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I highlighted the entire text and used "Ctrl Q" as recmmended at (http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.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 ha
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 i
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 mor
fiddly than the older version I have used for years
Any help would be appreciated
Thank You.
Previous Posts In This Thread:
Dotted line to remove
I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something I did ha
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 i
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 mor
fiddly than the older version I have used for years
Any help would be appreciated
Thank You.
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.ht
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Graham Mayor - Word MV
My web site www.gmayor.co
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.or
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
That's assuming it is not just a page break.--Suzanne S.
That's assuming it is not just a page break
-
Suzanne S. Barnhil
Microsoft MVP (Word
Words into Typ
Fairhope, Alabama US
http://word.mvps.org
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 pag
breaks when the line first appeared. Does that help
Regard
Marcu
:
"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 yo
have nonprinting characters displayed. "Hard" (manual) page breaks ar
displayed in all views as a dotted line with the words "Page Break" in th
center
But if this dotted line is a border, you may have to remove it from severa
successive paragraphs before you get rid of it entirely
-
Suzanne S. Barnhil
Microsoft MVP (Word
Words into Typ
Fairhope, Alabama US
http://word.mvps.org
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 throug
all the Help answers in Word. No success so I did it the hard way, by savin
what I could, retyping the faulty bits and merged them so I now have a 3
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 scen
change in what I wrote. I centred (UK spelling) the break and immediately
dotted line appeared. I was able to remove it by clicking on the 'und
typing' icon
I experimented further and found that anytime I put in 3 or more * asterisk
- 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 o
the cause
Many thanks for your help
Regards to you both
Marcus
:
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/CantGetRidOfLine.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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Works OK here...
Works OK here...
Works here too...--Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
Works here too...
--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
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
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
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
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/CantGetRidOfLine.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
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)
Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
WPF GridView Sample To Insert, Update, and Delete Records
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorial...a-c9a46fd3aeb2/wpf-gridview-sample-to-in.aspx
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 ha
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 i
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 mor
fiddly than the older version I have used for years
Any help would be appreciated
Thank You.
Previous Posts In This Thread:
Dotted line to remove
I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something I did ha
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 i
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 mor
fiddly than the older version I have used for years
Any help would be appreciated
Thank You.
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.ht
-
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<
Graham Mayor - Word MV
My web site www.gmayor.co
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.or
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
That's assuming it is not just a page break.--Suzanne S.
That's assuming it is not just a page break
-
Suzanne S. Barnhil
Microsoft MVP (Word
Words into Typ
Fairhope, Alabama US
http://word.mvps.org
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 pag
breaks when the line first appeared. Does that help
Regard
Marcu
:
"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 yo
have nonprinting characters displayed. "Hard" (manual) page breaks ar
displayed in all views as a dotted line with the words "Page Break" in th
center
But if this dotted line is a border, you may have to remove it from severa
successive paragraphs before you get rid of it entirely
-
Suzanne S. Barnhil
Microsoft MVP (Word
Words into Typ
Fairhope, Alabama US
http://word.mvps.org
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 throug
all the Help answers in Word. No success so I did it the hard way, by savin
what I could, retyping the faulty bits and merged them so I now have a 3
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 scen
change in what I wrote. I centred (UK spelling) the break and immediately
dotted line appeared. I was able to remove it by clicking on the 'und
typing' icon
I experimented further and found that anytime I put in 3 or more * asterisk
- 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 o
the cause
Many thanks for your help
Regards to you both
Marcus
:
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/CantGetRidOfLine.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
thegh30lyonnat
the
gh
30
ly
on
n
at
Works OK here...
Works OK here...
Works here too...--Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
Works here too...
--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
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
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
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
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/CantGetRidOfLine.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
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)
Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
WPF GridView Sample To Insert, Update, and Delete Records
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorial...a-c9a46fd3aeb2/wpf-gridview-sample-to-in.aspx