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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.


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

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"Marcus M" Marcus M @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
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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.




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

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"Marcus M" Marcus M @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
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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.






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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.

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http://word.mvps.org

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm

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"Marcus M" Marcus M @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
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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.






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"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.

--
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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

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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.






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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
...
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.






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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
...
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.






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On Feb 9, 3:25*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
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 USAhttp://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
.. .
Seehttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.htm


--

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My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://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.


.


.


Don't know if it is just for me, but both the link in your post and
the link in an earlier post gets somewhere, then gets redirected and
then shows a 4040 page error (or at least a soft 4040 that Google
intercepts).
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"MikeB" wrote in message
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Don't know if it is just for me, but both the link in your post and
the link in an earlier post gets somewhere, then gets redirected and
then shows a 4040 page error (or at least a soft 4040 that Google
intercepts).


Works OK here...

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Works here too...

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"MikeB" wrote in message
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On Feb 9, 3:25 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
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 USAhttp://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
.. .
Seehttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.htm


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP


My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://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.


.


.


Don't know if it is just for me, but both the link in your post and
the link in an earlier post gets somewhere, then gets redirected and
then shows a 4040 page error (or at least a soft 4040 that Google
intercepts).




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The site was down earlier today; it's back up now.

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"MikeB" wrote in message
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On Feb 9, 3:25 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
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 USAhttp://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
.. .
Seehttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.htm


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP


My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://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.


.


.


Don't know if it is just for me, but both the link in your post and
the link in an earlier post gets somewhere, then gets redirected and
then shows a 4040 page error (or at least a soft 4040 that Google
intercepts).

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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.

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

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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

--

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

On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:50 PM
MikeB wrote:

thegh30lyonnat
the
gh
30
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n
at

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...

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

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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.

--
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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

--

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

On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:50 PM
MikeB wrote:

thegh30lyonnat
the
gh
30
ly
on
n
at

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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Eggheader: Did you even bother to read this thread which gave the answer
before you hijacked it?

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
:
: --
:
: 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
:
: On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:50 PM
: MikeB wrote:
:
: thegh30lyonnat
: the
: gh
: 30
: ly
: on
: n
: at
:
: 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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Default Dotted lines across word documents

I've had this annoying problem with other word software as well as 2007 and each time it's because I've tried to include a section break with an asterix between paragraphs to denote change of scene in my story and once the dotted line menance appears there seems no way to remove it.

Now I have discovered the solution:

1. If the problem occurs, highlight the whole document and click on 'Normal' this will reset the line spacing etc. to the default setting and the annoying dotted lines will disappear.
2. Then reclick on the spacing and formatting options you want and all is well again.

3. Now instead of breaking up paragraphs with a symbol I insert a small image.
Hope all this works for you.
Madeleine



Marcus M wrote:

Dotted line to remove
08-Feb-10

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.

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

--

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

On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:50 PM
MikeB wrote:

thegh30lyonnat
the
gh
30
ly
on
n
at

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

On Thursday, March 25, 2010 8:34 PM
Vickie Tuck wrote:

dotted lines
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,
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Default Dotted lines across word documents

The method you describe is quite unnecessary. Just selecting the paragraph
below which the border appears and pressing Ctrl+Q will remove the border
from that paragraph. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm. And you can still
use asterisks as scene separators if you disable automatic borders.

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

Maddy Maddocks wrote in message
...
I've had this annoying problem with other word software as well as 2007
and each time it's because I've tried to include a section break with an
asterix between paragraphs to denote change of scene in my story and once
the dotted line menance appears there seems no way to remove it.

Now I have discovered the solution:

1. If the problem occurs, highlight the whole document and click on
'Normal' this will reset the line spacing etc. to the default setting and
the annoying dotted lines will disappear.
2. Then reclick on the spacing and formatting options you want and all is
well again.

3. Now instead of breaking up paragraphs with a symbol I insert a small
image.
Hope all this works for you.
Madeleine



Marcus M wrote:

Dotted line to remove
08-Feb-10

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.

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

--

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

On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:50 PM
MikeB wrote:

thegh30lyonnat
the
gh
30
ly
on
n
at

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

On Thursday, March 25, 2010 8:34 PM
Vickie Tuck wrote:

dotted lines
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


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Default The method I suggest is quite simple and effective

Thanks for your comments however, the method you describe seems to be for borders.
It isn't a border that appears within the document it's a weird file corruption that contaminates the text even when parts of it or all of it are cut and pasted into a new document.

The method I suggest is actually quite simple and extremely effective.;O)



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The method you describe is quite unnecessary.
12-Apr-10

The method you describe is quite unnecessary. Just selecting the paragraph
below which the border appears and pressing Ctrl+Q will remove the border
from that paragraph. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm. And you can still
use asterisks as scene separators if you disable automatic borders.

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: Thanks for your comments however, the method you describe seems to be for
borders.
: It isn't a border that appears within the document it's a weird file
corruption that contaminates the text even when parts of it or all of it are
cut and pasted into a new document.
:
: The method I suggest is actually quite simple and extremely effective.;O)
:
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: Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
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: The method you describe is quite unnecessary.
: 12-Apr-10
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: The method you describe is quite unnecessary. Just selecting the paragraph
: below which the border appears and pressing Ctrl+Q will remove the border
: from that paragraph. See
: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm. And you can
still
: use asterisks as scene separators if you disable automatic borders.
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What the OP described was a border that is created automatically when three
or more asterisks are typed and Enter pressed. The border that is generated
is a line of square dots that is applied to the paragraph above. From your
original description ("I've tried to include a section break with an asterix
between paragraphs to denote change of scene in my story and once the dotted
line menance appears there seems no way to remove it."), I would be willing
to bet that your problem is the same. Did you in fact read the article at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...RidOfLine.htm?

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Maddy Maddocks wrote in message
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Thanks for your comments however, the method you describe seems to be for
borders.
It isn't a border that appears within the document it's a weird file
corruption that contaminates the text even when parts of it or all of it
are cut and pasted into a new document.

The method I suggest is actually quite simple and extremely effective.;O)



Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

The method you describe is quite unnecessary.
12-Apr-10

The method you describe is quite unnecessary. Just selecting the paragraph
below which the border appears and pressing Ctrl+Q will remove the border
from that paragraph. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm. And you can
still
use asterisks as scene separators if you disable automatic borders.

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

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The description of your fix certainly supports Suzanne's conclusion that
this is a paragraph border being added. Have you actually tried the
suggestions in the article that she linked to?

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Thanks for your comments however, the method you describe seems to be for
borders.
It isn't a border that appears within the document it's a weird file
corruption that contaminates the text even when parts of it or all of it
are cut and pasted into a new document.

The method I suggest is actually quite simple and extremely effective.;O)



Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

The method you describe is quite unnecessary.
12-Apr-10

The method you describe is quite unnecessary. Just selecting the paragraph
below which the border appears and pressing Ctrl+Q will remove the border
from that paragraph. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm. And you can
still
use asterisks as scene separators if you disable automatic borders.

--
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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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I highlighted the entire text and used "Ctrl Q" as recmmended at (http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm)

It worked great.



Marcus M wrote:

Dotted line to remove
08-Feb-10

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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.



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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.

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

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Works OK here...

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

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

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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.

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On Thursday, March 25, 2010 8:34 PM
Vickie Tuck wrote:

dotted lines
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

On Monday, April 12, 2010 7:09 AM
Maddy Maddocks wrote:

Dotted lines across word documents
I've had this annoying problem with other word software as well as 2007 and each time it's because I've tried to include a section break with an asterix between paragraphs to denote change of scene in my story and once the dotted line menance appears there seems no way to remove it.

Now I have discovered the solution:

1. If the problem occurs, highlight the whole document and click on 'Normal' this will reset the line spacing etc. to the default setting and the annoying dotted lines will disappear.
2. Then reclick on the spacing and formatting options you want and all is well again.

3. Now instead of breaking up paragraphs with a symbol I insert a small image.
Hope all this works for you.
Madeleine

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Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

The method you describe is quite unnecessary.
The method you describe is quite unnecessary. Just selecting the paragraph
below which the border appears and pressing Ctrl+Q will remove the border
from that paragraph. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm. And you can still
use asterisks as scene separators if you disable automatic borders.

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

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Maddy Maddocks wrote:

The method I suggest is quite simple and effective
Thanks for your comments however, the method you describe seems to be for borders.
It isn't a border that appears within the document it's a weird file corruption that contaminates the text even when parts of it or all of it are cut and pasted into a new document.

The method I suggest is actually quite simple and extremely effective.;O)


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