Soft return not working?

I have XP Pro installed and I have always been able to
use the Shift+Enter to create a 'soft carriage return' on
a document. For some reason it doesn't appear to work
now.

I have my normal.dot set up with 6 point after spacing
and the only way I can insert a line break with no
spacing is to use Insert/Break/text wrapping break. I
don't want to change the formatting of my normal.dot.
Any suggestions anyone?

Shift-Enter inserts a manual line break. I'm not aware of anything that
would change this behavior other than a custom keyboard shortcut.
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Charles Kenyon

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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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I have XP Pro installed and I have always been able to
use the Shift+Enter to create a 'soft carriage return' on
a document. For some reason it doesn't appear to work
now.

I have my normal.dot set up with 6 point after spacing
and the only way I can insert a line break with no
spacing is to use Insert/Break/text wrapping break. I
don't want to change the formatting of my normal.dot.
Any suggestions anyone?

You would think that would work but I assure it doesn't
on my current keyboard. I will look into the custom
keyboard idea, although I don't hold out much hope as
this is a 'virgin' brand new keyboard and system.

Thanks
-----Original Message-----
Shift-Enter inserts a manual line break. I'm not aware
of anything that
would change this behavior other than a custom keyboard
shortcut.
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is
awesome!
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"Jan" wrote in
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I have XP Pro installed and I have always been able to
use the Shift+Enter to create a 'soft carriage return'
on
a document. For some reason it doesn't appear to work
now.

I have my normal.dot set up with 6 point after spacing
and the only way I can insert a line break with no
spacing is to use Insert/Break/text wrapping break. I
don't want to change the formatting of my normal.dot.
Any suggestions anyone?


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Not a "custom keyboard" but a "custom keyboard shortcut" in Word. You may
have redefined this key combination.

As a last resort you could record a macro inserting a text wrapping break
and assign it to this key combination.
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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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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wrote in message
...
You would think that would work but I assure it doesn't
on my current keyboard. I will look into the custom
keyboard idea, although I don't hold out much hope as
this is a 'virgin' brand new keyboard and system.

Thanks
-----Original Message-----
Shift-Enter inserts a manual line break. I'm not aware
of anything that
would change this behavior other than a custom keyboard
shortcut.
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is
awesome!
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"Jan" wrote in
message
...
I have XP Pro installed and I have always been able to
use the Shift+Enter to create a 'soft carriage return'
on
a document. For some reason it doesn't appear to work
now.

I have my normal.dot set up with 6 point after spacing
and the only way I can insert a line break with no
spacing is to use Insert/Break/text wrapping break. I
don't want to change the formatting of my normal.dot.
Any suggestions anyone?


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