Re: Slightly OT, but need help with MS Word on Win98!
"MEB" <meb@not
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| "Robert A. Macy" <macy@california.com> wrote in message
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| | On Oct 14, 2:57 pm, thanatoid <wait...@the.exit.invalid> wrote:
| | > "Robert A. Macy" <m...@california.com> wrote
| innews:1192398510.266260.13060@v29g2000prd.googlegroups.com:
| | >
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| | >
| | >
| | > > On Oct 10, 1:53 pm, "Jeff Richards" <JRicha...@msn.com.au>
| | > > wrote:
| | > >> Find a page with the line on it. If there are multiple
| | > >> pages with lines, choose one where the line first appears.
| | >
| | > >> Insert page breaks in front of each line of text on the
| | > >> page, from the bottom up. After inserting one of the
| | > >> breaks the line will move to the next page and will
| | > >> disappear from the current page. That line will contain
| | > >> the footnote reference. Examine the line closely to see
| | > >> where it is. If necessary, turn on all options (Tools /
| | > >> Options / View) to see it. Once identified, the others
| | > >> should be easier to find.
| | >
| | > >> A hex editor is no use. As a last resort you can export
| | > >> the text to a text file and paste it back in, but that
| | > >> destroys your formatting. You won't find ^e and ^f
| | > >> because the footnote is empty. Saving the file as WordPad
| | > >> and then importing it may work, if WordPad doesn't support
| | > >> footnotes. --
| | > >> Jeff Richards
| | > >> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
| | >
| | > > Jeff,
| | >
| | > > Thank you for your reply. You're right about the hex
| | > > editor's effectiveness. To expedite, I copied the whole,
| | > > now 110 pages, into a sacrificial copy and removed all but
| | > > the last page. The line remained. I tried removing one
| | > > text line at a time, until I was down to the last text
| | > > line. The drawn in line was still there. I then removed
| | > > every character in the text line and only when I removed
| | > > the last character, no idea because there was no space, or
| | > > ability to go passed that remaining character. Only when
| | > > the last del stroke removed something, did the line
| | > > disappear.
| | >
| | > > I think you're right. It must be some kind of footnote,
| | > > but still how to get rid of it without deleting all the
| | > > text?
| | >
| | > > Robert
| | >
| | > Even though you apparently paid no attention to my last post,
| | > here's another idea.
| | >
| | > Could you have possibly made an underlined tab at the end of
| | > your document?- Hide quoted text -
| | >
| | > - Show quoted text -
| |
| | I paid attention. But, your reply had no steps of action to follow, so
| | I couldn't try them out and let you know.
| |
| | However, I DID file away two concepts from your reply:
| | 1) Word is a terrible editor
| | 2) There may be a template that was inadvertently changed and is being
| | used.
| |
| | Recent news: I just now found how to make the drawn line.
| |
| | Cursor on first character position of a text line. Hit the minus key
| | drawing a line across the page, until the cursor is at the last
| | character position. You will have a series of articulated dashes
| | appearing on the screen. The second you hit enter in an attempt to
| | move the cursor to the next line Word changes the articulated dashes
| | into a solid line that now has strange characteristic of not ever
| | being able to put the cursor on that line again.
|
| That is part of the autoformat aspect in Word.
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| |
| | *IF* you can get the cursor passed the line [even empty text lines
| | after the drawn line], the line is easy to remove by putting the
| | cursor at the start of the text line above the drawn line [remember
| | the cursor will not go to the drawn line], hit del key and the drawn
| | line disappears with the cursor properly sitting on the text line that
| | was directly after the drawn line.
| |
| | *IF* there is no text line after the drawn line, placing the cursor at
| | the start of the text line just before the drawn line, hitting the del
| | key DOES NOT REMOVE the drawn line. Instead, the delete function
| | removes the text line you're on, moves the cursor up one text line,
| | and the drawn line follows appropriately and remains 'permanently.'
| |
| | Now, knowing the origin, any ideas how to get rid of it?
| |
| | Robert
| |
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| I think there is a short cut key press to use, but I can't remember what
| it is.
The short-cut keys are pressing *ctrl-Z* immediately after the autoformat
change.
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| If you wish to remove the autoformatted line click Edit > UnDo
autoformat -
| immediately after it is changed.
|
| If you wish to NOT have a document autoformatted, turn it or parts off by
| either:
|
| Format > Autoformat > change the settings on the various tabs
| Tools > AutoCorrect > change the settings on the various tabs
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| Tick what you want or untick all. Autoformat as you type will likely have
| what you need.
|
| Might also want to check in Tools > Options > various settings you may
want
| to change
|
| NOTE: changing any settings will make them the default.
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