removing unwanted formatting from word whit 12/14/2008 7:46:04 PM I built a new chapter from pieces of previous chapters and somehow imported an impossible "line" I suspect is a section break, a double line that refuses to be defined and removed. It collects all endnotes below the line and denies use of endnotes beyond that point. It creates two "worlds" in the chapter, the one above and below the line. I've tried doing a search and replace with ^b and it says it finds no section breaks. Help! I"m wasting all my writing time trying to get rid of this beast! -- whit

Re: removing unwanted formatting from word "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/14/2008 8:29:52 PM If you opt to place endnotes at the end of the document, then that's where they'll be. The line (if it prints) is probably a bizarre Endnote Separator. If you'll tell us what version you have, we can tell you how to get rid of it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "whit" <somebody[ at ]somebody.com> wrote in message news:08F67C2F-54A5-4E51-B2F8-5C55B68C456D[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I built a new chapter from pieces of previous chapters and somehow imported > an impossible "line" I suspect is a section break, a double line that > refuses > to be defined and removed. It collects all endnotes below the line and > denies > use of endnotes beyond that point. It creates two "worlds" in the chapter, > the one above and below the line. I've tried doing a search and replace > with > ^b and it says it finds no section breaks. Help! I"m wasting all my > writing > time trying to get rid of this beast! > -- > whit >

Re: removing unwanted formatting from word whit 12/14/2008 9:28:04 PM I would love any advice you have to offer, because I"m about to devote hours to rebuilding the chapter, and I"m not sure that will work. I originally wrote it in Word2003, but I'm now working in Word2007. But I have both laptops, so I can edit in either. A microsoft tech guy spent 45 minutes with me this morning, entering my computer, and he failed. he said he could only do it in word2003. So I sent a version to my laptop with Word 2003 but I still couldn't get rid of it. It's like a cockroach after a nuclear strike. I think your hunch is right, tho, that's not a section break. -- whit "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: [Quoted Text] > If you opt to place endnotes at the end of the document, then that's where > they'll be. The line (if it prints) is probably a bizarre Endnote Separator. > If you'll tell us what version you have, we can tell you how to get rid of > it. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > http://word.mvps.org > > "whit" <somebody[ at ]somebody.com> wrote in message > news:08F67C2F-54A5-4E51-B2F8-5C55B68C456D[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I built a new chapter from pieces of previous chapters and somehow imported > > an impossible "line" I suspect is a section break, a double line that > > refuses > > to be defined and removed. It collects all endnotes below the line and > > denies > > use of endnotes beyond that point. It creates two "worlds" in the chapter, > > the one above and below the line. I've tried doing a search and replace > > with > > ^b and it says it finds no section breaks. Help! I"m wasting all my > > writing > > time trying to get rid of this beast! > > -- > > whit > > > > >

Re: removing unwanted formatting from word whit 12/14/2008 9:30:01 PM fyi: one more clue. Anything written after that "line" refuses to accept an endnote. -- whit "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: [Quoted Text] > If you opt to place endnotes at the end of the document, then that's where > they'll be. The line (if it prints) is probably a bizarre Endnote Separator. > If you'll tell us what version you have, we can tell you how to get rid of > it. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > http://word.mvps.org > > "whit" <somebody[ at ]somebody.com> wrote in message > news:08F67C2F-54A5-4E51-B2F8-5C55B68C456D[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I built a new chapter from pieces of previous chapters and somehow imported > > an impossible "line" I suspect is a section break, a double line that > > refuses > > to be defined and removed. It collects all endnotes below the line and > > denies > > use of endnotes beyond that point. It creates two "worlds" in the chapter, > > the one above and below the line. I've tried doing a search and replace > > with > > ^b and it says it finds no section breaks. Help! I"m wasting all my > > writing > > time trying to get rid of this beast! > > -- > > whit > > > > >

Re: removing unwanted formatting from word grammatim <grammatim[ at ]verizon.net> 12/14/2008 9:39:06 PM As Suzanne indicated, that's exactly the behavior to expect when you are inserting Endnotes. To modify the Endnote Separator, switch to Normal View, then go to View > Endnotes, and in the top bar of the window that appears, click the dropdown and select Endnote Separator. You can Reset it, or you can change it to however you want your separator to appear. On Dec 14, 4:30 pm, whit <someb...[ at ]somebody.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > fyi: one more clue. Anything written after that "line" refuses to accept an > endnote. > -- > whit > > > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > > If you opt to place endnotes at the end of the document, then that's where > > they'll be. The line (if it prints) is probably a bizarre Endnote Separator. > > If you'll tell us what version you have, we can tell you how to get rid of > > it. > > > -- > > Suzanne S. Barnhill > > Microsoft MVP (Word) > > Words into Type > > Fairhope, Alabama USA > >http://word.mvps.org > > > "whit" <someb...[ at ]somebody.com> wrote in message > >news:08F67C2F-54A5-4E51-B2F8-5C55B68C456D[ at ]microsoft.com... > > >I built a new chapter from pieces of previous chapters and somehow imported > > > an impossible "line" I suspect is a section break, a double line that > > > refuses > > > to be defined and removed. It collects all endnotes below the line and > > > denies > > > use of endnotes beyond that point. It creates two "worlds" in the chapter, > > > the one above and below the line. I've tried doing a search and replace > > > with > > > ^b and it says it finds no section breaks. Help! I"m wasting all my > > > writing > > > time trying to get rid of this beast! > > > -- > > > whit-

Re: removing unwanted formatting from word "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/14/2008 10:58:44 PM Grammatim has told you how to modify the Endnote Separator. Note that anything in the endnote section is sort of virtual; it is not meant to be accessed by the user. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "whit" <somebody[ at ]somebody.com> wrote in message news:691DF553-BA33-48A1-AD01-70E34DD33F2C[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > fyi: one more clue. Anything written after that "line" refuses to accept > an > endnote. > -- > whit > > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > >> If you opt to place endnotes at the end of the document, then that's >> where >> they'll be. The line (if it prints) is probably a bizarre Endnote >> Separator. >> If you'll tell us what version you have, we can tell you how to get rid >> of >> it. >> >> -- >> Suzanne S. Barnhill >> Microsoft MVP (Word) >> Words into Type >> Fairhope, Alabama USA >> http://word.mvps.org >> >> "whit" <somebody[ at ]somebody.com> wrote in message >> news:08F67C2F-54A5-4E51-B2F8-5C55B68C456D[ at ]microsoft.com... >> >I built a new chapter from pieces of previous chapters and somehow >> >imported >> > an impossible "line" I suspect is a section break, a double line that >> > refuses >> > to be defined and removed. It collects all endnotes below the line and >> > denies >> > use of endnotes beyond that point. It creates two "worlds" in the >> > chapter, >> > the one above and below the line. I've tried doing a search and replace >> > with >> > ^b and it says it finds no section breaks. Help! I"m wasting all my >> > writing >> > time trying to get rid of this beast! >> > -- >> > whit >> > >> >> >> >