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How do I delete an unwanted dotted line in the middle of my text.
I can't delete it. I didn't put it in, it just appeared. I can't even select
it. In Borders and tables, it doesn't show that anything is there. What is this and how can I get rid of it? |
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How do I delete an unwanted dotted line in the middle of my text.
What version of Word are you using?
Is the line horizontal or vertical? If it's horizontal, does it extend all the way across the page or just from the left to the right margin? I'm assuming that it's not a section break, column break, or page break, since those are identified, at least in recent versions of Word. They can also be deleted. Does the line print? Does the line toggle on/off when you press Ctrl+Shift+8? If you copy that document and paste it into a new document, does the dotted line appear in the new document? The most frequent cause of lines suddenly appearing is the AutoFormat as You Type feature. When that happens, you can usually get rid of them by pressing Ctrl+Z (Undo) immediately. If you don't get rid of them immediately, then you usually need to select the paragraph immediately before or after the line and set borders to No Borders. It's often difficult to determine which paragraph such a line is associated with, but it's usually the paragraph immediately above the line. The fact that it's a dotted line, however, makes me think that it's not an automatic border. If you'd like, you can email me a copy of the document and I can take a look. If so, send to herb at herbtyson dot com. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "CJBauder" wrote in message ... I can't delete it. I didn't put it in, it just appeared. I can't even select it. In Borders and tables, it doesn't show that anything is there. What is this and how can I get rid of it? |
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How do I delete an unwanted dotted line in the middle of my text.
What version of Word are you using?
Is the line horizontal or vertical? If it's horizontal, does it extend all the way across the page or just from the left to the right margin? I'm assuming that it's not a section break, column break, or page break, since those are identified, at least in recent versions of Word. They can also be deleted. Does the line print? Does the line toggle on/off when you press Ctrl+Shift+8? If you copy that document and paste it into a new document, does the dotted line appear in the new document? The most frequent cause of lines suddenly appearing is the AutoFormat as You Type feature. When that happens, you can usually get rid of them by pressing Ctrl+Z (Undo) immediately. If you don't get rid of them immediately, then you usually need to select the paragraph immediately before or after the line and set borders to No Borders. It's often difficult to determine which paragraph such a line is associated with, but it's usually the paragraph immediately above the line. The fact that it's a dotted line, however, makes me think that it's not an automatic border. If you'd like, you can email me a copy of the document and I can take a look. If so, send to herb at herbtyson dot com. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "CJBauder" wrote in message ... I can't delete it. I didn't put it in, it just appeared. I can't even select it. In Borders and tables, it doesn't show that anything is there. What is this and how can I get rid of it? |
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How do I delete an unwanted dotted line in the middle of my text.
Does it show in Print Preview? Does is appear when printed on paper?
-TedMI "CJBauder" wrote in message ... I can't delete it. I didn't put it in, it just appeared. I can't even select it. In Borders and tables, it doesn't show that anything is there. What is this and how can I get rid of it? |
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How do I delete an unwanted dotted line in the middle of my text.
Does it show in Print Preview? Does is appear when printed on paper? -TedMI "CJBauder" wrote in message ... I can't delete it. I didn't put it in, it just appeared. I can't even select it. In Borders and tables, it doesn't show that anything is there. What is this and how can I get rid of it? |
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How do I delete an unwanted dotted line in the middle of my text.
For cause, cure, and prevention, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm If it's not a border, could it be a soft page break? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "CJBauder" wrote in message ... I can't delete it. I didn't put it in, it just appeared. I can't even select it. In Borders and tables, it doesn't show that anything is there. What is this and how can I get rid of it? |
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How do I delete an unwanted dotted line in the middle of my text.
For cause, cure, and prevention, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm If it's not a border, could it be a soft page break? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "CJBauder" wrote in message ... I can't delete it. I didn't put it in, it just appeared. I can't even select it. In Borders and tables, it doesn't show that anything is there. What is this and how can I get rid of it? |
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