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goodTweetieBird

In my MS Word document I am using outline style bulleting. On line
6.a.ii there seems to be a hiddent character, formatting or some type
of tab that causes a 2+ inch gap between columns 12 and 13. Deleting
the whole line and retyping does not clear the problem.

Thanks,

gtb
 
J

JoAnn Paules

Did you try turning on the non-printing characters? Did you look at the tab
settings?
 
G

goodTweetieBird

Yes and yes.

I went above it and pressed enter which created a new item ii. Bad
line became iii and I deleted it. Problem solved but not
satisfactorily.

Thanks,

gtb
 
T

Terry Farrell

It suggest that the document was slightly corrupt. If it is Word 2003 or
Word 2007, try using SaveAs and choose XML format. Close the document and
then open it and use SaveAs to get it back to *.doc(t) format.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

Yes and yes.

I went above it and pressed enter which created a new item ii. Bad
line became iii and I deleted it. Problem solved but not
satisfactorily.

Thanks,

gtb
 
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goodTweetieBird

You are describing outline numbering, which doesn't seem to have anythingto
do with columns. Can you explain your reference to "columns 12 and 13"? You
may want to look athttp://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/NumberAlignment.htm,
however.
Columns as in ln xx col xx displayed at bottom of screen.
 
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goodTweetieBird

It suggest that the document was slightly corrupt. If it is Word 2003 or
Word 2007, try using SaveAs and choose XML format. Close the document and
then open it and use SaveAs to get it back to *.doc(t) format.

Didn't fix the problem but did reduce my TOC to a single line inside
{}.


Thanks for trying.
 
T

Terry Farrell

Just press F9 (Update Field) to refresh the TOC. What you are seeing is just
the field in braces.

Terry

It suggest that the document was slightly corrupt. If it is Word 2003 or
Word 2007, try using SaveAs and choose XML format. Close the document and
then open it and use SaveAs to get it back to *.doc(t) format.

Didn't fix the problem but did reduce my TOC to a single line inside
{}.


Thanks for trying.
 

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