I spotted earlier a reference to 'both' normal.dots - there should only be
one - in the folder indicated at tools options file locations user
templates.
As for avoiding the last paragraph mark, display formatting (CTRL+*) and
select all but the last paragraph mark, which is the part of the document
that is likely to be corrupt.
This is a corrupt document issue not a font issue. Re-installing Word will
not help. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm
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MikeTU wrote:
Hi Charles--Copying from old to new---not sure about avoiding last
paragraph mark...however...I tried copy and paste into a blank doc
and chose "text only" no formatting....I got nothing but blocks where
letters should be. Out of curiousity, I sent the document in question
to my work laptop which has the same version of Office/Word....when I
open the document the troublesome text is now in a foreign langauge.
Is this a font issue? Should I uninstall and reinstall Office?
"Charles Kenyon" wrote:
This won't fix broken documents, just new ones. "Applying" a
template to an existing document can change the styles and available
customizations, but not the underlying document structure.
When you copy from an old document into a new one, are you avoiding
the last paragraph mark and any section breaks?
What happens if you use paste special and paste as unformatted text?
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"MikeTU" wrote in message
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Thanks Graham-----when I saw your reply I thought I was home free. I
renamed
both Normal.dots. I reopened a document I typed early with the said
problem
and it was not fixed. Also if I apply the "normal" format , a good
portion
of my text becomes square blocks and unreadable. This also happens
if I copy
and paste the contents of my document in question, into a new blank
document
and click "match destination formattting"...a good portion of my
text turns
to blocks. Also spell check does not "spell check" under both of
those scenarios. I also tried Detect and repair----no fix. Any other
suggestions?
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
This is often an indication of a corrupt template. Rename
normal.dot to oldnormal.dot and see if the problem goes away.
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MikeTU wrote:
On several occasions when assembling a document with word, my
words
in a paragraph are cut off at the margin (and continued on the
next line) and I can not figure out what setting in word formats
paragraphs to make words stay intact.