A colleague asked for some help with a document that has a random indent on
the 1st line of a particular page. After trying some obvious things (removing
formatting, copying the text to a blank document) I came across a reference
to
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...lyIndented.htm on an earlier
thread here. The text in her document looks almost identical to the graphic
shown in terms of layout but I can't see a frame outline to remove it.

Does anyone know of any way to select the frame if I can't see it or, if
there really isn't a frame there, any other explanation for the indent?
(btw we use Word 2003)

Any help very gratefully received!
Nikki

It isn't necessarily a frame; it could be some other floating object.
Note that you can click the Select Object button on the Drawing
toolbar and then drag the mouse (while holding the left mouse button)
to force a selection of objects you cannot directly "see". If you find
something, just press Delete to get rid of it.

If only one page is affected, the object is probably not in the header
or footer, but you can try the procedure with and without the
header/footer area activated. (Use View | Header and Footer to
activate the header/footer area.)

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"nikkiLR" wrote in message
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A colleague asked for some help with a document that has a random
indent on
the 1st line of a particular page. After trying some obvious things
(removing
formatting, copying the text to a blank document) I came across a
reference
to
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...lyIndented.htm on an
earlier
thread here. The text in her document looks almost identical to the
graphic
shown in terms of layout but I can't see a frame outline to remove
it.

Does anyone know of any way to select the frame if I can't see it
or, if
there really isn't a frame there, any other explanation for the
indent?
(btw we use Word 2003)

Any help very gratefully received!
Nikki

On the Drawing toolbar, try clicking the Select Objects tool (usually, the
2nd tool from the left). That makes the pointer sensitive to/aware of
objects in the drawing layer.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
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"nikkiLR" wrote in message
...
A colleague asked for some help with a document that has a random indent on
the 1st line of a particular page. After trying some obvious things
(removing
formatting, copying the text to a blank document) I came across a
reference
to
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...lyIndented.htm on an
earlier
thread here. The text in her document looks almost identical to the
graphic
shown in terms of layout but I can't see a frame outline to remove it.

Does anyone know of any way to select the frame if I can't see it or, if
there really isn't a frame there, any other explanation for the indent?
(btw we use Word 2003)

Any help very gratefully received!
Nikki

Thank you so much! It was the tiniest frame/object (Word claims it is 0cm x
0cm!) just hanging around at the top of the page but your method found it in
no time at all. It didn't even occur to me to use Select Object.

My sanity thanks you ;-)
Nikki

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

It isn't necessarily a frame; it could be some other floating object.
Note that you can click the Select Object button on the Drawing
toolbar and then drag the mouse (while holding the left mouse button)
to force a selection of objects you cannot directly "see". If you find
something, just press Delete to get rid of it.

If only one page is affected, the object is probably not in the header
or footer, but you can try the procedure with and without the
header/footer area activated. (Use View | Header and Footer to
activate the header/footer area.)

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"nikkiLR" wrote in message
...
A colleague asked for some help with a document that has a random
indent on
the 1st line of a particular page. After trying some obvious things
(removing
formatting, copying the text to a blank document) I came across a
reference
to
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...lyIndented.htm on an
earlier
thread here. The text in her document looks almost identical to the
graphic
shown in terms of layout but I can't see a frame outline to remove
it.

Does anyone know of any way to select the frame if I can't see it
or, if
there really isn't a frame there, any other explanation for the
indent?
(btw we use Word 2003)

Any help very gratefully received!
Nikki

As I believe the page says, you may be better able to see the outline of the
frame (or other object) if you have "Text boundaries" checked on the View
tab of Tools | Options. For objects in the drawing layer, however, the
Select Objects tool (as others have suggested) will doubtless be more
helpful.

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

"nikkiLR" wrote in message
...
A colleague asked for some help with a document that has a random indent
on
the 1st line of a particular page. After trying some obvious things
(removing
formatting, copying the text to a blank document) I came across a
reference
to
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...lyIndented.htm on an
earlier
thread here. The text in her document looks almost identical to the
graphic
shown in terms of layout but I can't see a frame outline to remove it.

Does anyone know of any way to select the frame if I can't see it or, if
there really isn't a frame there, any other explanation for the indent?
(btw we use Word 2003)

Any help very gratefully received!
Nikki

Glad I could help.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"nikkiLR" wrote in message
...
Thank you so much! It was the tiniest frame/object (Word claims it
is 0cm x
0cm!) just hanging around at the top of the page but your method
found it in
no time at all. It didn't even occur to me to use Select Object.

My sanity thanks you ;-)
Nikki

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

It isn't necessarily a frame; it could be some other floating
object.
Note that you can click the Select Object button on the Drawing
toolbar and then drag the mouse (while holding the left mouse
button)
to force a selection of objects you cannot directly "see". If you
find
something, just press Delete to get rid of it.

If only one page is affected, the object is probably not in the
header
or footer, but you can try the procedure with and without the
header/footer area activated. (Use View | Header and Footer to
activate the header/footer area.)

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"nikkiLR" wrote in message
...
A colleague asked for some help with a document that has a
random
indent on
the 1st line of a particular page. After trying some obvious
things
(removing
formatting, copying the text to a blank document) I came across
a
reference
to
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...lyIndented.htm
on an
earlier
thread here. The text in her document looks almost identical to
the
graphic
shown in terms of layout but I can't see a frame outline to
remove
it.

Does anyone know of any way to select the frame if I can't see
it
or, if
there really isn't a frame there, any other explanation for the
indent?
(btw we use Word 2003)

Any help very gratefully received!
Nikki