What are grey Left and Right Brackets around sentence

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Word 2003, Windows XP Professional

I suddenly had a pair of grey left [ and right ] brackets appear around a sentence.
I am not sure what they are and how to get rid of them.

Thank you for the feedback.
 
They are not the braces { } that appear in a field.
Word 2003, Windows XP Professional

I suddenly had a pair of grey left [ and right ] brackets appear around a sentence.
I am not sure what they are and how to get rid of them.

Thank you for the feedback.
 
Probably bookmarks. You can turn off the display of them under
Tools>Options>View.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
They are not the braces { } that appear in a field.
Word 2003, Windows XP Professional

I suddenly had a pair of grey left [ and right ] brackets appear around a
sentence.
I am not sure what they are and how to get rid of them.

Thank you for the feedback.
 
In Word 2003 I have noticed the same thing. I want to keep bookmarks
displayed. But sometimes something will "bookmark itself" and I have not
succeeded in figuring out why or how?

Ross Payne
 
It was a bookmark - an ole-link.
It is also a mystery to me why this is
happening. I've never had a problem with
this before. I wonder if the last Microsoft
urgent update changed something?

Thanks again for your help.

Ross Payne said:
In Word 2003 I have noticed the same thing. I want to keep bookmarks
displayed. But sometimes something will "bookmark itself" and I have not
succeeded in figuring out why or how?

Ross Payne

Doug Robbins said:
Probably bookmarks. You can turn off the display of them under
Tools>Options>View.

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Please respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be
interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid
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Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
They are not the braces { } that appear in a field.
Word 2003, Windows XP Professional

I suddenly had a pair of grey left [ and right ] brackets appear around a
sentence.
I am not sure what they are and how to get rid of them.

Thank you for the feedback.
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Ross said:
In Word 2003 I have noticed the same thing. I want to keep bookmarks
displayed. But sometimes something will "bookmark itself" and I have not
succeeded in figuring out why or how?
Click to expand...


Maybe you created a TOC? That'll put bookmarks on headings.
Cross references (say to numbered items) can also insert hidden bookmarks
for you without telling you...
There may be other things than I'm missing.

Regards,
Klaus
 
But the markers don't show up for hidden bookmarks; that's what's "hidden"
about them!

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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