Word 2000: little black square, cursor disappears, block stops, rogue linefeeds...

(3) I tried this in a document with a section break, and it flew right over
it, so that's not the issue. So I'm stumped by that one, but perhaps someone
who uses the keyboard more than I do (I use the mouse for selection) can
help out here.

(5) It sounds to me as if you're really flying blind. The indent could be a
tab or a hanging indent or a left indent. Using the ruler and displaying
nonprinting characters would help you troubleshoot these issues. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm

--
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.

wrote in message ...
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

Wrt (3), how are you selecting the text? With the mouse or keyboard? I'm
wondering if the selection stops (or at least hesitates) at a section
break,
wrapped graphic, or the like.


Keyboard, using shift and downarrow

Wrt (5), do the "random linefeeds" occur in pasted text? (If so, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm). And are they
really
manual line breaks (with nonprinting characters displayed, you'll see a
bent
arrow)? Or are they just places where a line breaks sooner than
expected. Or
by "linefeeds" do you mean extra, unexpected spaces between lines of
text
(such as might be caused by Space Before/After)?


They are bent arrows (hard line break?). As far as I know not in pasted
text
(unless the author has done this to the original file)

I also have a problem where sometimes a line gets indented and I can't
remove
the indent without retyping the last word on the previous line and the
first
word on this line.I think with all these problems there is a chance that
the
original author played with various settings of styles (I am editing
someone
elses document)..

3 Sometimes when I block large chunks of text the block reaches
a
stop and I have to deal with that and then select a new block.

4 Sometimes the delete key will not delete and I have to block
mark
and then delete.

5 Sometimes random linefeeds seem to occur and break up
continuous
text.

When you are formatting the numbering, set the alignment to Right instead of
Left and your numbers will align on the ones digit.

--
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.

wrote in message ...
Frankly I'm nervous about doing this, because patches often seem to
introduce
new problems and this is now my livelihood! For example, various articles
say
the SP 2(?) causes Word to freeze!

There is this risk with all software. On the whole my original Word 2000
works
well, with the exception of the problems described (which may be due to
the
original author playing with stuff). The only real bug I've ever noticed
until
I tried to edit the current file is that in numbering, the single numbers
line
up with the tens in the double, ie they do not comply with mathematical
(Tidy)
practice...

An example of the reason for my caution about software is yesterday I
installed
the anti-virus software Vet. Now it takes control of my browser and takes
me to
trial redirection pages that don't redirect. It hangs up my machine when
I try
to delete it. And generally it's messed up everything so that I shall
probably
have to takes hours to clean my disk and reinstall all my software!

Shauna Kelly wrote:

Hi aalaan

I'm using Word 2000 with no updates

Then it's time to update! Go to
http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/default.aspx and click "Check for
updates"
in roughly the top right-hand corner.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

wrote in message
...
Hi all you experts!

I'm using Word 2000 with no updates. I have a handful of very
irritating problems and would be gald of your expert answers.

1 What are the little black squares in several places in (someone
else's) documents? I can't reach them with the cursor. How can I get
rid of them?

2 Every now and then the cursor disappears completely and I'm
flying
blind. OK in other places in the document. What's happening?

3 Sometimes when I block large chunks of text the block reaches a
stop and I have to deal with that and then select a new block.

4 Sometimes the delete key will not delete and I have to block mark
and then delete.

5 Sometimes random linefeeds seem to occur and break up continuous
text.

6 I need to work with 50,000-word and up documents. Is thi size a
particular danger?

Your replies to any of these will save my sanity! Thanks

aalaan

Thanks Suzanne for all your good help. I may have posted some of this before
and if so I apologise. This is a summary of where I am:

1 I have been able to remove the "keep together" square blocks in the left
margin.

2 I have established that my large document was indeed corrupt because trying
to put in headers showed things like 'section 1, section 2...' etc. and I knew I
only had one section! Sure enough there was a rogue section break, which I
deleted.

3 I do back up to floppies (or did!) so possibly that's the reason I got
corrupt stuff beginning to happen. I now intend to copy whole files to floppies
under Explorer. Is that OK?

4 I have noticed bits of text disappearing randomly. But they are apparently
on the display only and don't permanently alter the file. Please confirm.

5 I continue to have problems with headers, eg the PAGENUM functiuon increments
so I get page 1 or 1, 181 of 181, etc.

6 What I am thinking of doing is a complete re-install of Word (2000) from the
CD. Will this give me a clean normal.dot or is there a better way? I will
check the 'prompt me before updating normal.dot' which I understand is a
recommended procedure.

If you able to reply directly on this rarther than links to MVP site it would be
good, unless of course the answers are lengthy. We are getting to a point where
I may have to ask you to name a charity of your choice that I can contribute to
in recognition of the great work you've done



Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

When you are formatting the numbering, set the alignment to Right instead of
Left and your numbers will align on the ones digit.

--
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.

wrote in message ...
Frankly I'm nervous about doing this, because patches often seem to
introduce
new problems and this is now my livelihood! For example, various articles
say
the SP 2(?) causes Word to freeze!

There is this risk with all software. On the whole my original Word 2000
works
well, with the exception of the problems described (which may be due to
the
original author playing with stuff). The only real bug I've ever noticed
until
I tried to edit the current file is that in numbering, the single numbers
line
up with the tens in the double, ie they do not comply with mathematical
(Tidy)
practice...

An example of the reason for my caution about software is yesterday I
installed
the anti-virus software Vet. Now it takes control of my browser and takes
me to
trial redirection pages that don't redirect. It hangs up my machine when
I try
to delete it. And generally it's messed up everything so that I shall
probably
have to takes hours to clean my disk and reinstall all my software!

Shauna Kelly wrote:

Hi aalaan

I'm using Word 2000 with no updates

Then it's time to update! Go to
http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/default.aspx and click "Check for
updates"
in roughly the top right-hand corner.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

wrote in message
...
Hi all you experts!

I'm using Word 2000 with no updates. I have a handful of very
irritating problems and would be gald of your expert answers.

1 What are the little black squares in several places in (someone
else's) documents? I can't reach them with the cursor. How can I get
rid of them?

2 Every now and then the cursor disappears completely and I'm
flying
blind. OK in other places in the document. What's happening?

3 Sometimes when I block large chunks of text the block reaches a
stop and I have to deal with that and then select a new block.

4 Sometimes the delete key will not delete and I have to block mark
and then delete.

5 Sometimes random linefeeds seem to occur and break up continuous
text.

6 I need to work with 50,000-word and up documents. Is thi size a
particular danger?

Your replies to any of these will save my sanity! Thanks

aalaan

3. Back up on floppies from Windows? Yes. Not from Word.

5. Page 181 of 181...

There is a bug in Word that is different in different versions (including
different SRs).
See http://www.addbalance.com/word/pagexofy.htm or
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/PageXofY.htm for information on Page
X of Y problems. You may also want to take a look at:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...eNumbering.htm. If it applies
you may also want to look at
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/PageNumber0.htm.

6. Reinstall to get new normal.dot. Not only overkill but it won't work. See
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErr...ocNotBlank.htm.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to
the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom.


wrote in message ...
Thanks Suzanne for all your good help. I may have posted some of this
before
and if so I apologise. This is a summary of where I am:

1 I have been able to remove the "keep together" square blocks in the
left
margin.

2 I have established that my large document was indeed corrupt because
trying
to put in headers showed things like 'section 1, section 2...' etc. and I
knew I
only had one section! Sure enough there was a rogue section break, which
I
deleted.

3 I do back up to floppies (or did!) so possibly that's the reason I got
corrupt stuff beginning to happen. I now intend to copy whole files to
floppies
under Explorer. Is that OK?

4 I have noticed bits of text disappearing randomly. But they are
apparently
on the display only and don't permanently alter the file. Please confirm.

5 I continue to have problems with headers, eg the PAGENUM functiuon
increments
so I get page 1 or 1, 181 of 181, etc.

6 What I am thinking of doing is a complete re-install of Word (2000)
from the
CD. Will this give me a clean normal.dot or is there a better way? I
will
check the 'prompt me before updating normal.dot' which I understand is a
recommended procedure.

If you able to reply directly on this rarther than links to MVP site it
would be
good, unless of course the answers are lengthy. We are getting to a point
where
I may have to ask you to name a charity of your choice that I can
contribute to
in recognition of the great work you've done



Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

When you are formatting the numbering, set the alignment to Right instead
of
Left and your numbers will align on the ones digit.

--
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.

wrote in message ...
Frankly I'm nervous about doing this, because patches often seem to
introduce
new problems and this is now my livelihood! For example, various
articles
say
the SP 2(?) causes Word to freeze!

There is this risk with all software. On the whole my original Word
2000
works
well, with the exception of the problems described (which may be due to
the
original author playing with stuff). The only real bug I've ever
noticed
until
I tried to edit the current file is that in numbering, the single
numbers
line
up with the tens in the double, ie they do not comply with mathematical
(Tidy)
practice...

An example of the reason for my caution about software is yesterday I
installed
the anti-virus software Vet. Now it takes control of my browser and
takes
me to
trial redirection pages that don't redirect. It hangs up my machine
when
I try
to delete it. And generally it's messed up everything so that I shall
probably
have to takes hours to clean my disk and reinstall all my software!

Shauna Kelly wrote:

Hi aalaan

I'm using Word 2000 with no updates

Then it's time to update! Go to
http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/default.aspx and click "Check for
updates"
in roughly the top right-hand corner.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

wrote in message
...
Hi all you experts!

I'm using Word 2000 with no updates. I have a handful of very
irritating problems and would be gald of your expert answers.

1 What are the little black squares in several places in
(someone
else's) documents? I can't reach them with the cursor. How can I
get
rid of them?

2 Every now and then the cursor disappears completely and I'm
flying
blind. OK in other places in the document. What's happening?

3 Sometimes when I block large chunks of text the block reaches
a
stop and I have to deal with that and then select a new block.

4 Sometimes the delete key will not delete and I have to block
mark
and then delete.

5 Sometimes random linefeeds seem to occur and break up
continuous
text.

6 I need to work with 50,000-word and up documents. Is thi size
a
particular danger?

Your replies to any of these will save my sanity! Thanks

aalaan

Hi aalaan

I've used Vet or one of its derivatives for years. It sounds like you have
really awful problems and not what should be expected. Their technical
support people are really good. If I were you, I'd give them a ring:
http://www.vet.com.au/html/contact/

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


wrote in message ...
Frankly I'm nervous about doing this, because patches often seem to
introduce
new problems and this is now my livelihood! For example, various articles
say
the SP 2(?) causes Word to freeze!

There is this risk with all software. On the whole my original Word 2000
works
well, with the exception of the problems described (which may be due to
the
original author playing with stuff). The only real bug I've ever noticed
until
I tried to edit the current file is that in numbering, the single numbers
line
up with the tens in the double, ie they do not comply with mathematical
(Tidy)
practice...

An example of the reason for my caution about software is yesterday I
installed
the anti-virus software Vet. Now it takes control of my browser and takes
me to
trial redirection pages that don't redirect. It hangs up my machine when
I try
to delete it. And generally it's messed up everything so that I shall
probably
have to takes hours to clean my disk and reinstall all my software!

Shauna Kelly wrote:

Hi aalaan

I'm using Word 2000 with no updates

Then it's time to update! Go to
http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/default.aspx and click "Check for
updates"
in roughly the top right-hand corner.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

wrote in message ...
Hi all you experts!

I'm using Word 2000 with no updates. I have a handful of very
irritating problems and would be gald of your expert answers.

1 What are the little black squares in several places in (someone
else's) documents? I can't reach them with the cursor. How can I get
rid of them?

2 Every now and then the cursor disappears completely and I'm flying
blind. OK in other places in the document. What's happening?

3 Sometimes when I block large chunks of text the block reaches a
stop and I have to deal with that and then select a new block.

4 Sometimes the delete key will not delete and I have to block mark
and then delete.

5 Sometimes random linefeeds seem to occur and break up continuous
text.

6 I need to work with 50,000-word and up documents. Is thi size a
particular danger?

Your replies to any of these will save my sanity! Thanks

aalaan

4 I have noticed bits of text disappearing randomly. But they are
apparently
on the display only and don't permanently alter the file. Please confirm.

I suspect that this is a display issue. I'd download the latest drivers from
the website of the manufacturers of your video card and monitor for your
version of Windows.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


wrote in message ...
Thanks Suzanne for all your good help. I may have posted some of this
before
and if so I apologise. This is a summary of where I am:

1 I have been able to remove the "keep together" square blocks in the
left
margin.

2 I have established that my large document was indeed corrupt because
trying
to put in headers showed things like 'section 1, section 2...' etc. and I
knew I
only had one section! Sure enough there was a rogue section break, which
I
deleted.

3 I do back up to floppies (or did!) so possibly that's the reason I got
corrupt stuff beginning to happen. I now intend to copy whole files to
floppies
under Explorer. Is that OK?

4 I have noticed bits of text disappearing randomly. But they are
apparently
on the display only and don't permanently alter the file. Please confirm.

5 I continue to have problems with headers, eg the PAGENUM functiuon
increments
so I get page 1 or 1, 181 of 181, etc.

6 What I am thinking of doing is a complete re-install of Word (2000)
from the
CD. Will this give me a clean normal.dot or is there a better way? I
will
check the 'prompt me before updating normal.dot' which I understand is a
recommended procedure.

If you able to reply directly on this rarther than links to MVP site it
would be
good, unless of course the answers are lengthy. We are getting to a point
where
I may have to ask you to name a charity of your choice that I can
contribute to
in recognition of the great work you've done



Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

When you are formatting the numbering, set the alignment to Right instead
of
Left and your numbers will align on the ones digit.

--
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.

wrote in message ...
Frankly I'm nervous about doing this, because patches often seem to
introduce
new problems and this is now my livelihood! For example, various
articles
say
the SP 2(?) causes Word to freeze!

There is this risk with all software. On the whole my original Word
2000
works
well, with the exception of the problems described (which may be due to
the
original author playing with stuff). The only real bug I've ever
noticed
until
I tried to edit the current file is that in numbering, the single
numbers
line
up with the tens in the double, ie they do not comply with mathematical
(Tidy)
practice...

An example of the reason for my caution about software is yesterday I
installed
the anti-virus software Vet. Now it takes control of my browser and
takes
me to
trial redirection pages that don't redirect. It hangs up my machine
when
I try
to delete it. And generally it's messed up everything so that I shall
probably
have to takes hours to clean my disk and reinstall all my software!

Shauna Kelly wrote:

Hi aalaan

I'm using Word 2000 with no updates

Then it's time to update! Go to
http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/default.aspx and click "Check for
updates"
in roughly the top right-hand corner.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

wrote in message
...
Hi all you experts!

I'm using Word 2000 with no updates. I have a handful of very
irritating problems and would be gald of your expert answers.

1 What are the little black squares in several places in
(someone
else's) documents? I can't reach them with the cursor. How can I
get
rid of them?

2 Every now and then the cursor disappears completely and I'm
flying
blind. OK in other places in the document. What's happening?

3 Sometimes when I block large chunks of text the block reaches
a
stop and I have to deal with that and then select a new block.

4 Sometimes the delete key will not delete and I have to block
mark
and then delete.

5 Sometimes random linefeeds seem to occur and break up
continuous
text.

6 I need to work with 50,000-word and up documents. Is thi size
a
particular danger?

Your replies to any of these will save my sanity! Thanks

aalaan

Although I did have peekaboo text in one of my documents that was corrupted.

--
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.

"Shauna Kelly" wrote in message
...

4 I have noticed bits of text disappearing randomly. But they are
apparently
on the display only and don't permanently alter the file. Please
confirm.

I suspect that this is a display issue. I'd download the latest drivers
from
the website of the manufacturers of your video card and monitor for your
version of Windows.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


wrote in message
...
Thanks Suzanne for all your good help. I may have posted some of this
before
and if so I apologise. This is a summary of where I am:

1 I have been able to remove the "keep together" square blocks in the
left
margin.

2 I have established that my large document was indeed corrupt because
trying
to put in headers showed things like 'section 1, section 2...' etc. and
I
knew I
only had one section! Sure enough there was a rogue section break,
which
I
deleted.

3 I do back up to floppies (or did!) so possibly that's the reason I
got
corrupt stuff beginning to happen. I now intend to copy whole files to
floppies
under Explorer. Is that OK?

4 I have noticed bits of text disappearing randomly. But they are
apparently
on the display only and don't permanently alter the file. Please
confirm.

5 I continue to have problems with headers, eg the PAGENUM functiuon
increments
so I get page 1 or 1, 181 of 181, etc.

6 What I am thinking of doing is a complete re-install of Word (2000)
from the
CD. Will this give me a clean normal.dot or is there a better way? I
will
check the 'prompt me before updating normal.dot' which I understand is a
recommended procedure.

If you able to reply directly on this rarther than links to MVP site it
would be
good, unless of course the answers are lengthy. We are getting to a
point
where
I may have to ask you to name a charity of your choice that I can
contribute to
in recognition of the great work you've done



Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

When you are formatting the numbering, set the alignment to Right
instead
of
Left and your numbers will align on the ones digit.

--
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.

wrote in message
...
Frankly I'm nervous about doing this, because patches often seem to
introduce
new problems and this is now my livelihood! For example, various
articles
say
the SP 2(?) causes Word to freeze!

There is this risk with all software. On the whole my original Word
2000
works
well, with the exception of the problems described (which may be due
to
the
original author playing with stuff). The only real bug I've ever
noticed
until
I tried to edit the current file is that in numbering, the single
numbers
line
up with the tens in the double, ie they do not comply with
mathematical
(Tidy)
practice...

An example of the reason for my caution about software is yesterday I
installed
the anti-virus software Vet. Now it takes control of my browser and
takes
me to
trial redirection pages that don't redirect. It hangs up my machine
when
I try
to delete it. And generally it's messed up everything so that I
shall
probably
have to takes hours to clean my disk and reinstall all my software!

Shauna Kelly wrote:

Hi aalaan

I'm using Word 2000 with no updates

Then it's time to update! Go to
http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/default.aspx and click "Check for
updates"
in roughly the top right-hand corner.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

wrote in message
...
Hi all you experts!

I'm using Word 2000 with no updates. I have a handful of very
irritating problems and would be gald of your expert answers.

1 What are the little black squares in several places in
(someone
else's) documents? I can't reach them with the cursor. How can
I
get
rid of them?

2 Every now and then the cursor disappears completely and I'm
flying
blind. OK in other places in the document. What's happening?

3 Sometimes when I block large chunks of text the block
reaches
a
stop and I have to deal with that and then select a new block.

4 Sometimes the delete key will not delete and I have to block
mark
and then delete.

5 Sometimes random linefeeds seem to occur and break up
continuous
text.

6 I need to work with 50,000-word and up documents. Is thi
size
a
particular danger?

Your replies to any of these will save my sanity! Thanks

aalaan