| Home |
| Search |
| Today's Posts |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Mysterious line and extra spaces in footer!
Hi all!
I'm working in word 2003 and am having an issue when I add references to the document. On each page I add a reference, the footer section on that page seems to add about 14 blank lines above the footer and a horizontal line (about 5cm long) halfway up the page (just above the blank lines). The blank lines and the horizontal line appear to be in the footer as when I select to 'view footer' the show/hide formatting marks are also highlighted. However! the document will not let me select the blank lines or the horizontal lines to delete them. A bit on the frustrating side. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
|
#2
|
|||
|
|||
|
It sounds like you've got footnotes or something that are in white text,
maybe? What happens if you click inside the footer, hit Ctrl+A and hit your delete key? Also, what kind of references are you "adding"? Check the formatting of the style "footnote". It could have something like 100 pts before or something when you go to Format--Style, choose the Footnote style, hit Modify and then Format--Paragraph, space before/after... ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "AmandaH" wrote in message ... Hi all! I'm working in word 2003 and am having an issue when I add references to the document. On each page I add a reference, the footer section on that page seems to add about 14 blank lines above the footer and a horizontal line (about 5cm long) halfway up the page (just above the blank lines). The blank lines and the horizontal line appear to be in the footer as when I select to 'view footer' the show/hide formatting marks are also highlighted. However! the document will not let me select the blank lines or the horizontal lines to delete them. A bit on the frustrating side. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
|
#3
|
|||
|
|||
|
Hi Anne,
Tried your suggestions. Hitting Ctrl + A in the footer section just deleted the page numbers. For some reason it will not let me select the rogue blank lines or the other horizontal line. I looked at the styles for both the footer and the references and there are not any bizarre space before/after settings. Also, when I am in the 'references' section the extra lines re not highlighted. It is only when I have selected 'footer'. "Anne Troy" wrote: It sounds like you've got footnotes or something that are in white text, maybe? What happens if you click inside the footer, hit Ctrl+A and hit your delete key? Also, what kind of references are you "adding"? Check the formatting of the style "footnote". It could have something like 100 pts before or something when you go to Format--Style, choose the Footnote style, hit Modify and then Format--Paragraph, space before/after... ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "AmandaH" wrote in message ... Hi all! I'm working in word 2003 and am having an issue when I add references to the document. On each page I add a reference, the footer section on that page seems to add about 14 blank lines above the footer and a horizontal line (about 5cm long) halfway up the page (just above the blank lines). The blank lines and the horizontal line appear to be in the footer as when I select to 'view footer' the show/hide formatting marks are also highlighted. However! the document will not let me select the blank lines or the horizontal lines to delete them. A bit on the frustrating side. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
|
#4
|
|||
|
|||
|
Try pressing Ctrl+Q in the footer. This should remove the border if that's
what the line is. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AmandaH" wrote in message news  Hi Anne, Tried your suggestions. Hitting Ctrl + A in the footer section just deleted the page numbers. For some reason it will not let me select the rogue blank lines or the other horizontal line. I looked at the styles for both the footer and the references and there are not any bizarre space before/after settings. Also, when I am in the 'references' section the extra lines re not highlighted. It is only when I have selected 'footer'. "Anne Troy" wrote: It sounds like you've got footnotes or something that are in white text, maybe? What happens if you click inside the footer, hit Ctrl+A and hit your delete key? Also, what kind of references are you "adding"? Check the formatting of the style "footnote". It could have something like 100 pts before or something when you go to Format--Style, choose the Footnote style, hit Modify and then Format--Paragraph, space before/after... ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "AmandaH" wrote in message ... Hi all! I'm working in word 2003 and am having an issue when I add references to the document. On each page I add a reference, the footer section on that page seems to add about 14 blank lines above the footer and a horizontal line (about 5cm long) halfway up the page (just above the blank lines). The blank lines and the horizontal line appear to be in the footer as when I select to 'view footer' the show/hide formatting marks are also highlighted. However! the document will not let me select the blank lines or the horizontal lines to delete them. A bit on the frustrating side. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
|
#5
|
|||
|
|||
|
Thanks for the suggestion. Pressing Ctrl + Q in the footer does not work.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Try pressing Ctrl+Q in the footer. This should remove the border if that's what the line is. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AmandaH" wrote in message news Hi Anne, Tried your suggestions. Hitting Ctrl + A in the footer section just deleted the page numbers. For some reason it will not let me select the rogue blank lines or the other horizontal line. I looked at the styles for both the footer and the references and there are not any bizarre space before/after settings. Also, when I am in the 'references' section the extra lines re not highlighted. It is only when I have selected 'footer'. "Anne Troy" wrote: It sounds like you've got footnotes or something that are in white text, maybe? What happens if you click inside the footer, hit Ctrl+A and hit your delete key? Also, what kind of references are you "adding"? Check the formatting of the style "footnote". It could have something like 100 pts before or something when you go to Format--Style, choose the Footnote style, hit Modify and then Format--Paragraph, space before/after... ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "AmandaH" wrote in message ... Hi all! I'm working in word 2003 and am having an issue when I add references to the document. On each page I add a reference, the footer section on that page seems to add about 14 blank lines above the footer and a horizontal line (about 5cm long) halfway up the page (just above the blank lines). The blank lines and the horizontal line appear to be in the footer as when I select to 'view footer' the show/hide formatting marks are also highlighted. However! the document will not let me select the blank lines or the horizontal lines to delete them. A bit on the frustrating side. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
|
#6
|
|||
|
|||
|
If you would like to send me a small (one-page) sample of a document
containing the problem, I'll take a look at it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AmandaH" wrote in message ... Thanks for the suggestion. Pressing Ctrl + Q in the footer does not work. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Try pressing Ctrl+Q in the footer. This should remove the border if that's what the line is. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AmandaH" wrote in message news Hi Anne, Tried your suggestions. Hitting Ctrl + A in the footer section just deleted the page numbers. For some reason it will not let me select the rogue blank lines or the other horizontal line. I looked at the styles for both the footer and the references and there are not any bizarre space before/after settings. Also, when I am in the 'references' section the extra lines re not highlighted. It is only when I have selected 'footer'. "Anne Troy" wrote: It sounds like you've got footnotes or something that are in white text, maybe? What happens if you click inside the footer, hit Ctrl+A and hit your delete key? Also, what kind of references are you "adding"? Check the formatting of the style "footnote". It could have something like 100 pts before or something when you go to Format--Style, choose the Footnote style, hit Modify and then Format--Paragraph, space before/after... ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "AmandaH" wrote in message ... Hi all! I'm working in word 2003 and am having an issue when I add references to the document. On each page I add a reference, the footer section on that page seems to add about 14 blank lines above the footer and a horizontal line (about 5cm long) halfway up the page (just above the blank lines). The blank lines and the horizontal line appear to be in the footer as when I select to 'view footer' the show/hide formatting marks are also highlighted. However! the document will not let me select the blank lines or the horizontal lines to delete them. A bit on the frustrating side. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
|
#7
|
|||
|
|||
|
Thanks Suzanne. One question! What is the email address I send the sample too?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you would like to send me a small (one-page) sample of a document containing the problem, I'll take a look at it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AmandaH" wrote in message ... Thanks for the suggestion. Pressing Ctrl + Q in the footer does not work. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Try pressing Ctrl+Q in the footer. This should remove the border if that's what the line is. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AmandaH" wrote in message news
Hi Anne,Tried your suggestions. Hitting Ctrl + A in the footer section just deleted the page numbers. For some reason it will not let me select the rogue blank lines or the other horizontal line. I looked at the styles for both the footer and the references and there are not any bizarre space before/after settings. Also, when I am in the 'references' section the extra lines re not highlighted. It is only when I have selected 'footer'. "Anne Troy" wrote: It sounds like you've got footnotes or something that are in white text, maybe? What happens if you click inside the footer, hit Ctrl+A and hit your delete key? Also, what kind of references are you "adding"? Check the formatting of the style "footnote". It could have something like 100 pts before or something when you go to Format--Style, choose the Footnote style, hit Modify and then Format--Paragraph, space before/after... ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "AmandaH" wrote in message ... Hi all! I'm working in word 2003 and am having an issue when I add references to the document. On each page I add a reference, the footer section on that page seems to add about 14 blank lines above the footer and a horizontal line (about 5cm long) halfway up the page (just above the blank lines). The blank lines and the horizontal line appear to be in the footer as when I select to 'view footer' the show/hide formatting marks are also highlighted. However! the document will not let me select the blank lines or the horizontal lines to delete them. A bit on the frustrating side. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
|
#8
|
|||
|
|||
|
The one I'm posting from, .
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AmandaH" wrote in message ... Thanks Suzanne. One question! What is the email address I send the sample too? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you would like to send me a small (one-page) sample of a document containing the problem, I'll take a look at it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AmandaH" wrote in message ... Thanks for the suggestion. Pressing Ctrl + Q in the footer does not work. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Try pressing Ctrl+Q in the footer. This should remove the border if that's what the line is. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AmandaH" wrote in message news
Hi Anne,Tried your suggestions. Hitting Ctrl + A in the footer section just deleted the page numbers. For some reason it will not let me select the rogue blank lines or the other horizontal line. I looked at the styles for both the footer and the references and there are not any bizarre space before/after settings. Also, when I am in the 'references' section the extra lines re not highlighted. It is only when I have selected 'footer'. "Anne Troy" wrote: It sounds like you've got footnotes or something that are in white text, maybe? What happens if you click inside the footer, hit Ctrl+A and hit your delete key? Also, what kind of references are you "adding"? Check the formatting of the style "footnote". It could have something like 100 pts before or something when you go to Format--Style, choose the Footnote style, hit Modify and then Format--Paragraph, space before/after... ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "AmandaH" wrote in message ... Hi all! I'm working in word 2003 and am having an issue when I add references to the document. On each page I add a reference, the footer section on that page seems to add about 14 blank lines above the footer and a horizontal line (about 5cm long) halfway up the page (just above the blank lines). The blank lines and the horizontal line appear to be in the footer as when I select to 'view footer' the show/hide formatting marks are also highlighted. However! the document will not let me select the blank lines or the horizontal lines to delete them. A bit on the frustrating side. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
| Reply |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Forum | |||
| Extra Line at Footer | Tables | |||
| extra line inserted after return, i dont want it! | Microsoft Word Help | |||
| extra long lines and word split at end of line without hyphenation | Microsoft Word Help | |||
| Have an easy way to remove extra line breaks in Word? | Microsoft Word Help | |||
| formatting links from excel into word (extra line feeds) | Microsoft Word Help | |||
Linear Mode
