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Old February 8th, 2010, 11:26 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Marcus M[_3_]
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Default Dotted line to remove

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.


  #2  
Old February 8th, 2010, 11:30 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Graham Mayor
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Default Dotted line to remove

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Marcus M" Marcus M @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
...
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.




  #3  
Old February 8th, 2010, 03:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default Dotted line to remove

That's assuming it's not just a page break.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Marcus M" Marcus M @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
...
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.






  #4  
Old February 8th, 2010, 05:37 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Marcus M[_2_]
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Default Dotted line to remove

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" wrote in message
...
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Marcus M" Marcus M @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
...
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.






.

  #5  
Old February 8th, 2010, 07:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Posts: 31,786
Default Dotted line to remove

"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" wrote in message
...
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" wrote in message
...
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Marcus M" Marcus M @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
...
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.






.



  #6  
Old February 9th, 2010, 08:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Marcus M[_2_]
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Posts: 3
Default Dotted line to remove

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" wrote in message
...
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" wrote in message
...
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Marcus M" Marcus M @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
...
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.






.



.

  #7  
Old February 9th, 2010, 10:25 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Suzanne S. Barnhill
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 31,786
Default Dotted line to remove

If you had actually read the article Graham referred you to
(http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.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

"Marcus M" wrote in message
...
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" wrote in message
...
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" wrote in message
...
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Marcus M" Marcus M @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
...
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.






.



.



  #8  
Old February 9th, 2010, 10:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
MikeB
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Default Dotted line to remove

On Feb 9, 3:25*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
If you had actually read the article Graham referred you to
(http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.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" wrote in message

...

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" wrote in message
...
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" wrote in message
.. .
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
...
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).
  #9  
Old February 9th, 2010, 11:25 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Gordon[_13_]
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Default Dotted line to remove


"MikeB" wrote in message
...

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).


Works OK here...

  #10  
Old February 10th, 2010, 12:09 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Terry Farrell
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Default Dotted line to remove

Works here too...

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"MikeB" wrote in message
...
On Feb 9, 3:25 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
If you had actually read the article Graham referred you to
(http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.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" wrote in message

...

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" wrote in message
...
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" wrote in message
.. .
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
...
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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