to understand more about this just in case it happens again. Cause if it does, then I'll just have to make a steak medium rare for my lion. And you know how I love lions. Gotta keep 'em happy. So, I'll await further information regarding this situation. Oh yes, I've got another issue: How come it's so hard to control where the text starts on the line for Heading Style 1.1? I mean, the section number appears like: 6.4 But the text starts about an inch or so in from the section number. Kind of like the line above this one. So, what's causing this? How can I modify the text line to start closer to the section number in the built in Heading Style 1.1? This is so confusing. Believe me, I've tried stuff. But my lion won't listen. Doesn't jump through the big hoop. What to do? I donno! I fed the lion a good dinner, and he just looks at me with those big lion eyes and roars! Gosh, it's scarey sometimes. I know my lion luvs me. He's just giving me a hard time. It's been a long day for me. Be well everybody. I've got to rest now. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Another possibility is that you have inadvertently saved frame formatting to your Heading 2 style. To remove such formatting: In the Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S), right-click the Heading 2 entry and choose Modify from the context menu. In the Modify Style dialog box, click the Format button, and then click Frame. Click Remove Frame, and then click OK to close the Modify Style dialog box again. ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... Since you are seeing an anchor, could you be typing in a text box? ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Hello All My OS = Windows XP Professional Media Center Ed, SP2 Question = MS Word 2007 What I am experiencing: I am trying to use the styles for lists. The headings I'm using are 1, then 1.1, then 1.1.1, then sometimes 1.1.1.1 Okay, now I've started creating my document, and it was going quite well for a couple of pages. (Yippie!) But then the mean ol "gremlin" came out. Here's what happened. When I hit the enter button at the end of a Heading 1.1.1 paragraph, the cursor ends the paragraph and goes to the next line. (This is not the problem yet.) Now, I press the Heading 2 Style for 1.1 and I get my next section of my document (in my current document it's 6.3). However, the 6.3 is surrounded by a box. So, I proceed to type the line for that section 6.3. It types out correctly. Then I hit enter. And the cursor does something unexpected. It raises up slightly above the line in a "superscript position" just slightly above the line itself. (I am now confused.) Because what should have happened is the cursor needed to go to the next line below where I just got done typing. (Now wait the problem gets better!) (Okay, me being me, I try endlessly to tame the Lion. I try to make a nice juicy steak. No luck.) But in actuality here's what I did next. I hit the enter key again. And the cursor drops down one line, but it stays at the same location. In other words, it's still at the end of the line just above. (utt-o Did I do something wrong? I don't think so.) (So, I continue my quest to tame this beast.) I right click the line just above (that's my 6.3 line) and I click the paragraph symbol to see the paragraph marks. I'm hoping to get some clues as to what's going on in my document. (I wanna tame that beast!) And now I encounter a symbol looking like an anchor. The anchor symbol hangs to the right of the box surrounding the line 6.3, just off the paragraph symbol too. (Why this is so, I don't know.) So, I do some comparisons between my lines 6.2 and 6.3. And what do I discover? The little anchor symbol is in different spots on both my lines. (Ah Ha!) On line 6.2, the anchor symbol is just left and below the line number 6.2 itself. It actually appears below the box surrounding line 6.2 and at the same level as line 6.2.1. (That's not where the anchor is for my line 6.3) So, this must be why I'm having this problem. I just don't know what to do about it. I've currently read some of Shauna Kelly's (MVP) pages for Word 2002 and 2003, but that's not up to date for 2007. However, her pages have most definitely helped me understand and clarify some basic stuff about Word. She's really terrific. Visit her site for some background on prior verisions of Word. Well, I know my problem has something to do with where this anchor symbol appears on my line 6.3. It may have something to do with formating. I just haven't learnt enough yet about how this all works yet. (So much to read. My head hurts.) So, if any of you people understand this and can help then I'd really appreciate it. There's just got to be a way to control what's happening here in my document. And I'd like to know how it got that way too. I just don't understand it. I was doing the same thing I did in prior parts of my document. Have a nice day to all of you. |
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"Liontamer" wrote in message
... Stefan, I just wrote an email to Mary Milhollon [ Author (1 of 3) to: MS Office Word 2007 Inside Out ] advising her of our discussion and relating my ideas to help her and her associates improve an all ready outstanding publication. It's my little contribution to everyone. And, hopefully, it will help them in updated revisions of their publication. Also, I did just make an attempt to Remove Frame as you stated in your post. It seems to have worked. And I have typed out a couple of more paragraphs in my document, just to test what happens. And it seems that the lion is somewhat satiated for now. However, there's still a lack of an understanding to how this situation came to be in the first place? I want to understand more about this just in case it happens again. Cause if it does, then I'll just have to make a steak medium rare for my lion. And you know how I love lions. Gotta keep 'em happy. Well, it's difficult to tell how it happened. Some settings can be automatically included with a style if you select the "Automatically update" option in the Modify Style dialog box, but I doubt that frame formatting belongs to that category. Updating a style to match the selection with the insertion point inside a frame is a more likely cause. So, I'll await further information regarding this situation. Oh yes, I've got another issue: How come it's so hard to control where the text starts on the line for Heading Style 1.1? I mean, the section number appears like: 6.4 But the text starts about an inch or so in from the section number. By default, Word inserts a tab character after the number and, depending on the width of the number, this might push the text to the next default tab stop, which might be less desirable. To fix the problem, you will have to adjust the settings for indentation at the affected numbering level: Place the insertion point in the first top-level paragraph of the list (in a list of headings, this means in the first Heading 1 paragraph of the document). Then click Home tab | Multilevel List | Define New Multilevel List. In the dialog box, click "Level 2." Click the More button to see all options. Change the "Position" settings as appropriate. In particular, you may want to pay attention to the "Add tab stop at" option. For more, see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP Kind of like the line above this one. So, what's causing this? How can I modify the text line to start closer to the section number in the built in Heading Style 1.1? This is so confusing. Believe me, I've tried stuff. But my lion won't listen. Doesn't jump through the big hoop. What to do? I donno! I fed the lion a good dinner, and he just looks at me with those big lion eyes and roars! Gosh, it's scarey sometimes. I know my lion luvs me. He's just giving me a hard time. It's been a long day for me. Be well everybody. I've got to rest now. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Another possibility is that you have inadvertently saved frame formatting to your Heading 2 style. To remove such formatting: In the Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S), right-click the Heading 2 entry and choose Modify from the context menu. In the Modify Style dialog box, click the Format button, and then click Frame. Click Remove Frame, and then click OK to close the Modify Style dialog box again. ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... Since you are seeing an anchor, could you be typing in a text box? ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Hello All My OS = Windows XP Professional Media Center Ed, SP2 Question = MS Word 2007 What I am experiencing: I am trying to use the styles for lists. The headings I'm using are 1, then 1.1, then 1.1.1, then sometimes 1.1.1.1 Okay, now I've started creating my document, and it was going quite well for a couple of pages. (Yippie!) But then the mean ol "gremlin" came out. Here's what happened. When I hit the enter button at the end of a Heading 1.1.1 paragraph, the cursor ends the paragraph and goes to the next line. (This is not the problem yet.) Now, I press the Heading 2 Style for 1.1 and I get my next section of my document (in my current document it's 6.3). However, the 6.3 is surrounded by a box. So, I proceed to type the line for that section 6.3. It types out correctly. Then I hit enter. And the cursor does something unexpected. It raises up slightly above the line in a "superscript position" just slightly above the line itself. (I am now confused.) Because what should have happened is the cursor needed to go to the next line below where I just got done typing. (Now wait the problem gets better!) (Okay, me being me, I try endlessly to tame the Lion. I try to make a nice juicy steak. No luck.) But in actuality here's what I did next. I hit the enter key again. And the cursor drops down one line, but it stays at the same location. In other words, it's still at the end of the line just above. (utt-o Did I do something wrong? I don't think so.) (So, I continue my quest to tame this beast.) I right click the line just above (that's my 6.3 line) and I click the paragraph symbol to see the paragraph marks. I'm hoping to get some clues as to what's going on in my document. (I wanna tame that beast!) And now I encounter a symbol looking like an anchor. The anchor symbol hangs to the right of the box surrounding the line 6.3, just off the paragraph symbol too. (Why this is so, I don't know.) So, I do some comparisons between my lines 6.2 and 6.3. And what do I discover? The little anchor symbol is in different spots on both my lines. (Ah Ha!) On line 6.2, the anchor symbol is just left and below the line number 6.2 itself. It actually appears below the box surrounding line 6.2 and at the same level as line 6.2.1. (That's not where the anchor is for my line 6.3) So, this must be why I'm having this problem. I just don't know what to do about it. I've currently read some of Shauna Kelly's (MVP) pages for Word 2002 and 2003, but that's not up to date for 2007. However, her pages have most definitely helped me understand and clarify some basic stuff about Word. She's really terrific. Visit her site for some background on prior verisions of Word. Well, I know my problem has something to do with where this anchor symbol appears on my line 6.3. It may have something to do with formating. I just haven't learnt enough yet about how this all works yet. (So much to read. My head hurts.) So, if any of you people understand this and can help then I'd really appreciate it. There's just got to be a way to control what's happening here in my document. And I'd like to know how it got that way too. I just don't understand it. I was doing the same thing I did in prior parts of my document. Have a nice day to all of you. |
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Well, my friend Stefan, I appreciate your attention to my concerns. Thank
you. However, I've got to both investigate some of your suggestions and integrate more study time amoungst my other responsibilities. I will inform you of my progress in a few days time. I am so happy to discover people like you exist. It's so important. And it's so helpful. "Stefan Blom" wrote: "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Stefan, I just wrote an email to Mary Milhollon [ Author (1 of 3) to: MS Office Word 2007 Inside Out ] advising her of our discussion and relating my ideas to help her and her associates improve an all ready outstanding publication. It's my little contribution to everyone. And, hopefully, it will help them in updated revisions of their publication. Also, I did just make an attempt to Remove Frame as you stated in your post. It seems to have worked. And I have typed out a couple of more paragraphs in my document, just to test what happens. And it seems that the lion is somewhat satiated for now. However, there's still a lack of an understanding to how this situation came to be in the first place? I want to understand more about this just in case it happens again. Cause if it does, then I'll just have to make a steak medium rare for my lion. And you know how I love lions. Gotta keep 'em happy. Well, it's difficult to tell how it happened. Some settings can be automatically included with a style if you select the "Automatically update" option in the Modify Style dialog box, but I doubt that frame formatting belongs to that category. Updating a style to match the selection with the insertion point inside a frame is a more likely cause. So, I'll await further information regarding this situation. Oh yes, I've got another issue: How come it's so hard to control where the text starts on the line for Heading Style 1.1? I mean, the section number appears like: 6.4 But the text starts about an inch or so in from the section number. By default, Word inserts a tab character after the number and, depending on the width of the number, this might push the text to the next default tab stop, which might be less desirable. To fix the problem, you will have to adjust the settings for indentation at the affected numbering level: Place the insertion point in the first top-level paragraph of the list (in a list of headings, this means in the first Heading 1 paragraph of the document). Then click Home tab | Multilevel List | Define New Multilevel List. In the dialog box, click "Level 2." Click the More button to see all options. Change the "Position" settings as appropriate. In particular, you may want to pay attention to the "Add tab stop at" option. For more, see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP Kind of like the line above this one. So, what's causing this? How can I modify the text line to start closer to the section number in the built in Heading Style 1.1? This is so confusing. Believe me, I've tried stuff. But my lion won't listen. Doesn't jump through the big hoop. What to do? I donno! I fed the lion a good dinner, and he just looks at me with those big lion eyes and roars! Gosh, it's scarey sometimes. I know my lion luvs me. He's just giving me a hard time. It's been a long day for me. Be well everybody. I've got to rest now. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Another possibility is that you have inadvertently saved frame formatting to your Heading 2 style. To remove such formatting: In the Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S), right-click the Heading 2 entry and choose Modify from the context menu. In the Modify Style dialog box, click the Format button, and then click Frame. Click Remove Frame, and then click OK to close the Modify Style dialog box again. ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... Since you are seeing an anchor, could you be typing in a text box? ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Hello All My OS = Windows XP Professional Media Center Ed, SP2 Question = MS Word 2007 What I am experiencing: I am trying to use the styles for lists. The headings I'm using are 1, then 1.1, then 1.1.1, then sometimes 1.1.1.1 Okay, now I've started creating my document, and it was going quite well for a couple of pages. (Yippie!) But then the mean ol "gremlin" came out. Here's what happened. When I hit the enter button at the end of a Heading 1.1.1 paragraph, the cursor ends the paragraph and goes to the next line. (This is not the problem yet.) Now, I press the Heading 2 Style for 1.1 and I get my next section of my document (in my current document it's 6.3). However, the 6.3 is surrounded by a box. So, I proceed to type the line for that section 6.3. It types out correctly. Then I hit enter. And the cursor does something unexpected. It raises up slightly above the line in a "superscript position" just slightly above the line itself. (I am now confused.) Because what should have happened is the cursor needed to go to the next line below where I just got done typing. (Now wait the problem gets better!) (Okay, me being me, I try endlessly to tame the Lion. I try to make a nice juicy steak. No luck.) But in actuality here's what I did next. I hit the enter key again. And the cursor drops down one line, but it stays at the same location. In other words, it's still at the end of the line just above. (utt-o Did I do something wrong? I don't think so.) (So, I continue my quest to tame this beast.) I right click the line just above (that's my 6.3 line) and I click the paragraph symbol to see the paragraph marks. I'm hoping to get some clues as to what's going on in my document. (I wanna tame that beast!) And now I encounter a symbol looking like an anchor. The anchor symbol hangs to the right of the box surrounding the line 6.3, just off the paragraph symbol too. (Why this is so, I don't know.) So, I do some comparisons between my lines 6.2 and 6.3. And what do I discover? The little anchor symbol is in different spots on both my lines. (Ah Ha!) On line 6.2, the anchor symbol is just left and below the line number 6.2 itself. It actually appears below the box surrounding line 6.2 and at the same level as line 6.2.1. (That's not where the anchor is for my line 6.3) So, this must be why I'm having this problem. I just don't know what to do about it. I've currently read some of Shauna Kelly's (MVP) pages for Word 2002 and 2003, but that's not up to date for 2007. However, her pages have most definitely helped me understand and clarify some basic stuff about Word. She's really terrific. Visit her site for some background on prior verisions of Word. Well, I know my problem has something to do with where this anchor symbol appears on my line 6.3. It may have something to do with formating. I just haven't learnt enough yet about how this all works yet. (So much to read. My head hurts.) So, if any of you people understand this and can help then I'd really appreciate it. There's just got to be a way to control what's happening here in my document. And I'd like to know how it got that way too. I just don't understand it. I was doing the same thing I did in prior parts of my document. Have a nice day to all of you. |
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Okay Maestro Stefan:
I just followed these directions you gave: "To fix the problem, you will have to adjust the settings for indentation at the affected numbering level: Place the insertion point in the first top-level paragraph of the list (in a list of headings, this means in the first Heading 1 paragraph of the document). Then click Home tab | Multilevel List | Define New Multilevel List. In the dialog box, click "Level 2." Click the More button to see all options. Change the "Position" settings as appropriate. In particular, you may want to pay attention to the "Add tab stop at" option." When I got to the More Options, I removed Follow with Tab and replaced it with Follow with Space. And it worked !!! Yippie !!! However, I kindof follow the logic behind returning to the first Heading 1 paragraph. But I'm not too sure "why?" I've got to return there to adjust the level 2 parameters. I mean, it kind of makes sense, cause it's where the multi-level list starts out. But will it be the same if I just returned to the first instance of the Heading 1.1 paragraph? And just adjusted the parameters from there? Which is the first instance at level two of the list itselt. Humm. It seems, somewhat logical your way though. If no other reason, because Heading 1 starts the whole list process. Just wondering how you explain this need to return all the way back to the first instance of Heading 1. I'm gonna make time to follow the link you provided to Shauna's page. I'll get back to you when I'm done. She's pretty cool, isn't she? Well, let's see what she writes now. "Stefan Blom" wrote: "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Stefan, I just wrote an email to Mary Milhollon [ Author (1 of 3) to: MS Office Word 2007 Inside Out ] advising her of our discussion and relating my ideas to help her and her associates improve an all ready outstanding publication. It's my little contribution to everyone. And, hopefully, it will help them in updated revisions of their publication. Also, I did just make an attempt to Remove Frame as you stated in your post. It seems to have worked. And I have typed out a couple of more paragraphs in my document, just to test what happens. And it seems that the lion is somewhat satiated for now. However, there's still a lack of an understanding to how this situation came to be in the first place? I want to understand more about this just in case it happens again. Cause if it does, then I'll just have to make a steak medium rare for my lion. And you know how I love lions. Gotta keep 'em happy. Well, it's difficult to tell how it happened. Some settings can be automatically included with a style if you select the "Automatically update" option in the Modify Style dialog box, but I doubt that frame formatting belongs to that category. Updating a style to match the selection with the insertion point inside a frame is a more likely cause. So, I'll await further information regarding this situation. Oh yes, I've got another issue: How come it's so hard to control where the text starts on the line for Heading Style 1.1? I mean, the section number appears like: 6.4 But the text starts about an inch or so in from the section number. By default, Word inserts a tab character after the number and, depending on the width of the number, this might push the text to the next default tab stop, which might be less desirable. To fix the problem, you will have to adjust the settings for indentation at the affected numbering level: Place the insertion point in the first top-level paragraph of the list (in a list of headings, this means in the first Heading 1 paragraph of the document). Then click Home tab | Multilevel List | Define New Multilevel List. In the dialog box, click "Level 2." Click the More button to see all options. Change the "Position" settings as appropriate. In particular, you may want to pay attention to the "Add tab stop at" option. For more, see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP Kind of like the line above this one. So, what's causing this? How can I modify the text line to start closer to the section number in the built in Heading Style 1.1? This is so confusing. Believe me, I've tried stuff. But my lion won't listen. Doesn't jump through the big hoop. What to do? I donno! I fed the lion a good dinner, and he just looks at me with those big lion eyes and roars! Gosh, it's scarey sometimes. I know my lion luvs me. He's just giving me a hard time. It's been a long day for me. Be well everybody. I've got to rest now. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Another possibility is that you have inadvertently saved frame formatting to your Heading 2 style. To remove such formatting: In the Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S), right-click the Heading 2 entry and choose Modify from the context menu. In the Modify Style dialog box, click the Format button, and then click Frame. Click Remove Frame, and then click OK to close the Modify Style dialog box again. ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... Since you are seeing an anchor, could you be typing in a text box? ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Hello All My OS = Windows XP Professional Media Center Ed, SP2 Question = MS Word 2007 What I am experiencing: I am trying to use the styles for lists. The headings I'm using are 1, then 1.1, then 1.1.1, then sometimes 1.1.1.1 Okay, now I've started creating my document, and it was going quite well for a couple of pages. (Yippie!) But then the mean ol "gremlin" came out. Here's what happened. When I hit the enter button at the end of a Heading 1.1.1 paragraph, the cursor ends the paragraph and goes to the next line. (This is not the problem yet.) Now, I press the Heading 2 Style for 1.1 and I get my next section of my document (in my current document it's 6.3). However, the 6.3 is surrounded by a box. So, I proceed to type the line for that section 6.3. It types out correctly. Then I hit enter. And the cursor does something unexpected. It raises up slightly above the line in a "superscript position" just slightly above the line itself. (I am now confused.) Because what should have happened is the cursor needed to go to the next line below where I just got done typing. (Now wait the problem gets better!) (Okay, me being me, I try endlessly to tame the Lion. I try to make a nice juicy steak. No luck.) But in actuality here's what I did next. I hit the enter key again. And the cursor drops down one line, but it stays at the same location. In other words, it's still at the end of the line just above. (utt-o Did I do something wrong? I don't think so.) (So, I continue my quest to tame this beast.) I right click the line just above (that's my 6.3 line) and I click the paragraph symbol to see the paragraph marks. I'm hoping to get some clues as to what's going on in my document. (I wanna tame that beast!) And now I encounter a symbol looking like an anchor. The anchor symbol hangs to the right of the box surrounding the line 6.3, just off the paragraph symbol too. (Why this is so, I don't know.) So, I do some comparisons between my lines 6.2 and 6.3. And what do I discover? The little anchor symbol is in different spots on both my lines. (Ah Ha!) On line 6.2, the anchor symbol is just left and below the line number 6.2 itself. It actually appears below the box surrounding line 6.2 and at the same level as line 6.2.1. (That's not where the anchor is for my line 6.3) So, this must be why I'm having this problem. I just don't know what to do about it. I've currently read some of Shauna Kelly's (MVP) pages for Word 2002 and 2003, but that's not up to date for 2007. However, her pages have most definitely helped me understand and clarify some basic stuff about Word. She's really terrific. Visit her site for some background on prior verisions of Word. Well, I know my problem has something to do with where this anchor symbol appears on my line 6.3. It may have something to do with formating. I just haven't learnt enough yet about how this all works yet. (So much to read. My head hurts.) So, if any of you people understand this and can help then I'd really appreciate it. There's just got to be a way to control what's happening here in my document. And I'd like to know how it got that way too. I just don't understand it. I was doing the same thing I did in prior parts of my document. Have a nice day to all of you. |
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The reason to place the insertion point in the first top-level paragraph of
a list (which for heading numbering means the first Heading 1 paragraph of the document) is that Word might restart the list if you make the modification with the insertion point elsewhere. The obvious follow-up question is, "Why does Word restart the lists?" And the answer is that I don't know, but I suspect that it is some sort of preparation for creating a new list. Note that when numbering is associated with paragraph styles, you can easily fix any unwanted restarts by using Ctrl+Q (which resets paragraph formatting to that of the underlying style), but for lists that are not using styles there is no easy way to fix the issue. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Okay Maestro Stefan: I just followed these directions you gave: "To fix the problem, you will have to adjust the settings for indentation at the affected numbering level: Place the insertion point in the first top-level paragraph of the list (in a list of headings, this means in the first Heading 1 paragraph of the document). Then click Home tab | Multilevel List | Define New Multilevel List. In the dialog box, click "Level 2." Click the More button to see all options. Change the "Position" settings as appropriate. In particular, you may want to pay attention to the "Add tab stop at" option." When I got to the More Options, I removed Follow with Tab and replaced it with Follow with Space. And it worked !!! Yippie !!! However, I kindof follow the logic behind returning to the first Heading 1 paragraph. But I'm not too sure "why?" I've got to return there to adjust the level 2 parameters. I mean, it kind of makes sense, cause it's where the multi-level list starts out. But will it be the same if I just returned to the first instance of the Heading 1.1 paragraph? And just adjusted the parameters from there? Which is the first instance at level two of the list itselt. Humm. It seems, somewhat logical your way though. If no other reason, because Heading 1 starts the whole list process. Just wondering how you explain this need to return all the way back to the first instance of Heading 1. I'm gonna make time to follow the link you provided to Shauna's page. I'll get back to you when I'm done. She's pretty cool, isn't she? Well, let's see what she writes now. "Stefan Blom" wrote: "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Stefan, I just wrote an email to Mary Milhollon [ Author (1 of 3) to: MS Office Word 2007 Inside Out ] advising her of our discussion and relating my ideas to help her and her associates improve an all ready outstanding publication. It's my little contribution to everyone. And, hopefully, it will help them in updated revisions of their publication. Also, I did just make an attempt to Remove Frame as you stated in your post. It seems to have worked. And I have typed out a couple of more paragraphs in my document, just to test what happens. And it seems that the lion is somewhat satiated for now. However, there's still a lack of an understanding to how this situation came to be in the first place? I want to understand more about this just in case it happens again. Cause if it does, then I'll just have to make a steak medium rare for my lion. And you know how I love lions. Gotta keep 'em happy. Well, it's difficult to tell how it happened. Some settings can be automatically included with a style if you select the "Automatically update" option in the Modify Style dialog box, but I doubt that frame formatting belongs to that category. Updating a style to match the selection with the insertion point inside a frame is a more likely cause. So, I'll await further information regarding this situation. Oh yes, I've got another issue: How come it's so hard to control where the text starts on the line for Heading Style 1.1? I mean, the section number appears like: 6.4 But the text starts about an inch or so in from the section number. By default, Word inserts a tab character after the number and, depending on the width of the number, this might push the text to the next default tab stop, which might be less desirable. To fix the problem, you will have to adjust the settings for indentation at the affected numbering level: Place the insertion point in the first top-level paragraph of the list (in a list of headings, this means in the first Heading 1 paragraph of the document). Then click Home tab | Multilevel List | Define New Multilevel List. In the dialog box, click "Level 2." Click the More button to see all options. Change the "Position" settings as appropriate. In particular, you may want to pay attention to the "Add tab stop at" option. For more, see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP Kind of like the line above this one. So, what's causing this? How can I modify the text line to start closer to the section number in the built in Heading Style 1.1? This is so confusing. Believe me, I've tried stuff. But my lion won't listen. Doesn't jump through the big hoop. What to do? I donno! I fed the lion a good dinner, and he just looks at me with those big lion eyes and roars! Gosh, it's scarey sometimes. I know my lion luvs me. He's just giving me a hard time. It's been a long day for me. Be well everybody. I've got to rest now. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Another possibility is that you have inadvertently saved frame formatting to your Heading 2 style. To remove such formatting: In the Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S), right-click the Heading 2 entry and choose Modify from the context menu. In the Modify Style dialog box, click the Format button, and then click Frame. Click Remove Frame, and then click OK to close the Modify Style dialog box again. ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... Since you are seeing an anchor, could you be typing in a text box? ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Hello All My OS = Windows XP Professional Media Center Ed, SP2 Question = MS Word 2007 What I am experiencing: I am trying to use the styles for lists. The headings I'm using are 1, then 1.1, then 1.1.1, then sometimes 1.1.1.1 Okay, now I've started creating my document, and it was going quite well for a couple of pages. (Yippie!) But then the mean ol "gremlin" came out. Here's what happened. When I hit the enter button at the end of a Heading 1.1.1 paragraph, the cursor ends the paragraph and goes to the next line. (This is not the problem yet.) Now, I press the Heading 2 Style for 1.1 and I get my next section of my document (in my current document it's 6.3). However, the 6.3 is surrounded by a box. So, I proceed to type the line for that section 6.3. It types out correctly. Then I hit enter. And the cursor does something unexpected. It raises up slightly above the line in a "superscript position" just slightly above the line itself. (I am now confused.) Because what should have happened is the cursor needed to go to the next line below where I just got done typing. (Now wait the problem gets better!) (Okay, me being me, I try endlessly to tame the Lion. I try to make a nice juicy steak. No luck.) But in actuality here's what I did next. I hit the enter key again. And the cursor drops down one line, but it stays at the same location. In other words, it's still at the end of the line just above. (utt-o Did I do something wrong? I don't think so.) (So, I continue my quest to tame this beast.) I right click the line just above (that's my 6.3 line) and I click the paragraph symbol to see the paragraph marks. I'm hoping to get some clues as to what's going on in my document. (I wanna tame that beast!) And now I encounter a symbol looking like an anchor. The anchor symbol hangs to the right of the box surrounding the line 6.3, just off the paragraph symbol too. (Why this is so, I don't know.) So, I do some comparisons between my lines 6.2 and 6.3. And what do I discover? The little anchor symbol is in different spots on both my lines. (Ah Ha!) On line 6.2, the anchor symbol is just left and below the line number 6.2 itself. It actually appears below the box surrounding line 6.2 and at the same level as line 6.2.1. (That's not where the anchor is for my line 6.3) So, this must be why I'm having this problem. I just don't know what to do about it. I've currently read some of Shauna Kelly's (MVP) pages for Word 2002 and 2003, but that's not up to date for 2007. However, her pages have most definitely helped me understand and clarify some basic stuff about Word. She's really terrific. Visit her site for some background on prior verisions of Word. Well, I know my problem has something to do with where this anchor symbol appears on my line 6.3. It may have something to do with formating. I just haven't learnt enough yet about how this all works yet. (So much to read. My head hurts.) So, if any of you people understand this and can help then I'd really appreciate it. There's just got to be a way to control what's happening here in my document. And I'd like to know how it got that way too. I just don't understand it. I was doing the same thing I did in prior parts of my document. Have a nice day to all of you. |
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Stefan, just an update on my progress: Once again, I visited Shauna's site
on numbering... For the most part, I've gotten a better understanding of how things work from this site. I'm at a 70% level of understanding, right now. I also visited the newgroup page. Wow...I can certainly see from the one or two posts I've looked at that I'm not alone. One guy said: "I'll buy it" a dummies book, if it were available. Thank goodness I'm not alone. To all those of you out there who are reading this post: Join me in thanking these MVP's for helping all of us to understand this stuff. "Stefan Blom" wrote: "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Stefan, I just wrote an email to Mary Milhollon [ Author (1 of 3) to: MS Office Word 2007 Inside Out ] advising her of our discussion and relating my ideas to help her and her associates improve an all ready outstanding publication. It's my little contribution to everyone. And, hopefully, it will help them in updated revisions of their publication. Also, I did just make an attempt to Remove Frame as you stated in your post. It seems to have worked. And I have typed out a couple of more paragraphs in my document, just to test what happens. And it seems that the lion is somewhat satiated for now. However, there's still a lack of an understanding to how this situation came to be in the first place? I want to understand more about this just in case it happens again. Cause if it does, then I'll just have to make a steak medium rare for my lion. And you know how I love lions. Gotta keep 'em happy. Well, it's difficult to tell how it happened. Some settings can be automatically included with a style if you select the "Automatically update" option in the Modify Style dialog box, but I doubt that frame formatting belongs to that category. Updating a style to match the selection with the insertion point inside a frame is a more likely cause. So, I'll await further information regarding this situation. Oh yes, I've got another issue: How come it's so hard to control where the text starts on the line for Heading Style 1.1? I mean, the section number appears like: 6.4 But the text starts about an inch or so in from the section number. By default, Word inserts a tab character after the number and, depending on the width of the number, this might push the text to the next default tab stop, which might be less desirable. To fix the problem, you will have to adjust the settings for indentation at the affected numbering level: Place the insertion point in the first top-level paragraph of the list (in a list of headings, this means in the first Heading 1 paragraph of the document). Then click Home tab | Multilevel List | Define New Multilevel List. In the dialog box, click "Level 2." Click the More button to see all options. Change the "Position" settings as appropriate. In particular, you may want to pay attention to the "Add tab stop at" option. For more, see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP Kind of like the line above this one. So, what's causing this? How can I modify the text line to start closer to the section number in the built in Heading Style 1.1? This is so confusing. Believe me, I've tried stuff. But my lion won't listen. Doesn't jump through the big hoop. What to do? I donno! I fed the lion a good dinner, and he just looks at me with those big lion eyes and roars! Gosh, it's scarey sometimes. I know my lion luvs me. He's just giving me a hard time. It's been a long day for me. Be well everybody. I've got to rest now. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Another possibility is that you have inadvertently saved frame formatting to your Heading 2 style. To remove such formatting: In the Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S), right-click the Heading 2 entry and choose Modify from the context menu. In the Modify Style dialog box, click the Format button, and then click Frame. Click Remove Frame, and then click OK to close the Modify Style dialog box again. ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... Since you are seeing an anchor, could you be typing in a text box? ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Hello All My OS = Windows XP Professional Media Center Ed, SP2 Question = MS Word 2007 What I am experiencing: I am trying to use the styles for lists. The headings I'm using are 1, then 1.1, then 1.1.1, then sometimes 1.1.1.1 Okay, now I've started creating my document, and it was going quite well for a couple of pages. (Yippie!) But then the mean ol "gremlin" came out. Here's what happened. When I hit the enter button at the end of a Heading 1.1.1 paragraph, the cursor ends the paragraph and goes to the next line. (This is not the problem yet.) Now, I press the Heading 2 Style for 1.1 and I get my next section of my document (in my current document it's 6.3). However, the 6.3 is surrounded by a box. So, I proceed to type the line for that section 6.3. It types out correctly. Then I hit enter. And the cursor does something unexpected. It raises up slightly above the line in a "superscript position" just slightly above the line itself. (I am now confused.) Because what should have happened is the cursor needed to go to the next line below where I just got done typing. (Now wait the problem gets better!) (Okay, me being me, I try endlessly to tame the Lion. I try to make a nice juicy steak. No luck.) But in actuality here's what I did next. I hit the enter key again. And the cursor drops down one line, but it stays at the same location. In other words, it's still at the end of the line just above. (utt-o Did I do something wrong? I don't think so.) (So, I continue my quest to tame this beast.) I right click the line just above (that's my 6.3 line) and I click the paragraph symbol to see the paragraph marks. I'm hoping to get some clues as to what's going on in my document. (I wanna tame that beast!) And now I encounter a symbol looking like an anchor. The anchor symbol hangs to the right of the box surrounding the line 6.3, just off the paragraph symbol too. (Why this is so, I don't know.) So, I do some comparisons between my lines 6.2 and 6.3. And what do I discover? The little anchor symbol is in different spots on both my lines. (Ah Ha!) On line 6.2, the anchor symbol is just left and below the line number 6.2 itself. It actually appears below the box surrounding line 6.2 and at the same level as line 6.2.1. (That's not where the anchor is for my line 6.3) So, this must be why I'm having this problem. I just don't know what to do about it. I've currently read some of Shauna Kelly's (MVP) pages for Word 2002 and 2003, but that's not up to date for 2007. However, her pages have most definitely helped me understand and clarify some basic stuff about Word. She's really terrific. Visit her site for some background on prior verisions of Word. Well, I know my problem has something to do with where this anchor symbol appears on my line 6.3. It may have something to do with formating. I just haven't learnt enough yet about how this all works yet. (So much to read. My head hurts.) So, if any of you people understand this and can help then I'd really appreciate it. There's just got to be a way to control what's happening here in my document. And I'd like to know how it got that way too. I just don't understand it. I was doing the same thing I did in prior parts of my document. Have a nice day to all of you. |
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Stefan: Here's an update on my progress.
I visited the site: http://word.mvps.org/faqs/drwgrphcs/anchors.htm. It's nice to see that something exists to explain these anchors. However, after a quick read through of "Working with Anchors," I am going to pass on this for now. Because this is just too deep for me to concentrate upon right now. Originally, I wanted to know why I saw the anchor. And you pretty much explained the situation in a prior post. I must have done something accidentally regarding frames. Or the program did it on it's own. Who knows. I do recall trying to move the anchor by click and drag. And I do recall that it didn't move with that technique. However, I am glad to see that with your previous advice I was able to remove it and get back to my document project. I expect to receive a book on Word 2007 Inside Out soon via the mail. I plan stepping through it and learning more about this program as time permits. For now, I'm going to say thank you again. All I can say, is this is quite a learning experience. "Stefan Blom" wrote: For a description of object anchors, see -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Thank you so much for your attention to this matter. Yes, I am typing in a text box. You know, I have done so much work trying to figure this out. Today alone, I spent three hours scanning through large volumes on Word 2007. I just can't believe it. I mean, I'm trying to find a picture of this anchor symbol in an illustration within these volumes. I reviewed indexes looking up what I felt may have been relevant key words. I reviewed tables of contents. Books looked at: Microsoft Office Word 2007 Inside Out (I also ordered a copy of it recently. And I expect delivery in about 7 - 14 days.) By the way, I scanned every single page. But not one illustration showing this anchor symbol. In addition, it seems impossible to hone in on this symbol using the books index. Gee, this seems like such a great book too. But why didn't they include a chapter of all kinds of paragraph symbols one might find while using this program? I'm planning on writing either Kathy Murray or Mary Milhollon about this situation. If you knew my background and prior experience wtih computers then you'll completely understand my disappointment at not being able to easily locate a definition of this anchor symbol. Gosh, with a proper definition of this symbol, I may have been able to connect the dots using my experience to debug this problem. Oh my, what a hassle this has been. I figured it must have had to do with paragraph symbols, formatting symbols, bookmarks, etc. But go review, the Inside Out book (or the next book, see below) and try to find a picture, definition and explaination of this text box anchor symbol. You won't find it. Another book: Word 2007 Step By Step (I believe that was the name of it.) I review the index and contents, went to various locations in this book too, and I even flipped through every page looking for this anchor symbol. No luck! Yuck! Now, here's an interesting thing. I compared the format symbols of a prior paragraph showing the anchor. And the anchor appears just left and below the heading line number. This means it must be able to be controlled. It must be able to be moved somehow. But how? And, because the anchor on the 6.3 line in my current document is to the right of the text box and raised in a sort-of superscripted position, then the paragraph mark for the next line appears just to the right of that anchor, even below it appears another paragraph symbol on the next line. So, any text which I type will be out of sink with prior text in my document. Gee Whiz. This is making me bannanas! And I'm not a monkey. I like lions, and I enjoy taming them. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Since you are seeing an anchor, could you be typing in a text box? ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Hello All My OS = Windows XP Professional Media Center Ed, SP2 Question = MS Word 2007 What I am experiencing: I am trying to use the styles for lists. The headings I'm using are 1, then 1.1, then 1.1.1, then sometimes 1.1.1.1 Okay, now I've started creating my document, and it was going quite well for a couple of pages. (Yippie!) But then the mean ol "gremlin" came out. Here's what happened. When I hit the enter button at the end of a Heading 1.1.1 paragraph, the cursor ends the paragraph and goes to the next line. (This is not the problem yet.) Now, I press the Heading 2 Style for 1.1 and I get my next section of my document (in my current document it's 6.3). However, the 6.3 is surrounded by a box. So, I proceed to type the line for that section 6.3. It types out correctly. Then I hit enter. And the cursor does something unexpected. It raises up slightly above the line in a "superscript position" just slightly above the line itself. (I am now confused.) Because what should have happened is the cursor needed to go to the next line below where I just got done typing. (Now wait the problem gets better!) (Okay, me being me, I try endlessly to tame the Lion. I try to make a nice juicy steak. No luck.) But in actuality here's what I did next. I hit the enter key again. And the cursor drops down one line, but it stays at the same location. In other words, it's still at the end of the line just above. (utt-o Did I do something wrong? I don't think so.) (So, I continue my quest to tame this beast.) I right click the line just above (that's my 6.3 line) and I click the paragraph symbol to see the paragraph marks. I'm hoping to get some clues as to what's going on in my document. (I wanna tame that beast!) And now I encounter a symbol looking like an anchor. The anchor symbol hangs to the right of the box surrounding the line 6.3, just off the paragraph symbol too. (Why this is so, I don't know.) So, I do some comparisons between my lines 6.2 and 6.3. And what do I discover? The little anchor symbol is in different spots on both my lines. (Ah Ha!) On line 6.2, the anchor symbol is just left and below the line number 6.2 itself. It actually appears below the box surrounding line 6.2 and at the same level as line 6.2.1. (That's not where the anchor is for my line 6.3) So, this must be why I'm having this problem. I just don't know what to do about it. I've currently read some of Shauna Kelly's (MVP) pages for Word 2002 and 2003, but that's not up to date for 2007. However, her pages have most definitely helped me understand and clarify some basic stuff about Word. She's really terrific. Visit her site for some background on prior verisions of Word. Well, I know my problem has something to do with where this anchor symbol appears on my line 6.3. It may have something to do with formating. I just haven't learnt enough yet about how this all works yet. (So much to read. My head hurts.) So, if any of you people understand this and can help then I'd really appreciate it. There's just got to be a way to control what's happening here in my document. And I'd like to know how it got that way too. I just don't understand it. I was doing the same thing I did in prior parts of my document. Have a nice day to all of you. |
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Stefan: New question, but arrising from the same situation we've been talking
about: Once I've attained the result I want in my document, I want to save the list format as a template for future documents. Now, I've noticed an option for doing this from the main Office Drop Down Options List. I wonder, however, that if I select the option to Save As A Template then will just the formatiing be saved of my list? Or am I saving the whole document as a template text and all. My guess is it's the former. But I'm not 100% sure here. Comment requested. : ) "Stefan Blom" wrote: For a description of object anchors, see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/drwgrphcs/anchors.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Thank you so much for your attention to this matter. Yes, I am typing in a text box. You know, I have done so much work trying to figure this out. Today alone, I spent three hours scanning through large volumes on Word 2007. I just can't believe it. I mean, I'm trying to find a picture of this anchor symbol in an illustration within these volumes. I reviewed indexes looking up what I felt may have been relevant key words. I reviewed tables of contents. Books looked at: Microsoft Office Word 2007 Inside Out (I also ordered a copy of it recently. And I expect delivery in about 7 - 14 days.) By the way, I scanned every single page. But not one illustration showing this anchor symbol. In addition, it seems impossible to hone in on this symbol using the books index. Gee, this seems like such a great book too. But why didn't they include a chapter of all kinds of paragraph symbols one might find while using this program? I'm planning on writing either Kathy Murray or Mary Milhollon about this situation. If you knew my background and prior experience wtih computers then you'll completely understand my disappointment at not being able to easily locate a definition of this anchor symbol. Gosh, with a proper definition of this symbol, I may have been able to connect the dots using my experience to debug this problem. Oh my, what a hassle this has been. I figured it must have had to do with paragraph symbols, formatting symbols, bookmarks, etc. But go review, the Inside Out book (or the next book, see below) and try to find a picture, definition and explaination of this text box anchor symbol. You won't find it. Another book: Word 2007 Step By Step (I believe that was the name of it.) I review the index and contents, went to various locations in this book too, and I even flipped through every page looking for this anchor symbol. No luck! Yuck! Now, here's an interesting thing. I compared the format symbols of a prior paragraph showing the anchor. And the anchor appears just left and below the heading line number. This means it must be able to be controlled. It must be able to be moved somehow. But how? And, because the anchor on the 6.3 line in my current document is to the right of the text box and raised in a sort-of superscripted position, then the paragraph mark for the next line appears just to the right of that anchor, even below it appears another paragraph symbol on the next line. So, any text which I type will be out of sink with prior text in my document. Gee Whiz. This is making me bannanas! And I'm not a monkey. I like lions, and I enjoy taming them. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Since you are seeing an anchor, could you be typing in a text box? ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Hello All My OS = Windows XP Professional Media Center Ed, SP2 Question = MS Word 2007 What I am experiencing: I am trying to use the styles for lists. The headings I'm using are 1, then 1.1, then 1.1.1, then sometimes 1.1.1.1 Okay, now I've started creating my document, and it was going quite well for a couple of pages. (Yippie!) But then the mean ol "gremlin" came out. Here's what happened. When I hit the enter button at the end of a Heading 1.1.1 paragraph, the cursor ends the paragraph and goes to the next line. (This is not the problem yet.) Now, I press the Heading 2 Style for 1.1 and I get my next section of my document (in my current document it's 6.3). However, the 6.3 is surrounded by a box. So, I proceed to type the line for that section 6.3. It types out correctly. Then I hit enter. And the cursor does something unexpected. It raises up slightly above the line in a "superscript position" just slightly above the line itself. (I am now confused.) Because what should have happened is the cursor needed to go to the next line below where I just got done typing. (Now wait the problem gets better!) (Okay, me being me, I try endlessly to tame the Lion. I try to make a nice juicy steak. No luck.) But in actuality here's what I did next. I hit the enter key again. And the cursor drops down one line, but it stays at the same location. In other words, it's still at the end of the line just above. (utt-o Did I do something wrong? I don't think so.) (So, I continue my quest to tame this beast.) I right click the line just above (that's my 6.3 line) and I click the paragraph symbol to see the paragraph marks. I'm hoping to get some clues as to what's going on in my document. (I wanna tame that beast!) And now I encounter a symbol looking like an anchor. The anchor symbol hangs to the right of the box surrounding the line 6.3, just off the paragraph symbol too. (Why this is so, I don't know.) So, I do some comparisons between my lines 6.2 and 6.3. And what do I discover? The little anchor symbol is in different spots on both my lines. (Ah Ha!) On line 6.2, the anchor symbol is just left and below the line number 6.2 itself. It actually appears below the box surrounding line 6.2 and at the same level as line 6.2.1. (That's not where the anchor is for my line 6.3) So, this must be why I'm having this problem. I just don't know what to do about it. I've currently read some of Shauna Kelly's (MVP) pages for Word 2002 and 2003, but that's not up to date for 2007. However, her pages have most definitely helped me understand and clarify some basic stuff about Word. She's really terrific. Visit her site for some background on prior verisions of Word. Well, I know my problem has something to do with where this anchor symbol appears on my line 6.3. It may have something to do with formating. I just haven't learnt enough yet about how this all works yet. (So much to read. My head hurts.) So, if any of you people understand this and can help then I'd really appreciate it. There's just got to be a way to control what's happening here in my document. And I'd like to know how it got that way too. I just don't understand it. I was doing the same thing I did in prior parts of my document. Have a nice day to all of you. |
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See the reply in the new thread.
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message news Stefan: New question, but arrising from the same situation we've been talking about: Once I've attained the result I want in my document, I want to save the list format as a template for future documents. Now, I've noticed an option for doing this from the main Office Drop Down Options List. I wonder, however, that if I select the option to Save As A Template then will just the formatiing be saved of my list? Or am I saving the whole document as a template text and all. My guess is it's the former. But I'm not 100% sure here. Comment requested. : ) "Stefan Blom" wrote: For a description of object anchors, see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/drwgrphcs/anchors.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Thank you so much for your attention to this matter. Yes, I am typing in a text box. You know, I have done so much work trying to figure this out. Today alone, I spent three hours scanning through large volumes on Word 2007. I just can't believe it. I mean, I'm trying to find a picture of this anchor symbol in an illustration within these volumes. I reviewed indexes looking up what I felt may have been relevant key words. I reviewed tables of contents. Books looked at: Microsoft Office Word 2007 Inside Out (I also ordered a copy of it recently. And I expect delivery in about 7 - 14 days.) By the way, I scanned every single page. But not one illustration showing this anchor symbol. In addition, it seems impossible to hone in on this symbol using the books index. Gee, this seems like such a great book too. But why didn't they include a chapter of all kinds of paragraph symbols one might find while using this program? I'm planning on writing either Kathy Murray or Mary Milhollon about this situation. If you knew my background and prior experience wtih computers then you'll completely understand my disappointment at not being able to easily locate a definition of this anchor symbol. Gosh, with a proper definition of this symbol, I may have been able to connect the dots using my experience to debug this problem. Oh my, what a hassle this has been. I figured it must have had to do with paragraph symbols, formatting symbols, bookmarks, etc. But go review, the Inside Out book (or the next book, see below) and try to find a picture, definition and explaination of this text box anchor symbol. You won't find it. Another book: Word 2007 Step By Step (I believe that was the name of it.) I review the index and contents, went to various locations in this book too, and I even flipped through every page looking for this anchor symbol. No luck! Yuck! Now, here's an interesting thing. I compared the format symbols of a prior paragraph showing the anchor. And the anchor appears just left and below the heading line number. This means it must be able to be controlled. It must be able to be moved somehow. But how? And, because the anchor on the 6.3 line in my current document is to the right of the text box and raised in a sort-of superscripted position, then the paragraph mark for the next line appears just to the right of that anchor, even below it appears another paragraph symbol on the next line. So, any text which I type will be out of sink with prior text in my document. Gee Whiz. This is making me bannanas! And I'm not a monkey. I like lions, and I enjoy taming them. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Since you are seeing an anchor, could you be typing in a text box? ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Liontamer" wrote in message ... Hello All My OS = Windows XP Professional Media Center Ed, SP2 Question = MS Word 2007 What I am experiencing: I am trying to use the styles for lists. The headings I'm using are 1, then 1.1, then 1.1.1, then sometimes 1.1.1.1 Okay, now I've started creating my document, and it was going quite well for a couple of pages. (Yippie!) But then the mean ol "gremlin" came out. Here's what happened. When I hit the enter button at the end of a Heading 1.1.1 paragraph, the cursor ends the paragraph and goes to the next line. (This is not the problem yet.) Now, I press the Heading 2 Style for 1.1 and I get my next section of my document (in my current document it's 6.3). However, the 6.3 is surrounded by a box. So, I proceed to type the line for that section 6.3. It types out correctly. Then I hit enter. And the cursor does something unexpected. It raises up slightly above the line in a "superscript position" just slightly above the line itself. (I am now confused.) Because what should have happened is the cursor needed to go to the next line below where I just got done typing. (Now wait the problem gets better!) (Okay, me being me, I try endlessly to tame the Lion. I try to make a nice juicy steak. No luck.) But in actuality here's what I did next. I hit the enter key again. And the cursor drops down one line, but it stays at the same location. In other words, it's still at the end of the line just above. (utt-o Did I do something wrong? I don't think so.) (So, I continue my quest to tame this beast.) I right click the line just above (that's my 6.3 line) and I click the paragraph symbol to see the paragraph marks. I'm hoping to get some clues as to what's going on in my document. (I wanna tame that beast!) And now I encounter a symbol looking like an anchor. The anchor symbol hangs to the right of the box surrounding the line 6.3, just off the paragraph symbol too. (Why this is so, I don't know.) So, I do some comparisons between my lines 6.2 and 6.3. And what do I discover? The little anchor symbol is in different spots on both my lines. (Ah Ha!) On line 6.2, the anchor symbol is just left and below the line number 6.2 itself. It actually appears below the box surrounding line 6.2 and at the same level as line 6.2.1. (That's not where the anchor is for my line 6.3) So, this must be why I'm having this problem. I just don't know what to do about it. I've currently read some of Shauna Kelly's (MVP) pages for Word 2002 and 2003, but that's not up to date for 2007. However, her pages have most definitely helped me understand and clarify some basic stuff about Word. She's really terrific. Visit her site for some background on prior verisions of Word. Well, I know my problem has something to do with where this anchor symbol appears on my line 6.3. It may have something to do with formating. I just haven't learnt enough yet about how this all works yet. (So much to read. My head hurts.) So, if any of you people understand this and can help then I'd really appreciate it. There's just got to be a way to control what's happening here in my document. And I'd like to know how it got that way too. I just don't understand it. I was doing the same thing I did in prior parts of my document. Have a nice day to all of you. |
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Unexpected alignment when using styles for headings 1, 1.1, 1.1.1
Note: Continued at 07/27/08 thread.
"Liontamer" wrote: Hello All My OS = Windows XP Professional Media Center Ed, SP2 Question = MS Word 2007 What I am experiencing: I am trying to use the styles for lists. The headings I'm using are 1, then 1.1, then 1.1.1, then sometimes 1.1.1.1 Okay, now I've started creating my document, and it was going quite well for a couple of pages. (Yippie!) But then the mean ol "gremlin" came out. Here's what happened. When I hit the enter button at the end of a Heading 1.1.1 paragraph, the cursor ends the paragraph and goes to the next line. (This is not the problem yet.) Now, I press the Heading 2 Style for 1.1 and I get my next section of my document (in my current document it's 6.3). However, the 6.3 is surrounded by a box. So, I proceed to type the line for that section 6.3. It types out correctly. Then I hit enter. And the cursor does something unexpected. It raises up slightly above the line in a "superscript position" just slightly above the line itself. (I am now confused.) Because what should have happened is the cursor needed to go to the next line below where I just got done typing. (Now wait the problem gets better!) (Okay, me being me, I try endlessly to tame the Lion. I try to make a nice juicy steak. No luck.) But in actuality here's what I did next. I hit the enter key again. And the cursor drops down one line, but it stays at the same location. In other words, it's still at the end of the line just above. (utt-o Did I do something wrong? I don't think so.) (So, I continue my quest to tame this beast.) I right click the line just above (that's my 6.3 line) and I click the paragraph symbol to see the paragraph marks. I'm hoping to get some clues as to what's going on in my document. (I wanna tame that beast!) And now I encounter a symbol looking like an anchor. The anchor symbol hangs to the right of the box surrounding the line 6.3, just off the paragraph symbol too. (Why this is so, I don't know.) So, I do some comparisons between my lines 6.2 and 6.3. And what do I discover? The little anchor symbol is in different spots on both my lines. (Ah Ha!) On line 6.2, the anchor symbol is just left and below the line number 6.2 itself. It actually appears below the box surrounding line 6.2 and at the same level as line 6.2.1. (That's not where the anchor is for my line 6.3) So, this must be why I'm having this problem. I just don't know what to do about it. I've currently read some of Shauna Kelly's (MVP) pages for Word 2002 and 2003, but that's not up to date for 2007. However, her pages have most definitely helped me understand and clarify some basic stuff about Word. She's really terrific. Visit her site for some background on prior verisions of Word. Well, I know my problem has something to do with where this anchor symbol appears on my line 6.3. It may have something to do with formating. I just haven't learnt enough yet about how this all works yet. (So much to read. My head hurts.) So, if any of you people understand this and can help then I'd really appreciate it. There's just got to be a way to control what's happening here in my document. And I'd like to know how it got that way too. I just don't understand it. I was doing the same thing I did in prior parts of my document. Have a nice day to all of you. |
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