[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

And have you looked at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...RidOfLine.htm?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Vickie Tuck wrote in message ...
I am getting those dotted lines as well after using an asterik to make a
line. However, I am not able to get rid of them. Any suggestions?

Thank you,
Vickie Tuck



Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

That's assuming it is not just a page break.--Suzanne S.
08-Feb-10

That's assuming it is not just a page break.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On Monday, February 08, 2010 5:26 AM
Marcus M wrote:

Dotted line to remove
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 does not 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.

On Monday, February 08, 2010 5:30 AM
Graham Mayor wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


On Monday, February 08, 2010 9:29 AM
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

That's assuming it is not just a page break.--Suzanne S.
That's assuming it is not just a page break.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

On Monday, February 08, 2010 11:37 AM
Marcus M wrote:

Thank you both for your prompt response.
Thank you both for your prompt response.

Graham: I have followed the link you sent - it does not 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:

On Monday, February 08, 2010 1:31 PM
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

"Soft" page breaks are displayed (in Normal view) as a dotted line when
"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

On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 2:14 PM
Marcus M wrote:

Hello again,The position now is this.
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:

On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:25 PM
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

If you had actually read the article Graham referred you
to(http://word.mvps.
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

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On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:25 PM
Gordon wrote:

Works OK here...
Works OK here...

On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:09 PM
Terry Farrell wrote:

Works here too...--Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
Works here too...

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 7:05 PM
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

The site was down earlier today; it is back up now.--Suzanne S.
The site was down earlier today; it is back up now.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org


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