Formatting in Word

[Guest]

An unintended indent appears in mid-sentences which resume at the top of some
pages. Also, page numbers appear at both the top and bottom of pages. Can't
choose top OR bottom for their placement.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Don't use Insert Page Numbers. Ever.
Use headers and footers instead. View > Header and Footer...
You may want to refresh your normal.dot if every document is like this.
Doing so will help with new documents only.
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm.

Unintended indent, space, sounds like a product of the click-and-type
"feature." Tools > Options > Edit
uncheck "Click-and-type."

Check out Shauna Kelly's website.
http://shaunakelly.com/word/concepts/introduction/index.html
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UnaccountablyIndented.htm for help
with both.

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[Jay Freedman]

For the indents, see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UnaccountablyIndented.htm.

I'm not sure what the problem is with the page numbers, but it's
probably caused by using the brain-dead Insert > Page Number command.
Instead, delete the page numbers that are there, and use the Page
Number button in the Header/Footer toolbar. The latter inserts the
Page field as regular text directly in the header or footer, wherever
the cursor is at the time you click. The page I pointed to explains
what the Insert > Page Number does and why it's good to avoid it.

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[Guest]

I deleted the headers, and the problem, together with the unwanted page #s at
top, disappeared. However, on one page there is still a long indent which I
haven't been able to remove. Still working on it. Obviously, it's a
function of the header feature.
Rich

 

[Charles Kenyon]

It is almost certainly an empty frame referred to in the article that
Suzanne wrote. Try, within the header view pressing Ctrl-A and then delete.
If that doesn't fix the problem, try doing the same thing in the footer.
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In addition, I find that displaying text boundaries makes it much easier to
troubleshoot this type of problem.

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