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Weird line at bottom of page (Word2003)
I have a document that I'm editing, including typing new text, some
formatting of tables, etc. All of the sudden, I realize that there is a heavy (2.5 point?) horizontal line at the bottom of every page (all the way across from edge to edge, no margin), about 1/4 of an inch from the bottom. I can't select the line with the mouse. I also checked borders & shading for the last line on a few of the pages, and they show no borders. My first thought, since it is on every page, is that somehow I did something to the footer (The document header and footer are empty, but it still seemed like a logical conclusion). However, when I open header/footer, the line turns light grey like the rest of the background document, and can't be selected from within the footer either. I also checked the border on the footer just to be sure, but it is all blank. The line is not visible on "normal" layout view, but I always use "print" layout view, which is where it is showing. The line does show when printed, with probably a .2" gap to the left side of the paper and .15 to the right, which are probably the limits of my printer. Any other ideas what I can check? Word2003 on WinXP. Thanks! Keith |
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Weird line at bottom of page (Word2003)
In the Borders and Shading dialog box did you try looking at the Page Border
tab? Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Ker_01" wrote in message ... I have a document that I'm editing, including typing new text, some formatting of tables, etc. All of the sudden, I realize that there is a heavy (2.5 point?) horizontal line at the bottom of every page (all the way across from edge to edge, no margin), about 1/4 of an inch from the bottom. I can't select the line with the mouse. I also checked borders & shading for the last line on a few of the pages, and they show no borders. My first thought, since it is on every page, is that somehow I did something to the footer (The document header and footer are empty, but it still seemed like a logical conclusion). However, when I open header/footer, the line turns light grey like the rest of the background document, and can't be selected from within the footer either. I also checked the border on the footer just to be sure, but it is all blank. The line is not visible on "normal" layout view, but I always use "print" layout view, which is where it is showing. The line does show when printed, with probably a .2" gap to the left side of the paper and .15 to the right, which are probably the limits of my printer. Any other ideas what I can check? Word2003 on WinXP. Thanks! Keith |
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Weird line at bottom of page (Word2003)
If it is not a page border, it may be a border in the footer.
"Beth Melton" wrote: In the Borders and Shading dialog box did you try looking at the Page Border tab? Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Ker_01" wrote in message ... I have a document that I'm editing, including typing new text, some formatting of tables, etc. All of the sudden, I realize that there is a heavy (2.5 point?) horizontal line at the bottom of every page (all the way across from edge to edge, no margin), about 1/4 of an inch from the bottom. I can't select the line with the mouse. I also checked borders & shading for the last line on a few of the pages, and they show no borders. My first thought, since it is on every page, is that somehow I did something to the footer (The document header and footer are empty, but it still seemed like a logical conclusion). However, when I open header/footer, the line turns light grey like the rest of the background document, and can't be selected from within the footer either. I also checked the border on the footer just to be sure, but it is all blank. The line is not visible on "normal" layout view, but I always use "print" layout view, which is where it is showing. The line does show when printed, with probably a .2" gap to the left side of the paper and .15 to the right, which are probably the limits of my printer. Any other ideas what I can check? Word2003 on WinXP. Thanks! Keith |
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Weird line at bottom of page (Word2003)
Ah, I must have clicked on the page tab accidently and not realized it (I've
haven't ever used page borders). Problem solved- Thanks Beth! Keith "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... In the Borders and Shading dialog box did you try looking at the Page Border tab? Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Ker_01" wrote in message ... I have a document that I'm editing, including typing new text, some formatting of tables, etc. All of the sudden, I realize that there is a heavy (2.5 point?) horizontal line at the bottom of every page (all the way across from edge to edge, no margin), about 1/4 of an inch from the bottom. I can't select the line with the mouse. I also checked borders & shading for the last line on a few of the pages, and they show no borders. My first thought, since it is on every page, is that somehow I did something to the footer (The document header and footer are empty, but it still seemed like a logical conclusion). However, when I open header/footer, the line turns light grey like the rest of the background document, and can't be selected from within the footer either. I also checked the border on the footer just to be sure, but it is all blank. The line is not visible on "normal" layout view, but I always use "print" layout view, which is where it is showing. The line does show when printed, with probably a .2" gap to the left side of the paper and .15 to the right, which are probably the limits of my printer. Any other ideas what I can check? Word2003 on WinXP. Thanks! Keith |
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Weird line at bottom of page (Word2003)
Glad to hear you have it resolved, thanks for the follow-up. :-)
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Ker_01" wrote in message ... Ah, I must have clicked on the page tab accidently and not realized it (I've haven't ever used page borders). Problem solved- Thanks Beth! Keith "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... In the Borders and Shading dialog box did you try looking at the Page Border tab? Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Ker_01" wrote in message ... I have a document that I'm editing, including typing new text, some formatting of tables, etc. All of the sudden, I realize that there is a heavy (2.5 point?) horizontal line at the bottom of every page (all the way across from edge to edge, no margin), about 1/4 of an inch from the bottom. I can't select the line with the mouse. I also checked borders & shading for the last line on a few of the pages, and they show no borders. My first thought, since it is on every page, is that somehow I did something to the footer (The document header and footer are empty, but it still seemed like a logical conclusion). However, when I open header/footer, the line turns light grey like the rest of the background document, and can't be selected from within the footer either. I also checked the border on the footer just to be sure, but it is all blank. The line is not visible on "normal" layout view, but I always use "print" layout view, which is where it is showing. The line does show when printed, with probably a .2" gap to the left side of the paper and .15 to the right, which are probably the limits of my printer. Any other ideas what I can check? Word2003 on WinXP. Thanks! Keith |
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