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Wrestling with Page Numbering...
I have a document with mixed pages - the first part is Portrait and the
second part Landscape. I want my page numbers to all be at the bottom when the document is bound as a book. I figured out (to my delight) how to get the footer in and I can manually put an accent line...and I was able to remove the text for the footers I already had. However, the accent line from my original footer still runs across the long edge of my page. I really need to get rid of this! I can't seem to select it - when I click on it, I get a cursor like I was on a horizontal line of a table. Aaargh! So close! |
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Wrestling with Page Numbering...
Sorry - in my zeal to solve the mystery, I forgot some important info. I'm
using Word 2007. I originally created my footer using (I believe) Page Number - Bottom of Page - Accent Bar 2. I'm wondering if I need to create a brand new file and start over with page numbering. I'm nervous - it's really six documents with a LOT of formatting and work that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather rig it with white boxes covering the footing, publish to PDF, and call it a day. Ideally, though, I would really like to do it right for efficient long term use. |
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In the Editing section of the home tab of the ribbon, use the Select
pulldown and from it select the "Select Objects" item. You should then be able to select and delete the line. Or, see the article "There is a line in my document that I can't delete because I can't select it. How did it get there, and what can I do about it? at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "katko" wrote in message ... Sorry - in my zeal to solve the mystery, I forgot some important info. I'm using Word 2007. I originally created my footer using (I believe) Page Number - Bottom of Page - Accent Bar 2. I'm wondering if I need to create a brand new file and start over with page numbering. I'm nervous - it's really six documents with a LOT of formatting and work that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather rig it with white boxes covering the footing, publish to PDF, and call it a day. Ideally, though, I would really like to do it right for efficient long term use. |
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Thanks for your efforts to help. I tried that (and tried again after reading
your post) but I'm quite sure it's not an object. I'm really familiar with lines that are objects, even the ones that "magically" appear when you use repeated hyphens or underscores. This did not happen. When I created my page numbering, I chose a form with "Accent Bar" in the title. When I try to remove the page numbering and/or the footer, the accent bar remains. With "Select Objects" it acts like nothing is there. I can click all around and on it, but nothing selects (unlike when I select an actual object). The only way I can get its attention is to have the i-bar and then mouse over it - it changes the cursor to two horizontal lines with an arrow above and below and allows me to move it vertically. This reminds me of sizing a row in a table. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: In the Editing section of the home tab of the ribbon, use the Select pulldown and from it select the "Select Objects" item. You should then be able to select and delete the line. Or, see the article "There is a line in my document that I can't delete because I can't select it. How did it get there, and what can I do about it? at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "katko" wrote in message ... Sorry - in my zeal to solve the mystery, I forgot some important info. I'm using Word 2007. I originally created my footer using (I believe) Page Number - Bottom of Page - Accent Bar 2. I'm wondering if I need to create a brand new file and start over with page numbering. I'm nervous - it's really six documents with a LOT of formatting and work that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather rig it with white boxes covering the footing, publish to PDF, and call it a day. Ideally, though, I would really like to do it right for efficient long term use. |
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Wrestling with Page Numbering...
I've inserted the Accent Bar 2 page number, and the only bar I see is a pipe
character between the page number and the word "Page." I have to say I don't understand this format in the first place: why have the word "Page" *after* the number and why formatted as yellow? It's a dead-stupid design in the first place. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "katko" wrote in message ... Thanks for your efforts to help. I tried that (and tried again after reading your post) but I'm quite sure it's not an object. I'm really familiar with lines that are objects, even the ones that "magically" appear when you use repeated hyphens or underscores. This did not happen. When I created my page numbering, I chose a form with "Accent Bar" in the title. When I try to remove the page numbering and/or the footer, the accent bar remains. With "Select Objects" it acts like nothing is there. I can click all around and on it, but nothing selects (unlike when I select an actual object). The only way I can get its attention is to have the i-bar and then mouse over it - it changes the cursor to two horizontal lines with an arrow above and below and allows me to move it vertically. This reminds me of sizing a row in a table. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: In the Editing section of the home tab of the ribbon, use the Select pulldown and from it select the "Select Objects" item. You should then be able to select and delete the line. Or, see the article "There is a line in my document that I can't delete because I can't select it. How did it get there, and what can I do about it? at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "katko" wrote in message ... Sorry - in my zeal to solve the mystery, I forgot some important info. I'm using Word 2007. I originally created my footer using (I believe) Page Number - Bottom of Page - Accent Bar 2. I'm wondering if I need to create a brand new file and start over with page numbering. I'm nervous - it's really six documents with a LOT of formatting and work that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather rig it with white boxes covering the footing, publish to PDF, and call it a day. Ideally, though, I would really like to do it right for efficient long term use. |
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Wrestling with Page Numbering...
So you inserted it and there was no light gray accent bar horizontally above
it?! There is in mine and it's quite stubborn. Maybe it's somehow something set up for all footers or something. Desperate to finish this project, I covered it with a white box and inserted the portrait page numbering on those landscape pages. I'm still curious to know how to get rid of it, but my workaround should hold I guess. As for the word page after it...thanks for making me doubt the numbering I put in my entire book! ha ha. I have section page numbers, though, and I think it looks pretty good. I'll run it by the others who are proofing/providing input. Thanks for responding! I'm even more curious now. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I've inserted the Accent Bar 2 page number, and the only bar I see is a pipe character between the page number and the word "Page." I have to say I don't understand this format in the first place: why have the word "Page" *after* the number and why formatted as yellow? It's a dead-stupid design in the first place. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "katko" wrote in message ... Thanks for your efforts to help. I tried that (and tried again after reading your post) but I'm quite sure it's not an object. I'm really familiar with lines that are objects, even the ones that "magically" appear when you use repeated hyphens or underscores. This did not happen. When I created my page numbering, I chose a form with "Accent Bar" in the title. When I try to remove the page numbering and/or the footer, the accent bar remains. With "Select Objects" it acts like nothing is there. I can click all around and on it, but nothing selects (unlike when I select an actual object). The only way I can get its attention is to have the i-bar and then mouse over it - it changes the cursor to two horizontal lines with an arrow above and below and allows me to move it vertically. This reminds me of sizing a row in a table. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: In the Editing section of the home tab of the ribbon, use the Select pulldown and from it select the "Select Objects" item. You should then be able to select and delete the line. Or, see the article "There is a line in my document that I can't delete because I can't select it. How did it get there, and what can I do about it? at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "katko" wrote in message ... Sorry - in my zeal to solve the mystery, I forgot some important info. I'm using Word 2007. I originally created my footer using (I believe) Page Number - Bottom of Page - Accent Bar 2. I'm wondering if I need to create a brand new file and start over with page numbering. I'm nervous - it's really six documents with a LOT of formatting and work that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather rig it with white boxes covering the footing, publish to PDF, and call it a day. Ideally, though, I would really like to do it right for efficient long term use. . |
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Wrestling with Page Numbering...
Well, my replies to katko and to Doug have disappeared, so let's see whether
I can post a reply to myself. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I've inserted the Accent Bar 2 page number, and the only bar I see is a pipe character between the page number and the word "Page." I have to say I don't understand this format in the first place: why have the word "Page" *after* the number and why formatted as yellow? It's a dead-stupid design in the first place. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "katko" wrote in message ... Thanks for your efforts to help. I tried that (and tried again after reading your post) but I'm quite sure it's not an object. I'm really familiar with lines that are objects, even the ones that "magically" appear when you use repeated hyphens or underscores. This did not happen. When I created my page numbering, I chose a form with "Accent Bar" in the title. When I try to remove the page numbering and/or the footer, the accent bar remains. With "Select Objects" it acts like nothing is there. I can click all around and on it, but nothing selects (unlike when I select an actual object). The only way I can get its attention is to have the i-bar and then mouse over it - it changes the cursor to two horizontal lines with an arrow above and below and allows me to move it vertically. This reminds me of sizing a row in a table. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: In the Editing section of the home tab of the ribbon, use the Select pulldown and from it select the "Select Objects" item. You should then be able to select and delete the line. Or, see the article "There is a line in my document that I can't delete because I can't select it. How did it get there, and what can I do about it? at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "katko" wrote in message ... Sorry - in my zeal to solve the mystery, I forgot some important info. I'm using Word 2007. I originally created my footer using (I believe) Page Number - Bottom of Page - Accent Bar 2. I'm wondering if I need to create a brand new file and start over with page numbering. I'm nervous - it's really six documents with a LOT of formatting and work that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather rig it with white boxes covering the footing, publish to PDF, and call it a day. Ideally, though, I would really like to do it right for efficient long term use. |
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Wrestling with Page Numbering...
So you inserted it and there was no light gray accent bar horizontally above it?! There is in mine and it's quite stubborn. Maybe it's somehow something set up for all footers or something. Desperate to finish this project, I covered it with a white box and inserted the portrait page numbering on those landscape pages. I'm still curious to know how to get rid of it, but my workaround should hold I guess. As for the word page after it...thanks for making me doubt the numbering I put in my entire book! ha ha. I have section page numbers, though, and I think it looks pretty good. I'll run it by the others who are proofing/providing input. Thanks for responding! I'm even more curious now. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I've inserted the Accent Bar 2 page number, and the only bar I see is a pipe character between the page number and the word "Page." I have to say I don't understand this format in the first place: why have the word "Page" *after* the number and why formatted as yellow? It's a dead-stupid design in the first place. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "katko" wrote in message ... Thanks for your efforts to help. I tried that (and tried again after reading your post) but I'm quite sure it's not an object. I'm really familiar with lines that are objects, even the ones that "magically" appear when you use repeated hyphens or underscores. This did not happen. When I created my page numbering, I chose a form with "Accent Bar" in the title. When I try to remove the page numbering and/or the footer, the accent bar remains. With "Select Objects" it acts like nothing is there. I can click all around and on it, but nothing selects (unlike when I select an actual object). The only way I can get its attention is to have the i-bar and then mouse over it - it changes the cursor to two horizontal lines with an arrow above and below and allows me to move it vertically. This reminds me of sizing a row in a table. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: In the Editing section of the home tab of the ribbon, use the Select pulldown and from it select the "Select Objects" item. You should then be able to select and delete the line. Or, see the article "There is a line in my document that I can't delete because I can't select it. How did it get there, and what can I do about it? at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "katko" wrote in message ... Sorry - in my zeal to solve the mystery, I forgot some important info. I'm using Word 2007. I originally created my footer using (I believe) Page Number - Bottom of Page - Accent Bar 2. I'm wondering if I need to create a brand new file and start over with page numbering. I'm nervous - it's really six documents with a LOT of formatting and work that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather rig it with white boxes covering the footing, publish to PDF, and call it a day. Ideally, though, I would really like to do it right for efficient long term use. . |
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Wrestling with Page Numbering...
Well, my replies to katko and to Doug have disappeared, so let's see whether
I can post a reply to myself. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I've inserted the Accent Bar 2 page number, and the only bar I see is a pipe character between the page number and the word "Page." I have to say I don't understand this format in the first place: why have the word "Page" *after* the number and why formatted as yellow? It's a dead-stupid design in the first place. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "katko" wrote in message ... Thanks for your efforts to help. I tried that (and tried again after reading your post) but I'm quite sure it's not an object. I'm really familiar with lines that are objects, even the ones that "magically" appear when you use repeated hyphens or underscores. This did not happen. When I created my page numbering, I chose a form with "Accent Bar" in the title. When I try to remove the page numbering and/or the footer, the accent bar remains. With "Select Objects" it acts like nothing is there. I can click all around and on it, but nothing selects (unlike when I select an actual object). The only way I can get its attention is to have the i-bar and then mouse over it - it changes the cursor to two horizontal lines with an arrow above and below and allows me to move it vertically. This reminds me of sizing a row in a table. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: In the Editing section of the home tab of the ribbon, use the Select pulldown and from it select the "Select Objects" item. You should then be able to select and delete the line. Or, see the article "There is a line in my document that I can't delete because I can't select it. How did it get there, and what can I do about it? at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "katko" wrote in message ... Sorry - in my zeal to solve the mystery, I forgot some important info. I'm using Word 2007. I originally created my footer using (I believe) Page Number - Bottom of Page - Accent Bar 2. I'm wondering if I need to create a brand new file and start over with page numbering. I'm nervous - it's really six documents with a LOT of formatting and work that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather rig it with white boxes covering the footing, publish to PDF, and call it a day. Ideally, though, I would really like to do it right for efficient long term use. |
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From this description, if I had read it carefully, it should have been
obvious that the "object" in question is a paragraph border (as I discovered last night when I investigated further; unfortunately, the reply I posted then was eaten by the server). But I took you at your word when you said you knew how to deal with the paragraph borders that "that 'magically' appear when you use repeated hyphens or underscores." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Fairhope, AL 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. "katko" wrote: Thanks for your efforts to help. I tried that (and tried again after reading your post) but I'm quite sure it's not an object. I'm really familiar with lines that are objects, even the ones that "magically" appear when you use repeated hyphens or underscores. This did not happen. When I created my page numbering, I chose a form with "Accent Bar" in the title. When I try to remove the page numbering and/or the footer, the accent bar remains. With "Select Objects" it acts like nothing is there. I can click all around and on it, but nothing selects (unlike when I select an actual object). The only way I can get its attention is to have the i-bar and then mouse over it - it changes the cursor to two horizontal lines with an arrow above and below and allows me to move it vertically. This reminds me of sizing a row in a table. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: In the Editing section of the home tab of the ribbon, use the Select pulldown and from it select the "Select Objects" item. You should then be able to select and delete the line. Or, see the article "There is a line in my document that I can't delete because I can't select it. How did it get there, and what can I do about it? at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "katko" wrote in message ... Sorry - in my zeal to solve the mystery, I forgot some important info. I'm using Word 2007. I originally created my footer using (I believe) Page Number - Bottom of Page - Accent Bar 2. I'm wondering if I need to create a brand new file and start over with page numbering. I'm nervous - it's really six documents with a LOT of formatting and work that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather rig it with white boxes covering the footing, publish to PDF, and call it a day. Ideally, though, I would really like to do it right for efficient long term use. |
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My word was true. This border did NOT appear from repeated hyphens or
underscores. That was the help someone gave me earlier. This appeared when I inserted my border. I understand you may have been frustrated when your posts were not showing up, but there is no need to imply my word was not true. I used to do tech support so I know the temptation to think the user does not know what he or she is doing. It stinks to now be the user and have that thought about you. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: From this description, if I had read it carefully, it should have been obvious that the "object" in question is a paragraph border (as I discovered last night when I investigated further; unfortunately, the reply I posted then was eaten by the server). But I took you at your word when you said you knew how to deal with the paragraph borders that "that 'magically' appear when you use repeated hyphens or underscores." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Fairhope, AL 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. "katko" wrote: Thanks for your efforts to help. I tried that (and tried again after reading your post) but I'm quite sure it's not an object. I'm really familiar with lines that are objects, even the ones that "magically" appear when you use repeated hyphens or underscores. This did not happen. When I created my page numbering, I chose a form with "Accent Bar" in the title. When I try to remove the page numbering and/or the footer, the accent bar remains. With "Select Objects" it acts like nothing is there. I can click all around and on it, but nothing selects (unlike when I select an actual object). The only way I can get its attention is to have the i-bar and then mouse over it - it changes the cursor to two horizontal lines with an arrow above and below and allows me to move it vertically. This reminds me of sizing a row in a table. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: In the Editing section of the home tab of the ribbon, use the Select pulldown and from it select the "Select Objects" item. You should then be able to select and delete the line. Or, see the article "There is a line in my document that I can't delete because I can't select it. How did it get there, and what can I do about it? at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "katko" wrote in message ... Sorry - in my zeal to solve the mystery, I forgot some important info. I'm using Word 2007. I originally created my footer using (I believe) Page Number - Bottom of Page - Accent Bar 2. I'm wondering if I need to create a brand new file and start over with page numbering. I'm nervous - it's really six documents with a LOT of formatting and work that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather rig it with white boxes covering the footing, publish to PDF, and call it a day. Ideally, though, I would really like to do it right for efficient long term use. |
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My word was true. This border did NOT appear from repeated hyphens or
underscores. That was the help someone gave me earlier. This appeared when I inserted my border. I understand you may have been frustrated when your posts were not showing up, but there is no need to imply my word was not true. I used to do tech support so I know the temptation to think the user does not know what he or she is doing. It stinks to now be the user and have that thought about you. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: From this description, if I had read it carefully, it should have been obvious that the "object" in question is a paragraph border (as I discovered last night when I investigated further; unfortunately, the reply I posted then was eaten by the server). But I took you at your word when you said you knew how to deal with the paragraph borders that "that 'magically' appear when you use repeated hyphens or underscores." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Fairhope, AL 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. "katko" wrote: Thanks for your efforts to help. I tried that (and tried again after reading your post) but I'm quite sure it's not an object. I'm really familiar with lines that are objects, even the ones that "magically" appear when you use repeated hyphens or underscores. This did not happen. When I created my page numbering, I chose a form with "Accent Bar" in the title. When I try to remove the page numbering and/or the footer, the accent bar remains. With "Select Objects" it acts like nothing is there. I can click all around and on it, but nothing selects (unlike when I select an actual object). The only way I can get its attention is to have the i-bar and then mouse over it - it changes the cursor to two horizontal lines with an arrow above and below and allows me to move it vertically. This reminds me of sizing a row in a table. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: In the Editing section of the home tab of the ribbon, use the Select pulldown and from it select the "Select Objects" item. You should then be able to select and delete the line. Or, see the article "There is a line in my document that I can't delete because I can't select it. How did it get there, and what can I do about it? at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "katko" wrote in message ... Sorry - in my zeal to solve the mystery, I forgot some important info. I'm using Word 2007. I originally created my footer using (I believe) Page Number - Bottom of Page - Accent Bar 2. I'm wondering if I need to create a brand new file and start over with page numbering. I'm nervous - it's really six documents with a LOT of formatting and work that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather rig it with white boxes covering the footing, publish to PDF, and call it a day. Ideally, though, I would really like to do it right for efficient long term use. |
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From this description, your line is clearly a paragraph border. The article
to which Doug referred you (http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm) does explain how to remove such borders. I discovered last night, upon further investigation, that there is in fact a yellow (not gray) border above the footer, and it can be removed, as Doug instructed, by turning off the Top Border or selecting No Border. I posted to this effect last night, but several of my posts last night and this morning have been eaten by the server because I evidently used a word the filters don't like. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "katko" wrote in message ... Thanks for your efforts to help. I tried that (and tried again after reading your post) but I'm quite sure it's not an object. I'm really familiar with lines that are objects, even the ones that "magically" appear when you use repeated hyphens or underscores. This did not happen. When I created my page numbering, I chose a form with "Accent Bar" in the title. When I try to remove the page numbering and/or the footer, the accent bar remains. With "Select Objects" it acts like nothing is there. I can click all around and on it, but nothing selects (unlike when I select an actual object). The only way I can get its attention is to have the i-bar and then mouse over it - it changes the cursor to two horizontal lines with an arrow above and below and allows me to move it vertically. This reminds me of sizing a row in a table. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: In the Editing section of the home tab of the ribbon, use the Select pulldown and from it select the "Select Objects" item. You should then be able to select and delete the line. Or, see the article "There is a line in my document that I can't delete because I can't select it. How did it get there, and what can I do about it? at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "katko" wrote in message ... Sorry - in my zeal to solve the mystery, I forgot some important info. I'm using Word 2007. I originally created my footer using (I believe) Page Number - Bottom of Page - Accent Bar 2. I'm wondering if I need to create a brand new file and start over with page numbering. I'm nervous - it's really six documents with a LOT of formatting and work that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather rig it with white boxes covering the footing, publish to PDF, and call it a day. Ideally, though, I would really like to do it right for efficient long term use. |
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Wrestling with Page Numbering...
I've inserted the Accent Bar 2 page number, and the only bar I see is a pipe
character between the page number and the word "Page." I have to say I don't understand this format in the first place: why have the word "Page" *after* the number and why formatted as yellow? It's a dead-stupid design in the first place. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "katko" wrote in message ... Thanks for your efforts to help. I tried that (and tried again after reading your post) but I'm quite sure it's not an object. I'm really familiar with lines that are objects, even the ones that "magically" appear when you use repeated hyphens or underscores. This did not happen. When I created my page numbering, I chose a form with "Accent Bar" in the title. When I try to remove the page numbering and/or the footer, the accent bar remains. With "Select Objects" it acts like nothing is there. I can click all around and on it, but nothing selects (unlike when I select an actual object). The only way I can get its attention is to have the i-bar and then mouse over it - it changes the cursor to two horizontal lines with an arrow above and below and allows me to move it vertically. This reminds me of sizing a row in a table. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: In the Editing section of the home tab of the ribbon, use the Select pulldown and from it select the "Select Objects" item. You should then be able to select and delete the line. Or, see the article "There is a line in my document that I can't delete because I can't select it. How did it get there, and what can I do about it? at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "katko" wrote in message ... Sorry - in my zeal to solve the mystery, I forgot some important info. I'm using Word 2007. I originally created my footer using (I believe) Page Number - Bottom of Page - Accent Bar 2. I'm wondering if I need to create a brand new file and start over with page numbering. I'm nervous - it's really six documents with a LOT of formatting and work that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather rig it with white boxes covering the footing, publish to PDF, and call it a day. Ideally, though, I would really like to do it right for efficient long term use. |
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From this description, if I had read it carefully, it should have been obvious that the "object" in question is a paragraph border (as I discovered last night when I investigated further; unfortunately, the reply I posted then was eaten by the server). But I took you at your word when you said you knew how to deal with the paragraph borders that "that 'magically' appear when you use repeated hyphens or underscores." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Fairhope, AL 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. "katko" wrote: Thanks for your efforts to help. I tried that (and tried again after reading your post) but I'm quite sure it's not an object. I'm really familiar with lines that are objects, even the ones that "magically" appear when you use repeated hyphens or underscores. This did not happen. When I created my page numbering, I chose a form with "Accent Bar" in the title. When I try to remove the page numbering and/or the footer, the accent bar remains. With "Select Objects" it acts like nothing is there. I can click all around and on it, but nothing selects (unlike when I select an actual object). The only way I can get its attention is to have the i-bar and then mouse over it - it changes the cursor to two horizontal lines with an arrow above and below and allows me to move it vertically. This reminds me of sizing a row in a table. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: In the Editing section of the home tab of the ribbon, use the Select pulldown and from it select the "Select Objects" item. You should then be able to select and delete the line. Or, see the article "There is a line in my document that I can't delete because I can't select it. How did it get there, and what can I do about it? at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "katko" wrote in message ... Sorry - in my zeal to solve the mystery, I forgot some important info. I'm using Word 2007. I originally created my footer using (I believe) Page Number - Bottom of Page - Accent Bar 2. I'm wondering if I need to create a brand new file and start over with page numbering. I'm nervous - it's really six documents with a LOT of formatting and work that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather rig it with white boxes covering the footing, publish to PDF, and call it a day. Ideally, though, I would really like to do it right for efficient long term use. |
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From this description, your line is clearly a paragraph border. The article
to which Doug referred you (http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm) does explain how to remove such borders. I discovered last night, upon further investigation, that there is in fact a yellow (not gray) border above the footer, and it can be removed, as Doug instructed, by turning off the Top Border or selecting No Border. I posted to this effect last night, but several of my posts last night and this morning have been eaten by the server because I evidently used a word the filters don't like. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "katko" wrote in message ... Thanks for your efforts to help. I tried that (and tried again after reading your post) but I'm quite sure it's not an object. I'm really familiar with lines that are objects, even the ones that "magically" appear when you use repeated hyphens or underscores. This did not happen. When I created my page numbering, I chose a form with "Accent Bar" in the title. When I try to remove the page numbering and/or the footer, the accent bar remains. With "Select Objects" it acts like nothing is there. I can click all around and on it, but nothing selects (unlike when I select an actual object). The only way I can get its attention is to have the i-bar and then mouse over it - it changes the cursor to two horizontal lines with an arrow above and below and allows me to move it vertically. This reminds me of sizing a row in a table. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: In the Editing section of the home tab of the ribbon, use the Select pulldown and from it select the "Select Objects" item. You should then be able to select and delete the line. Or, see the article "There is a line in my document that I can't delete because I can't select it. How did it get there, and what can I do about it? at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "katko" wrote in message ... Sorry - in my zeal to solve the mystery, I forgot some important info. I'm using Word 2007. I originally created my footer using (I believe) Page Number - Bottom of Page - Accent Bar 2. I'm wondering if I need to create a brand new file and start over with page numbering. I'm nervous - it's really six documents with a LOT of formatting and work that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather rig it with white boxes covering the footing, publish to PDF, and call it a day. Ideally, though, I would really like to do it right for efficient long term use. |
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Thanks for your efforts to help. I tried that (and tried again after reading
your post) but I'm quite sure it's not an object. I'm really familiar with lines that are objects, even the ones that "magically" appear when you use repeated hyphens or underscores. This did not happen. When I created my page numbering, I chose a form with "Accent Bar" in the title. When I try to remove the page numbering and/or the footer, the accent bar remains. With "Select Objects" it acts like nothing is there. I can click all around and on it, but nothing selects (unlike when I select an actual object). The only way I can get its attention is to have the i-bar and then mouse over it - it changes the cursor to two horizontal lines with an arrow above and below and allows me to move it vertically. This reminds me of sizing a row in a table. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: In the Editing section of the home tab of the ribbon, use the Select pulldown and from it select the "Select Objects" item. You should then be able to select and delete the line. Or, see the article "There is a line in my document that I can't delete because I can't select it. How did it get there, and what can I do about it? at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "katko" wrote in message ... Sorry - in my zeal to solve the mystery, I forgot some important info. I'm using Word 2007. I originally created my footer using (I believe) Page Number - Bottom of Page - Accent Bar 2. I'm wondering if I need to create a brand new file and start over with page numbering. I'm nervous - it's really six documents with a LOT of formatting and work that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather rig it with white boxes covering the footing, publish to PDF, and call it a day. Ideally, though, I would really like to do it right for efficient long term use. |
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In the Editing section of the home tab of the ribbon, use the Select pulldown and from it select the "Select Objects" item. You should then be able to select and delete the line. Or, see the article "There is a line in my document that I can't delete because I can't select it. How did it get there, and what can I do about it? at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...tRidOfLine.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "katko" wrote in message ... Sorry - in my zeal to solve the mystery, I forgot some important info. I'm using Word 2007. I originally created my footer using (I believe) Page Number - Bottom of Page - Accent Bar 2. I'm wondering if I need to create a brand new file and start over with page numbering. I'm nervous - it's really six documents with a LOT of formatting and work that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather rig it with white boxes covering the footing, publish to PDF, and call it a day. Ideally, though, I would really like to do it right for efficient long term use. |
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Wrestling with Page Numbering...
Sorry - in my zeal to solve the mystery, I forgot some important info. I'm
using Word 2007. I originally created my footer using (I believe) Page Number - Bottom of Page - Accent Bar 2. I'm wondering if I need to create a brand new file and start over with page numbering. I'm nervous - it's really six documents with a LOT of formatting and work that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather rig it with white boxes covering the footing, publish to PDF, and call it a day. Ideally, though, I would really like to do it right for efficient long term use. |
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