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  #11  
Old March 17th, 2006, 05:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
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Default My word wrap doesn't wrap!

Haven't you already been pointed to
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"wrapless" wrote in message
...
Ok, how on earth did it get corrupted? I haven't done anything earth
shattering, in fact I've hardly done anything at all with Word in ages.

Is
the software still that unstable? Lastly, how does one UN-corrupt this
thing.....and please don't tell me I have to re-install Word. Microsoft

HAS
to have come up with a more practical answer to its woes by now.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The nonbreaking spaces are a red herring, I think. The document is

almost
certainly corrupt.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"wrapless" wrote in message
...
cadbetty could be talking about my computer, because the problem is

identical
to mine. I've tried displaying the non printing characters, but only

see
the
backwards P (hard return?) symbol. I haven't done anything unusual to

cause
this, and it's happening on all new documents w/ all fonts.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

If they are not marked by anything you aren't displaying them!

Ordinary
spaces will show up as a tiny dot with non-printing characters

displayed. If
you do have non-printing charters displayed and you are not seeing

dots,
you
are getting something other than a normal space when you press the

spacebar.
That would explain your problem and help with fixing it but I would

be
surprised if it were the case.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"cadbetty" wrote in message
...
The spaces in my document aren't marked by anything. I have

paragraph
marks,
indent marks, and a square at the beginning of each new paragraph.

I've deleted all unused styles in my document. I'll look around

for
line
break options.

I still need some help with this. It's beyond frustrating.

-cadbetty

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

This sounds like what would happen with a non-breaking space

between
each
word. Have you looked at your document with non-printing

characters
displayed? A regular space will be a dot while a non-breaking

space
will
look like a degree symbol. º Don't know how you would be doing

this,
though.

Also, try turning on table gridlines.

I'm pretty sure Suzanne Barnhill has answered similar problems in

the
past,
but that may have been pages that wouldn't break, rather than

lines.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version

of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

Version of Word?
Language settings? In Word? In Windows?
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version

of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"wrapless" wrote in message
...
When I'm typing along and come to the end of the line, Word

breaks
up
whatever word doesn't fit and sticks the rest on the next line.

The
documentation states that it is supposed to stick the entire

word
on
the
next
line, not leave one or two letters on the previous line. I'm

sure
it's
something simple, but I've looked everywhere and can't find a

check
box
or
a
setting to fix this. H
ALP









  #12  
Old March 18th, 2006, 06:39 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
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Default My word wrap doesn't wrap!

I've been told where to go, a few times more than I care to admit, but I've
never been pointed anywhere. That is, not until now.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Haven't you already been pointed to
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"wrapless" wrote in message
...
Ok, how on earth did it get corrupted? I haven't done anything earth
shattering, in fact I've hardly done anything at all with Word in ages.

Is
the software still that unstable? Lastly, how does one UN-corrupt this
thing.....and please don't tell me I have to re-install Word. Microsoft

HAS
to have come up with a more practical answer to its woes by now.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The nonbreaking spaces are a red herring, I think. The document is

almost
certainly corrupt.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"wrapless" wrote in message
...
cadbetty could be talking about my computer, because the problem is
identical
to mine. I've tried displaying the non printing characters, but only

see
the
backwards P (hard return?) symbol. I haven't done anything unusual to
cause
this, and it's happening on all new documents w/ all fonts.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

If they are not marked by anything you aren't displaying them!

Ordinary
spaces will show up as a tiny dot with non-printing characters
displayed. If
you do have non-printing charters displayed and you are not seeing

dots,
you
are getting something other than a normal space when you press the
spacebar.
That would explain your problem and help with fixing it but I would

be
surprised if it were the case.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"cadbetty" wrote in message
...
The spaces in my document aren't marked by anything. I have

paragraph
marks,
indent marks, and a square at the beginning of each new paragraph.

I've deleted all unused styles in my document. I'll look around

for
line
break options.

I still need some help with this. It's beyond frustrating.

-cadbetty

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

This sounds like what would happen with a non-breaking space

between
each
word. Have you looked at your document with non-printing

characters
displayed? A regular space will be a dot while a non-breaking

space
will
look like a degree symbol. º Don't know how you would be doing

this,
though.

Also, try turning on table gridlines.

I'm pretty sure Suzanne Barnhill has answered similar problems in

the
past,
but that may have been pages that wouldn't break, rather than

lines.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version

of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

Version of Word?
Language settings? In Word? In Windows?
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version

of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"wrapless" wrote in message
...
When I'm typing along and come to the end of the line, Word

breaks
up
whatever word doesn't fit and sticks the rest on the next line.
The
documentation states that it is supposed to stick the entire

word
on
the
next
line, not leave one or two letters on the previous line. I'm

sure
it's
something simple, but I've looked everywhere and can't find a

check
box
or
a
setting to fix this. H
ALP










  #13  
Old March 18th, 2006, 06:42 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
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Posts: n/a
Default My word wrap doesn't wrap!

No, no.....maybe I didn't make this point clear. It's not just one
individual .doc document, it's everything! New document or old one that I'm
editing, it does the same thing. So, I don't see how copying one into a new
one will help a bit.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Try creating a new document and copying your text (all but the last
paragraph mark) into the new document.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"wrapless" wrote in message
...
Ok, how on earth did it get corrupted? I haven't done anything earth
shattering, in fact I've hardly done anything at all with Word in ages.
Is
the software still that unstable? Lastly, how does one UN-corrupt this
thing.....and please don't tell me I have to re-install Word. Microsoft
HAS
to have come up with a more practical answer to its woes by now.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The nonbreaking spaces are a red herring, I think. The document is almost
certainly corrupt.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"wrapless" wrote in message
...
cadbetty could be talking about my computer, because the problem is
identical
to mine. I've tried displaying the non printing characters, but only
see
the
backwards P (hard return?) symbol. I haven't done anything unusual to
cause
this, and it's happening on all new documents w/ all fonts.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

If they are not marked by anything you aren't displaying them!
Ordinary
spaces will show up as a tiny dot with non-printing characters
displayed. If
you do have non-printing charters displayed and you are not seeing
dots,
you
are getting something other than a normal space when you press the
spacebar.
That would explain your problem and help with fixing it but I would
be
surprised if it were the case.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"cadbetty" wrote in message
...
The spaces in my document aren't marked by anything. I have
paragraph
marks,
indent marks, and a square at the beginning of each new paragraph.

I've deleted all unused styles in my document. I'll look around for
line
break options.

I still need some help with this. It's beyond frustrating.

-cadbetty

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

This sounds like what would happen with a non-breaking space
between
each
word. Have you looked at your document with non-printing
characters
displayed? A regular space will be a dot while a non-breaking
space
will
look like a degree symbol. º Don't know how you would be doing
this,
though.

Also, try turning on table gridlines.

I'm pretty sure Suzanne Barnhill has answered similar problems in
the
past,
but that may have been pages that wouldn't break, rather than
lines.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version
of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

Version of Word?
Language settings? In Word? In Windows?
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version
of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"wrapless" wrote in message
...
When I'm typing along and come to the end of the line, Word
breaks
up
whatever word doesn't fit and sticks the rest on the next line.
The
documentation states that it is supposed to stick the entire
word
on
the
next
line, not leave one or two letters on the previous line. I'm
sure
it's
something simple, but I've looked everywhere and can't find a
check
box
or
a
setting to fix this. H
ALP











  #14  
Old March 18th, 2006, 05:37 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
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Posts: n/a
Default My word wrap doesn't wrap!

In that case it's possible that (a) Normal.dot is corrupt or (if it's
affecting existing documents as well) (b) the font or printer driver is
corrupt. For starters, try deleting and reinstalling the printer. If that
doesn't help, delete and reinstall the font.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"wrapless" wrote in message
...
No, no.....maybe I didn't make this point clear. It's not just one
individual .doc document, it's everything! New document or old one that

I'm
editing, it does the same thing. So, I don't see how copying one into a

new
one will help a bit.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Try creating a new document and copying your text (all but the last
paragraph mark) into the new document.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"wrapless" wrote in message
...
Ok, how on earth did it get corrupted? I haven't done anything earth
shattering, in fact I've hardly done anything at all with Word in

ages.
Is
the software still that unstable? Lastly, how does one UN-corrupt

this
thing.....and please don't tell me I have to re-install Word.

Microsoft
HAS
to have come up with a more practical answer to its woes by now.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The nonbreaking spaces are a red herring, I think. The document is

almost
certainly corrupt.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"wrapless" wrote in message
...
cadbetty could be talking about my computer, because the problem is
identical
to mine. I've tried displaying the non printing characters, but

only
see
the
backwards P (hard return?) symbol. I haven't done anything unusual

to
cause
this, and it's happening on all new documents w/ all fonts.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

If they are not marked by anything you aren't displaying them!
Ordinary
spaces will show up as a tiny dot with non-printing characters
displayed. If
you do have non-printing charters displayed and you are not

seeing
dots,
you
are getting something other than a normal space when you press

the
spacebar.
That would explain your problem and help with fixing it but I

would
be
surprised if it were the case.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version

of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"cadbetty" wrote in message
...
The spaces in my document aren't marked by anything. I have
paragraph
marks,
indent marks, and a square at the beginning of each new

paragraph.

I've deleted all unused styles in my document. I'll look around

for
line
break options.

I still need some help with this. It's beyond frustrating.

-cadbetty

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

This sounds like what would happen with a non-breaking space
between
each
word. Have you looked at your document with non-printing
characters
displayed? A regular space will be a dot while a non-breaking
space
will
look like a degree symbol. º Don't know how you would be doing
this,
though.

Also, try turning on table gridlines.

I'm pretty sure Suzanne Barnhill has answered similar problems

in
the
past,
but that may have been pages that wouldn't break, rather than
lines.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented

version
of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)

http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

Version of Word?
Language settings? In Word? In Windows?
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented

version
of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)

http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"wrapless" wrote in

message
...
When I'm typing along and come to the end of the line, Word
breaks
up
whatever word doesn't fit and sticks the rest on the next

line.
The
documentation states that it is supposed to stick the entire
word
on
the
next
line, not leave one or two letters on the previous line.

I'm
sure
it's
something simple, but I've looked everywhere and can't find

a
check
box
or
a
setting to fix this. H
ALP












  #15  
Old March 18th, 2006, 07:48 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
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Posts: n/a
Default My word wrap doesn't wrap!

Wow, I'm beginning to feel like I'm starring in a bad Perry Mason episode
with all this sleuthing about. I haven't the time for these suggestions
until tonite when I get home from work. I will attempt them then and keep
you posted.....thanks for all the help.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In that case it's possible that (a) Normal.dot is corrupt or (if it's
affecting existing documents as well) (b) the font or printer driver is
corrupt. For starters, try deleting and reinstalling the printer. If that
doesn't help, delete and reinstall the font.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"wrapless" wrote in message
...
No, no.....maybe I didn't make this point clear. It's not just one
individual .doc document, it's everything! New document or old one that

I'm
editing, it does the same thing. So, I don't see how copying one into a

new
one will help a bit.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Try creating a new document and copying your text (all but the last
paragraph mark) into the new document.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"wrapless" wrote in message
...
Ok, how on earth did it get corrupted? I haven't done anything earth
shattering, in fact I've hardly done anything at all with Word in

ages.
Is
the software still that unstable? Lastly, how does one UN-corrupt

this
thing.....and please don't tell me I have to re-install Word.

Microsoft
HAS
to have come up with a more practical answer to its woes by now.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The nonbreaking spaces are a red herring, I think. The document is

almost
certainly corrupt.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"wrapless" wrote in message
...
cadbetty could be talking about my computer, because the problem is
identical
to mine. I've tried displaying the non printing characters, but

only
see
the
backwards P (hard return?) symbol. I haven't done anything unusual

to
cause
this, and it's happening on all new documents w/ all fonts.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

If they are not marked by anything you aren't displaying them!
Ordinary
spaces will show up as a tiny dot with non-printing characters
displayed. If
you do have non-printing charters displayed and you are not

seeing
dots,
you
are getting something other than a normal space when you press

the
spacebar.
That would explain your problem and help with fixing it but I

would
be
surprised if it were the case.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version

of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"cadbetty" wrote in message
...
The spaces in my document aren't marked by anything. I have
paragraph
marks,
indent marks, and a square at the beginning of each new

paragraph.

I've deleted all unused styles in my document. I'll look around

for
line
break options.

I still need some help with this. It's beyond frustrating.

-cadbetty

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

This sounds like what would happen with a non-breaking space
between
each
word. Have you looked at your document with non-printing
characters
displayed? A regular space will be a dot while a non-breaking
space
will
look like a degree symbol. º Don't know how you would be doing
this,
though.

Also, try turning on table gridlines.

I'm pretty sure Suzanne Barnhill has answered similar problems

in
the
past,
but that may have been pages that wouldn't break, rather than
lines.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented

version
of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)

http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

Version of Word?
Language settings? In Word? In Windows?
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented

version
of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)

http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"wrapless" wrote in

message
...
When I'm typing along and come to the end of the line, Word
breaks
up
whatever word doesn't fit and sticks the rest on the next

line.
The
documentation states that it is supposed to stick the entire
word
on
the
next
line, not leave one or two letters on the previous line.

I'm
sure
it's
something simple, but I've looked everywhere and can't find

a
check
box
or
a
setting to fix this. H
ALP













  #16  
Old March 19th, 2006, 08:49 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
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Default My word wrap doesn't wrap!

Thank you, thank you, thank you. You are an excellent pointer, indeed madam!
I followed your pointing and learned all about my corrupted normal.dot
template. As the tips instructed, I obliterated the sucker and then opened
Word. This apparently forces Word to create a new, pristine normal.dot and
Voila!! All was well in Linewrapland! My only concern is this; will
opening documents created with the tainted template cause the issue to
return?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Haven't you already been pointed to
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"wrapless" wrote in message
...
Ok, how on earth did it get corrupted? I haven't done anything earth
shattering, in fact I've hardly done anything at all with Word in ages.

Is
the software still that unstable? Lastly, how does one UN-corrupt this
thing.....and please don't tell me I have to re-install Word. Microsoft

HAS
to have come up with a more practical answer to its woes by now.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The nonbreaking spaces are a red herring, I think. The document is

almost
certainly corrupt.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"wrapless" wrote in message
...
cadbetty could be talking about my computer, because the problem is
identical
to mine. I've tried displaying the non printing characters, but only

see
the
backwards P (hard return?) symbol. I haven't done anything unusual to
cause
this, and it's happening on all new documents w/ all fonts.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

If they are not marked by anything you aren't displaying them!

Ordinary
spaces will show up as a tiny dot with non-printing characters
displayed. If
you do have non-printing charters displayed and you are not seeing

dots,
you
are getting something other than a normal space when you press the
spacebar.
That would explain your problem and help with fixing it but I would

be
surprised if it were the case.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
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"cadbetty" wrote in message
...
The spaces in my document aren't marked by anything. I have

paragraph
marks,
indent marks, and a square at the beginning of each new paragraph.

I've deleted all unused styles in my document. I'll look around

for
line
break options.

I still need some help with this. It's beyond frustrating.

-cadbetty

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

This sounds like what would happen with a non-breaking space

between
each
word. Have you looked at your document with non-printing

characters
displayed? A regular space will be a dot while a non-breaking

space
will
look like a degree symbol. º Don't know how you would be doing

this,
though.

Also, try turning on table gridlines.

I'm pretty sure Suzanne Barnhill has answered similar problems in

the
past,
but that may have been pages that wouldn't break, rather than

lines.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version

of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

Version of Word?
Language settings? In Word? In Windows?
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version

of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"wrapless" wrote in message
...
When I'm typing along and come to the end of the line, Word

breaks
up
whatever word doesn't fit and sticks the rest on the next line.
The
documentation states that it is supposed to stick the entire

word
on
the
next
line, not leave one or two letters on the previous line. I'm

sure
it's
something simple, but I've looked everywhere and can't find a

check
box
or
a
setting to fix this. H
ALP










  #17  
Old March 19th, 2006, 12:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
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Posts: n/a
Default My word wrap doesn't wrap!

Unlikely. If the documents are not already corrupt, they will remain
uncorrupted unless you screw them up

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


wrapless wrote:
Thank you, thank you, thank you. You are an excellent pointer,
indeed madam! I followed your pointing and learned all about my
corrupted normal.dot template. As the tips instructed, I obliterated
the sucker and then opened Word. This apparently forces Word to
create a new, pristine normal.dot and Voila!! All was well in
Linewrapland! My only concern is this; will opening documents
created with the tainted template cause the issue to return?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Haven't you already been pointed to
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"wrapless" wrote in message
...
Ok, how on earth did it get corrupted? I haven't done anything
earth shattering, in fact I've hardly done anything at all with
Word in ages. Is the software still that unstable? Lastly, how
does one UN-corrupt this thing.....and please don't tell me I have
to re-install Word. Microsoft HAS to have come up with a more
practical answer to its woes by now.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The nonbreaking spaces are a red herring, I think. The document is
almost certainly corrupt.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"wrapless" wrote in message
...
cadbetty could be talking about my computer, because the problem
is identical to mine. I've tried displaying the non printing
characters, but only see the backwards P (hard return?) symbol.
I haven't done anything unusual to cause this, and it's happening
on all new documents w/ all fonts.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

If they are not marked by anything you aren't displaying them!
Ordinary spaces will show up as a tiny dot with non-printing
characters displayed. If you do have non-printing charters
displayed and you are not seeing dots, you are getting something
other than a normal space when you press the spacebar. That
would explain your problem and help with fixing it but I would
be surprised if it were the case. --
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented
version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is
awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"cadbetty" wrote in message
...
The spaces in my document aren't marked by anything. I have
paragraph marks,
indent marks, and a square at the beginning of each new
paragraph.

I've deleted all unused styles in my document. I'll look around
for line break options.

I still need some help with this. It's beyond frustrating.

-cadbetty

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

This sounds like what would happen with a non-breaking space
between each word. Have you looked at your document with
non-printing characters displayed? A regular space will be a
dot while a non-breaking space will look like a degree symbol.
º Don't know how you would be doing this, though.

Also, try turning on table gridlines.

I'm pretty sure Suzanne Barnhill has answered similar problems
in the past,
but that may have been pages that wouldn't break, rather than
lines. --
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented
version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is
awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

Version of Word?
Language settings? In Word? In Windows?
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented
version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is
awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"wrapless" wrote in
message
...
When I'm typing along and come to the end of the line, Word
breaks up whatever word doesn't fit and sticks the rest on
the next line. The documentation states that it is supposed
to stick the entire word on the
next
line, not leave one or two letters on the previous line. I'm
sure it's something simple, but I've looked everywhere and
can't find a check box or
a
setting to fix this. H
ALP



  #18  
Old March 19th, 2006, 04:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default My word wrap doesn't wrap!

I will merely point out that Luc pointed you to this same article less than
an hour after your initial question was posted. Unfortunately, you chose to
pursue Charles's reply instead. My initial comment that the document was
probably corrupt was meant to point you back to the link Luc had posted.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"wrapless" wrote in message
...
Thank you, thank you, thank you. You are an excellent pointer, indeed

madam!
I followed your pointing and learned all about my corrupted normal.dot
template. As the tips instructed, I obliterated the sucker and then

opened
Word. This apparently forces Word to create a new, pristine normal.dot

and
Voila!! All was well in Linewrapland! My only concern is this; will
opening documents created with the tainted template cause the issue to
return?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Haven't you already been pointed to
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"wrapless" wrote in message
...
Ok, how on earth did it get corrupted? I haven't done anything earth
shattering, in fact I've hardly done anything at all with Word in

ages.
Is
the software still that unstable? Lastly, how does one UN-corrupt

this
thing.....and please don't tell me I have to re-install Word.

Microsoft
HAS
to have come up with a more practical answer to its woes by now.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The nonbreaking spaces are a red herring, I think. The document is

almost
certainly corrupt.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"wrapless" wrote in message
...
cadbetty could be talking about my computer, because the problem

is
identical
to mine. I've tried displaying the non printing characters, but

only
see
the
backwards P (hard return?) symbol. I haven't done anything

unusual to
cause
this, and it's happening on all new documents w/ all fonts.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

If they are not marked by anything you aren't displaying them!

Ordinary
spaces will show up as a tiny dot with non-printing characters
displayed. If
you do have non-printing charters displayed and you are not

seeing
dots,
you
are getting something other than a normal space when you press

the
spacebar.
That would explain your problem and help with fixing it but I

would
be
surprised if it were the case.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented

version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"cadbetty" wrote in message
...
The spaces in my document aren't marked by anything. I have

paragraph
marks,
indent marks, and a square at the beginning of each new

paragraph.

I've deleted all unused styles in my document. I'll look

around
for
line
break options.

I still need some help with this. It's beyond frustrating.

-cadbetty

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

This sounds like what would happen with a non-breaking space

between
each
word. Have you looked at your document with non-printing

characters
displayed? A regular space will be a dot while a non-breaking

space
will
look like a degree symbol. º Don't know how you would be

doing
this,
though.

Also, try turning on table gridlines.

I'm pretty sure Suzanne Barnhill has answered similar

problems in
the
past,
but that may have been pages that wouldn't break, rather than

lines.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented

version
of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)

http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

Version of Word?
Language settings? In Word? In Windows?
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented

version
of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)

http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"wrapless" wrote in

message
...
When I'm typing along and come to the end of the line, Word

breaks
up
whatever word doesn't fit and sticks the rest on the next

line.
The
documentation states that it is supposed to stick the

entire
word
on
the
next
line, not leave one or two letters on the previous line.

I'm
sure
it's
something simple, but I've looked everywhere and can't find

a
check
box
or
a
setting to fix this. H
ALP











  #19  
Old March 21st, 2006, 12:27 AM
idennis idennis is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon
Try creating a new document and copying your text (all but the last
paragraph mark) into the new document.
--
Charles Kenyon
Another way is to save the document as a .txt file, then use Word to open the .txt file and save it as a .doc file again. This kills all the formatting, including any macros, corruption, etc.
 




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