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From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 9 Feb 2010 19:05
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--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"MikeB" <mpbrede(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:b3b9b2bc-87be-49a5-b00d-8b8a6a9a30f7(a)x22g2000yqx.googlegroups.com...
On Feb 9, 3:25 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...(a)mvps.org> wrote:
> 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 USAhttp://word.mvps.org
>
> "Marcus M" <Marc...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:6502EED5-558A-4CA0-97C2-7C7E2261204A(a)microsoft.com...
>
> > Hello again,
>
> > The position now is this.
>
> > I tried again and followed all your recommendations and also went
> > through
> > all the Help answers in Word. No success so I did it the hard way, by
> > saving
> > what I could, retyping the faulty bits and merged them so I now have a
> > 30
> > 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
> > scene
> > change in what I wrote. I centred (UK spelling) the break and
> > immediately
> > a
> > dotted line appeared. I was able to remove it by clicking on the 'undo
> > typing' icon.
>
> > I experimented further and found that anytime I put in 3 or more *
> > asterisks
> > - 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
> > on
> > the cause.
>
> > Many thanks for your help.
>
> > Regards to you both.
>
> > Marcus.
>
> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> >> "Soft" page breaks are displayed (in Normal view) as a dotted line when
> >> you
> >> have nonprinting characters displayed. "Hard" (manual) page breaks are
> >> displayed in all views as a dotted line with the words "Page Break" in
> >> the
> >> center.
>
> >> But if this dotted line is a border, you may have to remove it from
> >> several
> >> successive paragraphs before you get rid of it entirely.
>
> >> --
> >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> >> Words into Type
> >> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >>http://word.mvps.org
>
> >> "Marcus M" <Marc...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>news:CE5FD454-CB39-4A1A-9370-566EA1DE1D6E(a)microsoft.com...
> >> > Thank you both for your prompt response.
>
> >> > Graham: I have followed the link you sent - it doesn't work for me.
>
> >> > Suzanne: I see you as one of the co-authors. I recall I was looking
> >> > at
> >> > page
> >> > breaks when the line first appeared. Does that help?
>
> >> > Regards
>
> >> > Marcus
> >> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> >> >> That's assuming it's not just a page break.
>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> >> >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> >> >> Words into Type
> >> >> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >> >>http://word.mvps.org
>
> >> >> "Graham Mayor" <gma...(a)REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote in message
> >> >>news:%23VIAInKqKHA.1552(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> >> > Seehttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.htm
>
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
> >> >> > Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>
> >> >> > My web sitewww.gmayor.com
> >> >> > Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
> >> >> > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>
> >> >> > "Marcus M" <Marcus M @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> >news:7B118D72-BB41-4E37-91B6-EA29A5B702C2(a)microsoft.com...
> >> >> >>I have just been editing a multi-page word document and something
> >> >> >>I
> >> >> >>did
> >> >> >>has
> >> >> >> made a dotted line appear. It goes across the page from margin to
> >> >> >> margin.
> >> >> >> Whatever I do to try to remove it doesn't seem to work. The line
> >> >> >> was
> >> >> >> not
> >> >> >> in
> >> >> >> 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
> >> >> >> more
> >> >> >> fiddly than the older version I have used for years.
>
> >> >> >> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> >> >> >> Thank You.
>
> >> >> .
>
> >> .

Don't know if it is just for me, but both the link in your post and
the link in an earlier post gets somewhere, then gets redirected and
then shows a 4040 page error (or at least a soft 4040 that Google
intercepts).

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