"Ghost" test with dotted underline??

[Ed]

I'm using Word 2000. A document has a few lines of text - the only thing on
that page - that have a dotted underline. These lines are also apparently
"ghosts". They have no formatting, and don't show up in a print preview. I
can copy and paste with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V, but I can't Paste as Unformatted
Text. The text doesn't show up in a word count, either. And if I turn off
"Show Invisibles", it disappears. The doc did have Track Changes turned on,
but I tuned it off and accepted all changes. What am I dealing with?

Ed

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

A dotted underline indicates that the text is formatted as Hidden (Format |
Font).

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[Jay Freedman]

I'm using Word 2000. A document has a few lines of text - the only
thing on that page - that have a dotted underline. These lines are
also apparently "ghosts". They have no formatting, and don't show up
in a print preview. I can copy and paste with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V, but
I can't Paste as Unformatted Text. The text doesn't show up in a
word count, either. And if I turn off "Show Invisibles", it
disappears. The doc did have Track Changes turned on, but I tuned it
off and accepted all changes. What am I dealing with?

Ed

It sounds like that text is formatted with the Hidden font attribute. Select
it, then open the Format > Font dialog. If the Hidden box is checked,
uncheck it.

 

[Guest]

Sounds as if it could be Hidden Text. Go to Format |Font and see if hidden
text is selcted. If so, deselect it and then you should be able to delete.
I hope this has been helpful to you.

 

[Ed]

Hidden it was! I've never run into that before, and was really stumped.
Thank you.
Ed

 

[Ed]

Hidden it was! I've never run into that before, and was really stumped.
Thank you.
Ed