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Shift+Enter inserts a line break, which begins a new line without beginning
a new paragraph.

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kadayp said:
What is the purpose for using SHIFT+ENTER? How does it differ from just
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ENTER?
 
Thank you. But what is it's purpose? Why and when would it be used instead of
just using ENTER? What are the pro's and con's of using one or the other?
 
Well, you insert a paragraph break (Enter) when you want to start a new
paragraph. You have to do this if, for example, if you want to change styles
or if you want another numbered or bulleted item. You insert a line break
(Shift+Enter) when you want a new line but want it to be part of the same
paragraph. This can sometimes be a shortcut to avoid defining a new style.
For example, if the style you're currently using has some Space Before/After
and you want to start a new line immediately below the current one (without
the space between paragraphs), you could insert a line break. Or if the
paragraph is numbered or bulleted and you want to insert a new line without
a bullet or number, you can insert a line break. In both such cases, you'd
be better off using a specific style without the Space Before/After or the
bullet or number.

A much better reason for using it is to keep a block of information
together. For example, in an address list, you can type the name, insert a
line break, type the street address, insert a line break, and then type the
city, state, and ZIP and insert a paragraph break. This way you can have
Space Before/After each address block, sort each paragraph as a unit, etc.

Another example is a poem, in which each verse in a stanza ends in a line
break and the stanza ends in a paragraph break. This allows you to apply
Space Before/After to the stanza style to create space between stanzas but
not between verses. This has the additional advantage that, if you want the
verses to begin with a lowercase letter, the AutoCorrect option to
capitalize the first letter of sentences won't automatically capitalize the
first letter of each verse, which it would if you used a paragraph break
(since the beginning of each verse would be the beginning of a paragraph).

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Is there a way to customize this particular keyboard shortcut in Word 2007?
I'd like to use Shift-Enter for Insert New Row Below, but it won't accept
that shortcut (Ctrl-Enter does work, however). InsertManualLineBreak doesn't
appear available in the list of many Word commands for customizing keyboard
shortcuts. Is there something I can do?
 
You need a macro for this. If you record yourself setting Ctrl+Enter as a
shortcut key, you will get something like this:

CustomizationContext = NormalTemplate
KeyBindings.Add KeyCode:=BuildKeyCode(wdKeyReturn, wdKeyControl), _
KeyCategory:=wdKeyCategoryCommand, Command:="TableInsertRowBelow"

If you change "wdKeyControl" to "wdKeyShift" and run the macro it will do
what you want. Once you have recorded the macro you can remove the
Ctrl+Enter shortcut any time you like - it has served its purpose.
 
FWIW, you can add a new row below a given row in a table by placing the
insertion point just left of the end-of-row marker and pressing Enter.
 
Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
Well, you insert a paragraph break (Enter) when you want to start a new
paragraph. You have to do this if, for example, if you want to change styles
or if you want another numbered or bulleted item. You insert a line break
(Shift+Enter) when you want a new line but want it to be part of the same
paragraph. This can sometimes be a shortcut to avoid defining a new style.
For example, if the style you're currently using has some Space Before/After
and you want to start a new line immediately below the current one (without
the space between paragraphs), you could insert a line break. Or if the
paragraph is numbered or bulleted and you want to insert a new line without
a bullet or number, you can insert a line break. In both such cases, you'd
be better off using a specific style without the Space Before/After or the
bullet or number.

A much better reason for using it is to keep a block of information
together. For example, in an address list, you can type the name, insert a
line break, type the street address, insert a line break, and then type the
city, state, and ZIP and insert a paragraph break. This way you can have
Space Before/After each address block, sort each paragraph as a unit, etc.

Another example is a poem, in which each verse in a stanza ends in a line
break and the stanza ends in a paragraph break. This allows you to apply
Space Before/After to the stanza style to create space between stanzas but
not between verses. This has the additional advantage that, if you want the
verses to begin with a lowercase letter, the AutoCorrect option to
capitalize the first letter of sentences won't automatically capitalize the
first letter of each verse, which it would if you used a paragraph break
(since the beginning of each verse would be the beginning of a paragraph).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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I am at a loss as how to correct the formatting on a 1000 page list of
geological definitions. In Word (2003), all of the definitions are cut off by
a right-angle arrow pointing to the left representing a line break. Quote:

"A right-angle arrow pointing to the left represents a line break, inserted
with
Shift+Enter. You can use a line break to start a new line without starting a
new paragraph."
Source: http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

Do you know how I would be able to reverse this so that it formats normally,
please? The only way I know of is to do each line manually, hitting the end
of each line with the Delete key until each line is formatted - very time
consuming. Below are two examples of the untouched text. Your help would be
much appreciated, as it's an addendum to my thesis.

Cheers, bbsvls

arkose

A feldspar-rich sandstone, typically coarse-grained and pink or reddish,
that is composed of angular to subangular grains that may be either poorly
or moderately well sorted; usually derived from the rapid disintegration
of granite or granitic rocks, and often closely resembles granite; e.g.,
the Triassic arkoses of the Eastern United States. Quartz is usually the
dominant mineral, with feldspar (chiefly microcline) constituting at least
25%. Cement (silica or calcite) is commonly rare, and matrix material
(usually less than 15%) includes clay minerals (esp. kaolinite), mica, and
iron oxide; fine-grained rock fragments are often present. Arkose is
commonly a current-deposited sandstone of continental origin, occurring as
a thick, wedge-shaped mass of limited geographic extent (as in a fault
trough or a rapidly subsiding basin); it may be strongly cross-bedded and
associated with coarse granite-bearing conglomerate, and it may denote an
environment of high relief and vigorous erosion of strongly uplifted
granitic rocks in which the feldspar was not subjected to prolonged
weathering or transport before burial. Arkose may also occur at the base
of a sedimentary series as a thin blanketlike residuum derived from and
resting on granitic rock. Etymol: French, probably from Greek archaios,
ancient, primitive. Syn:arkosic
Also see:subarkose. Also spelled arcose. AGI

asbestos

a. A commercial term applied to silicate minerals that separate readily
into thin, strong fibers that are flexible, heat resistant, and chemically
inert, thus making them suitable for uses (as in yarn, cloth, paper,
paint, brake linings, tiles, insulation, cement, fillers, and filters)
where incombustible, nonconducting, or chemically resistant material is
required. Since the early 1970's, there have been serious enviromental
concerns about the potential health hazards of asbestos products, which
has resulted in strong enviromental regulations.
b. Any asbestiform mineral of the serpentine group (chrysotile, best
adapted for spinning and the principal variety in commerce) or amphibole
group (esp. actinolite, anthophyllite, gedrite, cummingtonite, grunerite,
riebeckite, and tremolite).
c. A term strictly applied to asbestiform actinolite. Syn:asbestus;
amianthus; earth flax; mountain flax; rock wool.
 
Hello bbsvls

bbsvls wrote:
[..]
I am at a loss as how to correct the formatting on a 1000 page list of
geological definitions. In Word (2003), all of the definitions are cut off by
a right-angle arrow pointing to the left representing a line break. Quote:

"A right-angle arrow pointing to the left represents a line break, inserted
with
Shift+Enter. You can use a line break to start a new line without starting a
new paragraph."
Source: http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

Do you know how I would be able to reverse this so that it formats normally,
please? The only way I know of is to do each line manually, hitting the end
of each line with the Delete key until each line is formatted - very time
consuming. Below are two examples of the untouched text. Your help would be
much appreciated, as it's an addendum to my thesis.
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Cleaning up text pasted from the Web (by Suzanne Barnhill and Dave Rado)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm

HTH
Robert
[and it doesn't take all to many DELs to clean up a post before sending
it ... :-)]
 
Robert M. Franz (RMF) said:
Hello bbsvls

Cleaning up text pasted from the Web (by Suzanne Barnhill and Dave Rado)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm

HTH
Robert
[and it doesn't take all to many DELs to clean up a post before sending
it ... :-)]
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Fantastic Robert. Thank you very much for that and very much appreciated,
and that is an excellent web site. Cheers, bbsvls
 
Thank you Suzanne! Once again you have helped me save time and frustration,
without even having to post a question for myself. : ) This group rocks.
 
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