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dangling underline
I'm having a small problem with Word for students and teachers 2002.
Somehow, when the document is in the "normal" layout, there is a line of underline BELOW the cursor. When the document is in the "print layout" it disappears. It wouldn't be a huge problem except for the fact that I'm doing a resume' and when people open the document and enlarge it to be better able to read it, the underline will show. I've tried everything to get rid of the problem including uninstalling and reinstalling the program. Any help with this would be appreciated I also have Works on my computer. This is a computer dumby question, but if I do my resume' in works, will employers with Word be able to view the document sent in e-mail or attached to e-mail? Thanks!!! -- Thanks! Bradw |
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You shouldn't be sending Word (or Works) documents to prospective employers.
Send a PDF. a) It's more professional, b) it accommodates employers who not only don't have Word, but also those (there are some!) who don't have any Microsoft products or who won't open Word documents from strangers, c) what they see is likely to be what you send, and d) your dangling underline problem will go away: if it's not there in PrintPreview, it won't be there in the PDF either. "Bradw" wrote in message ... I'm having a small problem with Word for students and teachers 2002. Somehow, when the document is in the "normal" layout, there is a line of underline BELOW the cursor. When the document is in the "print layout" it disappears. It wouldn't be a huge problem except for the fact that I'm doing a resume' and when people open the document and enlarge it to be better able to read it, the underline will show. I've tried everything to get rid of the problem including uninstalling and reinstalling the program. Any help with this would be appreciated I also have Works on my computer. This is a computer dumby question, but if I do my resume' in works, will employers with Word be able to view the document sent in e-mail or attached to e-mail? Thanks!!! -- Thanks! Bradw |
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Thanks for the PDF suggestion. Now, how do I create a PDF document??????
I've never done it before. -- Thanks! Bradw "Jezebel" wrote: You shouldn't be sending Word (or Works) documents to prospective employers. Send a PDF. a) It's more professional, b) it accommodates employers who not only don't have Word, but also those (there are some!) who don't have any Microsoft products or who won't open Word documents from strangers, c) what they see is likely to be what you send, and d) your dangling underline problem will go away: if it's not there in PrintPreview, it won't be there in the PDF either. "Bradw" wrote in message ... I'm having a small problem with Word for students and teachers 2002. Somehow, when the document is in the "normal" layout, there is a line of underline BELOW the cursor. When the document is in the "print layout" it disappears. It wouldn't be a huge problem except for the fact that I'm doing a resume' and when people open the document and enlarge it to be better able to read it, the underline will show. I've tried everything to get rid of the problem including uninstalling and reinstalling the program. Any help with this would be appreciated I also have Works on my computer. This is a computer dumby question, but if I do my resume' in works, will employers with Word be able to view the document sent in e-mail or attached to e-mail? Thanks!!! -- Thanks! Bradw |
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Method 1: buy a copy of Acrobat (the full thing, not the free reader)
Method 2: buy or download a clone (they range in price from nothing to not much) Method 3: use the conversion function on adobe's web site. "Bradw" wrote in message ... Thanks for the PDF suggestion. Now, how do I create a PDF document?????? I've never done it before. -- Thanks! Bradw "Jezebel" wrote: You shouldn't be sending Word (or Works) documents to prospective employers. Send a PDF. a) It's more professional, b) it accommodates employers who not only don't have Word, but also those (there are some!) who don't have any Microsoft products or who won't open Word documents from strangers, c) what they see is likely to be what you send, and d) your dangling underline problem will go away: if it's not there in PrintPreview, it won't be there in the PDF either. "Bradw" wrote in message ... I'm having a small problem with Word for students and teachers 2002. Somehow, when the document is in the "normal" layout, there is a line of underline BELOW the cursor. When the document is in the "print layout" it disappears. It wouldn't be a huge problem except for the fact that I'm doing a resume' and when people open the document and enlarge it to be better able to read it, the underline will show. I've tried everything to get rid of the problem including uninstalling and reinstalling the program. Any help with this would be appreciated I also have Works on my computer. This is a computer dumby question, but if I do my resume' in works, will employers with Word be able to view the document sent in e-mail or attached to e-mail? Thanks!!! -- Thanks! Bradw |
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What you are seeing is the "end of document" indicator. This can be helpful
if you don't display nonprinting characters. If you do not see it immediately below the last line of text, then you know you must have a lot of empty paragraphs between the text and the end of the document--possibly enough to cause a blank page to print. Note, however, that this is visible only in Normal view. As Jezebel has said, sending a PDF would be better than sending a Word document, but if you must send a Word document, you can save it in Print Layout view, and it will open in that view on the recipient's computer. If the recipient wants to switch to Normal view for some reason, then you can assume he is comfortable with that view and used to seeing the end-of-document line. Note, too, that if the recipient is comfortable viewing nonprinting characters, he will have those displayed as well, and you have no control over that, so you would be best advised to reduce them to a minimum so you don't look incompetent; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm -- 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. "Bradw" wrote in message ... I'm having a small problem with Word for students and teachers 2002. Somehow, when the document is in the "normal" layout, there is a line of underline BELOW the cursor. When the document is in the "print layout" it disappears. It wouldn't be a huge problem except for the fact that I'm doing a resume' and when people open the document and enlarge it to be better able to read it, the underline will show. I've tried everything to get rid of the problem including uninstalling and reinstalling the program. Any help with this would be appreciated I also have Works on my computer. This is a computer dumby question, but if I do my resume' in works, will employers with Word be able to view the document sent in e-mail or attached to e-mail? Thanks!!! -- Thanks! Bradw |
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Better.
Download the free program called CutePDF. (www.cutepdf.com) This program installs a false printer called "cutepdf". Then when you want to convert any document into a PDF document, choose the CUTEPDF printer to print the document. It does not actually print the document but rather give you a window to save a PDF version of the document. You can then send that PDF document attached to an email. (You will often find the PDF version to be a smaller size file too.) "Jezebel" wrote in message ... Method 1: buy a copy of Acrobat (the full thing, not the free reader) Method 2: buy or download a clone (they range in price from nothing to not much) Method 3: use the conversion function on adobe's web site. "Bradw" wrote in message ... Thanks for the PDF suggestion. Now, how do I create a PDF document?????? I've never done it before. -- Thanks! Bradw "Jezebel" wrote: You shouldn't be sending Word (or Works) documents to prospective employers. Send a PDF. a) It's more professional, b) it accommodates employers who not only don't have Word, but also those (there are some!) who don't have any Microsoft products or who won't open Word documents from strangers, c) what they see is likely to be what you send, and d) your dangling underline problem will go away: if it's not there in PrintPreview, it won't be there in the PDF either. "Bradw" wrote in message ... I'm having a small problem with Word for students and teachers 2002. Somehow, when the document is in the "normal" layout, there is a line of underline BELOW the cursor. When the document is in the "print layout" it disappears. It wouldn't be a huge problem except for the fact that I'm doing a resume' and when people open the document and enlarge it to be better able to read it, the underline will show. I've tried everything to get rid of the problem including uninstalling and reinstalling the program. Any help with this would be appreciated I also have Works on my computer. This is a computer dumby question, but if I do my resume' in works, will employers with Word be able to view the document sent in e-mail or attached to e-mail? Thanks!!! -- Thanks! Bradw |
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That's what's called a clone.
"Richard in AZ" wrote in message ... Better. Download the free program called CutePDF. (www.cutepdf.com) This program installs a false printer called "cutepdf". Then when you want to convert any document into a PDF document, choose the CUTEPDF printer to print the document. It does not actually print the document but rather give you a window to save a PDF version of the document. You can then send that PDF document attached to an email. (You will often find the PDF version to be a smaller size file too.) "Jezebel" wrote in message ... Method 1: buy a copy of Acrobat (the full thing, not the free reader) Method 2: buy or download a clone (they range in price from nothing to not much) Method 3: use the conversion function on adobe's web site. "Bradw" wrote in message ... Thanks for the PDF suggestion. Now, how do I create a PDF document?????? I've never done it before. -- Thanks! Bradw "Jezebel" wrote: You shouldn't be sending Word (or Works) documents to prospective employers. Send a PDF. a) It's more professional, b) it accommodates employers who not only don't have Word, but also those (there are some!) who don't have any Microsoft products or who won't open Word documents from strangers, c) what they see is likely to be what you send, and d) your dangling underline problem will go away: if it's not there in PrintPreview, it won't be there in the PDF either. "Bradw" wrote in message ... I'm having a small problem with Word for students and teachers 2002. Somehow, when the document is in the "normal" layout, there is a line of underline BELOW the cursor. When the document is in the "print layout" it disappears. It wouldn't be a huge problem except for the fact that I'm doing a resume' and when people open the document and enlarge it to be better able to read it, the underline will show. I've tried everything to get rid of the problem including uninstalling and reinstalling the program. Any help with this would be appreciated I also have Works on my computer. This is a computer dumby question, but if I do my resume' in works, will employers with Word be able to view the document sent in e-mail or attached to e-mail? Thanks!!! -- Thanks! Bradw |
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Thanks to everyone for the help, especially Suzanne. I need to have a
resume' in Word per the Univ. of Washington's format for scanning resumes. That "end of document" indicator about drove me nuts, and no one I asked knew what it was!!! At least now I can finish the document and feel secure about sending it. The info about adobe was also helpful. It never occurred to me that I could use it to create a document. I have a hard enough time just reading stuff in PDF! As you can see, I don't have much computer knowledge. Time for a coupla on line classes. -- Thanks! Bradw "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: What you are seeing is the "end of document" indicator. This can be helpful if you don't display nonprinting characters. If you do not see it immediately below the last line of text, then you know you must have a lot of empty paragraphs between the text and the end of the document--possibly enough to cause a blank page to print. Note, however, that this is visible only in Normal view. As Jezebel has said, sending a PDF would be better than sending a Word document, but if you must send a Word document, you can save it in Print Layout view, and it will open in that view on the recipient's computer. If the recipient wants to switch to Normal view for some reason, then you can assume he is comfortable with that view and used to seeing the end-of-document line. Note, too, that if the recipient is comfortable viewing nonprinting characters, he will have those displayed as well, and you have no control over that, so you would be best advised to reduce them to a minimum so you don't look incompetent; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm -- 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. "Bradw" wrote in message ... I'm having a small problem with Word for students and teachers 2002. Somehow, when the document is in the "normal" layout, there is a line of underline BELOW the cursor. When the document is in the "print layout" it disappears. It wouldn't be a huge problem except for the fact that I'm doing a resume' and when people open the document and enlarge it to be better able to read it, the underline will show. I've tried everything to get rid of the problem including uninstalling and reinstalling the program. Any help with this would be appreciated I also have Works on my computer. This is a computer dumby question, but if I do my resume' in works, will employers with Word be able to view the document sent in e-mail or attached to e-mail? Thanks!!! -- Thanks! Bradw |
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