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what gray line means
I have recently been noticing a gray line (non printing) that appears across
the full column width in some W97 documents. I cannot get find a way to delete it either. Recently, what is really odd is that it was appearing between 2 paragraphs. When I pressed delete at the end of the 1st paragraph, directly after the period that ends the last sentence, the gray line moved up to be directly below this paragraph (as though some 'space above' had disappeared when I deleted) AND the paragraph symbol in this paragraph disappeared, as though the gray line was now a part of the paragraph, while still occupying its own line. Any ideas on what the significance of this line is, where it came from, and how to get it to go away? |
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On Thu, 17 May 2007 05:38:01 -0700, cayce
wrote: I have recently been noticing a gray line (non printing) that appears across the full column width in some W97 documents. I cannot get find a way to delete it either. Recently, what is really odd is that it was appearing between 2 paragraphs. When I pressed delete at the end of the 1st paragraph, directly after the period that ends the last sentence, the gray line moved up to be directly below this paragraph (as though some 'space above' had disappeared when I deleted) AND the paragraph symbol in this paragraph disappeared, as though the gray line was now a part of the paragraph, while still occupying its own line. Any ideas on what the significance of this line is, where it came from, and how to get it to go away? See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Thanks Jay...but this did not work. I have other weird things going on too. The gray line appears under what looks like a single paragraph consisting of 2 sentences. However, when I triple click to select the whole paragraph, I only get the 1st sentence. When I triple click the 2nd sentence, I also select only it. I selected both sentences and reapplied the style, with no change. These sentences are acting like paragraphs. There are 2 spaces between the 1st and 2nd sentence; I cannot delete one of these ( I posted on this separately). I am now wondering if there is some connection to this other deletion issue I posted on and this gray line I cannot get to go away. The Twilight Zone is baaaack. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Thu, 17 May 2007 05:38:01 -0700, cayce wrote: I have recently been noticing a gray line (non printing) that appears across the full column width in some W97 documents. I cannot get find a way to delete it either. Recently, what is really odd is that it was appearing between 2 paragraphs. When I pressed delete at the end of the 1st paragraph, directly after the period that ends the last sentence, the gray line moved up to be directly below this paragraph (as though some 'space above' had disappeared when I deleted) AND the paragraph symbol in this paragraph disappeared, as though the gray line was now a part of the paragraph, while still occupying its own line. Any ideas on what the significance of this line is, where it came from, and how to get it to go away? See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Did you check the space before and after your paragraphs and set them to zero?
-- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "cayce" wrote: Thanks Jay...but this did not work. I have other weird things going on too. The gray line appears under what looks like a single paragraph consisting of 2 sentences. However, when I triple click to select the whole paragraph, I only get the 1st sentence. When I triple click the 2nd sentence, I also select only it. I selected both sentences and reapplied the style, with no change. These sentences are acting like paragraphs. There are 2 spaces between the 1st and 2nd sentence; I cannot delete one of these ( I posted on this separately). I am now wondering if there is some connection to this other deletion issue I posted on and this gray line I cannot get to go away. The Twilight Zone is baaaack. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Thu, 17 May 2007 05:38:01 -0700, cayce wrote: I have recently been noticing a gray line (non printing) that appears across the full column width in some W97 documents. I cannot get find a way to delete it either. Recently, what is really odd is that it was appearing between 2 paragraphs. When I pressed delete at the end of the 1st paragraph, directly after the period that ends the last sentence, the gray line moved up to be directly below this paragraph (as though some 'space above' had disappeared when I deleted) AND the paragraph symbol in this paragraph disappeared, as though the gray line was now a part of the paragraph, while still occupying its own line. Any ideas on what the significance of this line is, where it came from, and how to get it to go away? See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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The style involved has 6 pt below defined. I changed to 0 and gray line still there. I am entering Ctrl + Q while selected wiht no success. I also applied normal style (which is set to 0 above/below); no change. Any other places I can look? "Carol" wrote: Did you check the space before and after your paragraphs and set them to zero? -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "cayce" wrote: Thanks Jay...but this did not work. I have other weird things going on too. The gray line appears under what looks like a single paragraph consisting of 2 sentences. However, when I triple click to select the whole paragraph, I only get the 1st sentence. When I triple click the 2nd sentence, I also select only it. I selected both sentences and reapplied the style, with no change. These sentences are acting like paragraphs. There are 2 spaces between the 1st and 2nd sentence; I cannot delete one of these ( I posted on this separately). I am now wondering if there is some connection to this other deletion issue I posted on and this gray line I cannot get to go away. The Twilight Zone is baaaack. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Thu, 17 May 2007 05:38:01 -0700, cayce wrote: I have recently been noticing a gray line (non printing) that appears across the full column width in some W97 documents. I cannot get find a way to delete it either. Recently, what is really odd is that it was appearing between 2 paragraphs. When I pressed delete at the end of the 1st paragraph, directly after the period that ends the last sentence, the gray line moved up to be directly below this paragraph (as though some 'space above' had disappeared when I deleted) AND the paragraph symbol in this paragraph disappeared, as though the gray line was now a part of the paragraph, while still occupying its own line. Any ideas on what the significance of this line is, where it came from, and how to get it to go away? See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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A gray line of this sort can mean a number of things:
If it's at the bottom of a page or column in Print Layout view, it means, "This paragraph has some Space After that's being suppressed to make it fit on this page/in this column." If it's at the bottom of a table cell or text box, it means, "This text box or table cell is set to an exact height that is too small for the amount of text it contains, and so some of it is not displayed." If you're in Outline view, it means, "There is text below this heading that is currently not being displayed because the outline is collapsed." Note that in all the above instances, the line means that something is not being displayed. The fourth instance I can think of (and it's very disconcerting to me) is that when you insert a text box, picture, AutoShape, or the like and wrap text around it, there will be lines in the wrapped text indicating the location of the graphic. -- 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. "cayce" wrote in message ... I have recently been noticing a gray line (non printing) that appears across the full column width in some W97 documents. I cannot get find a way to delete it either. Recently, what is really odd is that it was appearing between 2 paragraphs. When I pressed delete at the end of the 1st paragraph, directly after the period that ends the last sentence, the gray line moved up to be directly below this paragraph (as though some 'space above' had disappeared when I deleted) AND the paragraph symbol in this paragraph disappeared, as though the gray line was now a part of the paragraph, while still occupying its own line. Any ideas on what the significance of this line is, where it came from, and how to get it to go away? |
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Sorry for the delay but I have been able to solve this mystery. It related to
track changes having been turned on then off in the document. The pending accept/reject tracked changes were not allowing me to see any change. Track changes is a mode I am very ignorant about and never worked in until recently. I'm better prepared to handle this in the future. Thanks for all the helpful possibilities. I've saved this posting too in case I run across other weirdness. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: A gray line of this sort can mean a number of things: If it's at the bottom of a page or column in Print Layout view, it means, "This paragraph has some Space After that's being suppressed to make it fit on this page/in this column." If it's at the bottom of a table cell or text box, it means, "This text box or table cell is set to an exact height that is too small for the amount of text it contains, and so some of it is not displayed." If you're in Outline view, it means, "There is text below this heading that is currently not being displayed because the outline is collapsed." Note that in all the above instances, the line means that something is not being displayed. The fourth instance I can think of (and it's very disconcerting to me) is that when you insert a text box, picture, AutoShape, or the like and wrap text around it, there will be lines in the wrapped text indicating the location of the graphic. -- 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. "cayce" wrote in message ... I have recently been noticing a gray line (non printing) that appears across the full column width in some W97 documents. I cannot get find a way to delete it either. Recently, what is really odd is that it was appearing between 2 paragraphs. When I pressed delete at the end of the 1st paragraph, directly after the period that ends the last sentence, the gray line moved up to be directly below this paragraph (as though some 'space above' had disappeared when I deleted) AND the paragraph symbol in this paragraph disappeared, as though the gray line was now a part of the paragraph, while still occupying its own line. Any ideas on what the significance of this line is, where it came from, and how to get it to go away? |
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Ah, Track Changes is another fertile source of such mysteries.
-- 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. "cayce" wrote in message ... Sorry for the delay but I have been able to solve this mystery. It related to track changes having been turned on then off in the document. The pending accept/reject tracked changes were not allowing me to see any change. Track changes is a mode I am very ignorant about and never worked in until recently. I'm better prepared to handle this in the future. Thanks for all the helpful possibilities. I've saved this posting too in case I run across other weirdness. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: A gray line of this sort can mean a number of things: If it's at the bottom of a page or column in Print Layout view, it means, "This paragraph has some Space After that's being suppressed to make it fit on this page/in this column." If it's at the bottom of a table cell or text box, it means, "This text box or table cell is set to an exact height that is too small for the amount of text it contains, and so some of it is not displayed." If you're in Outline view, it means, "There is text below this heading that is currently not being displayed because the outline is collapsed." Note that in all the above instances, the line means that something is not being displayed. The fourth instance I can think of (and it's very disconcerting to me) is that when you insert a text box, picture, AutoShape, or the like and wrap text around it, there will be lines in the wrapped text indicating the location of the graphic. -- 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. "cayce" wrote in message ... I have recently been noticing a gray line (non printing) that appears across the full column width in some W97 documents. I cannot get find a way to delete it either. Recently, what is really odd is that it was appearing between 2 paragraphs. When I pressed delete at the end of the 1st paragraph, directly after the period that ends the last sentence, the gray line moved up to be directly below this paragraph (as though some 'space above' had disappeared when I deleted) AND the paragraph symbol in this paragraph disappeared, as though the gray line was now a part of the paragraph, while still occupying its own line. Any ideas on what the significance of this line is, where it came from, and how to get it to go away? |
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