Autoformat incomplete

[Guest]

I am trying to use autoformat to format some documents that I have created
with a scanner. These are the equivalent of newspaper columns 4 1/8 " wide.
In some cases autoformat does not complete. That is, it leaves several lines
at the boittom in the original format. Does anyone know why?
Thanks
Frank C.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Yes. AutoFormat simply isn't smart enough to be useful.

Learn to use Word's Styles, so you can format manually: you will be faster
and more accurate than AutoFormat

You can look "Styles" up in the Help. It will take you a day to learn how
to use them, and save you unbelievable amounts of time for the rest of your
life.

Cheers

I am trying to use autoformat to format some documents that I have created
with a scanner. These are the equivalent of newspaper columns 4 1/8 " wide.
In some cases autoformat does not complete. That is, it leaves several lines
at the boittom in the original format. Does anyone know why?
Thanks
Frank C.

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John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

 

[Guest]

Thanks John,
I have used styles for headings to make a table of contents, I will try to
learn the styles formatting.

Yes. AutoFormat simply isn't smart enough to be useful.

Learn to use Word's Styles, so you can format manually: you will be faster
and more accurate than AutoFormat

You can look "Styles" up in the Help. It will take you a day to learn how
to use them, and save you unbelievable amounts of time for the rest of your
life.

Cheers

I am trying to use autoformat to format some documents that I have created
with a scanner. These are the equivalent of newspaper columns 4 1/8 " wide.
In some cases autoformat does not complete. That is, it leaves several lines
at the boittom in the original format. Does anyone know why?
Thanks
Frank C.

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410