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"Ghost" test with dotted underline??
I'm using Word 2000. A document has a few lines of text - the only thing on
that page - that have a dotted underline. These lines are also apparently "ghosts". They have no formatting, and don't show up in a print preview. I can copy and paste with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V, but I can't Paste as Unformatted Text. The text doesn't show up in a word count, either. And if I turn off "Show Invisibles", it disappears. The doc did have Track Changes turned on, but I tuned it off and accepted all changes. What am I dealing with? Ed |
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"Ghost" test with dotted underline??
A dotted underline indicates that the text is formatted as Hidden (Format |
Font). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Ed" wrote in message ... I'm using Word 2000. A document has a few lines of text - the only thing on that page - that have a dotted underline. These lines are also apparently "ghosts". They have no formatting, and don't show up in a print preview. I can copy and paste with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V, but I can't Paste as Unformatted Text. The text doesn't show up in a word count, either. And if I turn off "Show Invisibles", it disappears. The doc did have Track Changes turned on, but I tuned it off and accepted all changes. What am I dealing with? Ed |
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"Ghost" test with dotted underline??
Ed wrote:
I'm using Word 2000. A document has a few lines of text - the only thing on that page - that have a dotted underline. These lines are also apparently "ghosts". They have no formatting, and don't show up in a print preview. I can copy and paste with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V, but I can't Paste as Unformatted Text. The text doesn't show up in a word count, either. And if I turn off "Show Invisibles", it disappears. The doc did have Track Changes turned on, but I tuned it off and accepted all changes. What am I dealing with? Ed It sounds like that text is formatted with the Hidden font attribute. Select it, then open the Format Font dialog. If the Hidden box is checked, uncheck it. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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"Ghost" test with dotted underline??
Sounds as if it could be Hidden Text. Go to Format |Font and see if hidden
text is selcted. If so, deselect it and then you should be able to delete. I hope this has been helpful to you. "Ed" wrote: I'm using Word 2000. A document has a few lines of text - the only thing on that page - that have a dotted underline. These lines are also apparently "ghosts". They have no formatting, and don't show up in a print preview. I can copy and paste with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V, but I can't Paste as Unformatted Text. The text doesn't show up in a word count, either. And if I turn off "Show Invisibles", it disappears. The doc did have Track Changes turned on, but I tuned it off and accepted all changes. What am I dealing with? Ed |
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"Ghost" test with dotted underline??
Hidden it was! I've never run into that before, and was really stumped.
Thank you. Ed "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Ed wrote: I'm using Word 2000. A document has a few lines of text - the only thing on that page - that have a dotted underline. These lines are also apparently "ghosts". They have no formatting, and don't show up in a print preview. I can copy and paste with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V, but I can't Paste as Unformatted Text. The text doesn't show up in a word count, either. And if I turn off "Show Invisibles", it disappears. The doc did have Track Changes turned on, but I tuned it off and accepted all changes. What am I dealing with? Ed It sounds like that text is formatted with the Hidden font attribute. Select it, then open the Format Font dialog. If the Hidden box is checked, uncheck it. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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"Ghost" test with dotted underline??
Hidden it was! I've never run into that before, and was really stumped.
Thank you. Ed "Carol" wrote in message ... Sounds as if it could be Hidden Text. Go to Format |Font and see if hidden text is selcted. If so, deselect it and then you should be able to delete. I hope this has been helpful to you. "Ed" wrote: I'm using Word 2000. A document has a few lines of text - the only thing on that page - that have a dotted underline. These lines are also apparently "ghosts". They have no formatting, and don't show up in a print preview. I can copy and paste with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V, but I can't Paste as Unformatted Text. The text doesn't show up in a word count, either. And if I turn off "Show Invisibles", it disappears. The doc did have Track Changes turned on, but I tuned it off and accepted all changes. What am I dealing with? Ed |
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