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weird symbol in header
I have the following text in the header of my chapter 8 (this text is not on
the first page of the chapter): Chapter 8: LGM simulation:New Zealand} "Chapter" is plain text, "8" and "LGM simulation:New Zealand" are cross references to heading number and heading text respectively. I did not put in the } symbol. This symbol does not look like it is typed here, but has a dotted line all around it, in a rectangular shape. This shape looks exactly like the dotted rectangular shape you get when you use Microsoft equation 3 for an equation in your document (which I do use but only in chapter 3, some 150 pages back). I don't want that symbol there, but I just can't get rid of it. I can't highlight it, can't "grab" it, but it does move further backwards if I insert more text in front of it. I can only "highlight" it if I highlight everything (after the symbol there is a hard return followed by a picture of a horizontal bar so highlight everything, text and bar, does highlight the } as well). But when I do so, I can't do anything. You would think I can delete the highlighted text (plus symbol), but that does not work. Where does this } symbol (with dotted lines) come from, and more important, how do I get rid of it. It does show up when I print the document. Anyone? Thanks |
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It may be part of a field; you could try pressing Alt+F9 to see what that
reveals. But I suspect it may indicate some corruption in the header. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm. Or, if you have Word 2003 (and maybe Word 2002?), try using Open and Repair to open the file. -- 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. "Frank Drost" wrote in message ... I have the following text in the header of my chapter 8 (this text is not on the first page of the chapter): Chapter 8: LGM simulation:New Zealand} "Chapter" is plain text, "8" and "LGM simulation:New Zealand" are cross references to heading number and heading text respectively. I did not put in the } symbol. This symbol does not look like it is typed here, but has a dotted line all around it, in a rectangular shape. This shape looks exactly like the dotted rectangular shape you get when you use Microsoft equation 3 for an equation in your document (which I do use but only in chapter 3, some 150 pages back). I don't want that symbol there, but I just can't get rid of it. I can't highlight it, can't "grab" it, but it does move further backwards if I insert more text in front of it. I can only "highlight" it if I highlight everything (after the symbol there is a hard return followed by a picture of a horizontal bar so highlight everything, text and bar, does highlight the } as well). But when I do so, I can't do anything. You would think I can delete the highlighted text (plus symbol), but that does not work. Where does this } symbol (with dotted lines) come from, and more important, how do I get rid of it. It does show up when I print the document. Anyone? Thanks |
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Hi Frank
I would suspect document corruption, which often shows up first in headers and footers. The curly brace with the dotted lines is the closing mark for a field. Yours seems to be an orphan field ending that shouldn't be there. I had a case recently of a document in Word 2000 with a similar problem of a "broken" field in a header. In the end, Word 2000 just couldn't open the file, but Word 2003's "Open and repair" fixed it. I strongly recommend that you follow the steps at How can I recover a corrupt document or template - and why did it become corrupt? http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm Use Windows Explorer to make a backup of the file before you begin, and put it in a safe place so you have something to go back to if necessary. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Frank Drost" wrote in message ... I have the following text in the header of my chapter 8 (this text is not on the first page of the chapter): Chapter 8: LGM simulation:New Zealand} "Chapter" is plain text, "8" and "LGM simulation:New Zealand" are cross references to heading number and heading text respectively. I did not put in the } symbol. This symbol does not look like it is typed here, but has a dotted line all around it, in a rectangular shape. This shape looks exactly like the dotted rectangular shape you get when you use Microsoft equation 3 for an equation in your document (which I do use but only in chapter 3, some 150 pages back). I don't want that symbol there, but I just can't get rid of it. I can't highlight it, can't "grab" it, but it does move further backwards if I insert more text in front of it. I can only "highlight" it if I highlight everything (after the symbol there is a hard return followed by a picture of a horizontal bar so highlight everything, text and bar, does highlight the } as well). But when I do so, I can't do anything. You would think I can delete the highlighted text (plus symbol), but that does not work. Where does this } symbol (with dotted lines) come from, and more important, how do I get rid of it. It does show up when I print the document. Anyone? Thanks |
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