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I cannot explain why, but episodically in a long document I've written
appears a line of tiny dots across a page. They resemble some sort of
page break symbol to me. I can move the lines up or down the page
about one line, but can't get rid of them. When In the past, when I
used Word Perfect, there was a command to make all the formatting
symbols appear at the bottom; then you could at least figure out what
the heck was going on. I'm using Microsoft Office 2000 and can't find
such a command. BTW, they print out when the pages are printed (I'd
hoped they were just some symbol that wasn't really part of the text.)

This is a 250 page document, and I hate the idea of having to cut and
paste most of the thing to eliminate these things. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.

Clif
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For cause, cure, and prevention, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm. You might also
want to look at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm

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I cannot explain why, but episodically in a long document I've written
appears a line of tiny dots across a page. They resemble some sort of
page break symbol to me. I can move the lines up or down the page
about one line, but can't get rid of them. When In the past, when I
used Word Perfect, there was a command to make all the formatting
symbols appear at the bottom; then you could at least figure out what
the heck was going on. I'm using Microsoft Office 2000 and can't find
such a command. BTW, they print out when the pages are printed (I'd
hoped they were just some symbol that wasn't really part of the text.)

This is a 250 page document, and I hate the idea of having to cut and
paste most of the thing to eliminate these things. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.

Clif


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Suzanne was right on target. Thank you.

Clif

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ...
For cause, cure, and prevention, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm. You might also
want to look at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm

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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.

"alamodoc" wrote in message
m...
I cannot explain why, but episodically in a long document I've written
appears a line of tiny dots across a page. They resemble some sort of
page break symbol to me. I can move the lines up or down the page
about one line, but can't get rid of them. When In the past, when I
used Word Perfect, there was a command to make all the formatting
symbols appear at the bottom; then you could at least figure out what
the heck was going on. I'm using Microsoft Office 2000 and can't find
such a command. BTW, they print out when the pages are printed (I'd
hoped they were just some symbol that wasn't really part of the text.)

This is a 250 page document, and I hate the idea of having to cut and
paste most of the thing to eliminate these things. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.

Clif

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