If you had actually read the article Graham referred you to
(
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm) and followed the
directions there, then you would already have known this and would long
since have solved the problem.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Marcus M" wrote in message
...
Hello again,
The position now is this.
I tried again and followed all your recommendations and also went through
all the Help answers in Word. No success so I did it the hard way, by
saving
what I could, retyping the faulty bits and merged them so I now have a 30
page story that is as I wrote it.
However, doing this I stumbled across what caused the problem.
At one point I inserted *** between paragraphs as a marker denoting a
scene
change in what I wrote. I centred (UK spelling) the break and immediately
a
dotted line appeared. I was able to remove it by clicking on the 'undo
typing' icon.
I experimented further and found that anytime I put in 3 or more *
asterisks
- left, right or centre made no difference - the line appeared.
That may help you both in future with some other questioner.
So, my problem is solved by a combination of re-doing and by stumbling on
the cause.
Many thanks for your help.
Regards to you both.
Marcus.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
"Soft" page breaks are displayed (in Normal view) as a dotted line when
you
have nonprinting characters displayed. "Hard" (manual) page breaks are
displayed in all views as a dotted line with the words "Page Break" in
the
center.
But if this dotted line is a border, you may have to remove it from
several
successive paragraphs before you get rid of it entirely.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Marcus M" wrote in message
...
Thank you both for your prompt response.
Graham: I have followed the link you sent - it doesn't work for me.
Suzanne: I see you as one of the co-authors. I recall I was looking at
page
breaks when the line first appeared. Does that help?
Regards
Marcus
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
That's assuming it's not just a page break.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
"Marcus M" Marcus M @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
...
I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something I
did
has
made a dotted line appear. It goes across the page from margin to
margin.
Whatever I do to try to remove it doesn't seem to work. The line
was
not
in
the original so some I assume some key or setting I have touched
has
done
it.
The Word I am using is MS Office Word 2007 - something I find is a
lot
more
fiddly than the older version I have used for years.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank You.
.
.