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BAStrand - 27 Dec 2007 21:48 GMT

When formatting selected text (e.g., centering, bold, paragraph indent, etc.)
selected text in a document, the entire document changes to the new format.
Is there a setting somewhere that causes this? The original doc was copied
and pasted from an e-mail text. Using MS Word 2002.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 27 Dec 2007 22:47 GMT

If the text had not been copied from an email, I'd suggest you look at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm, but since
it was copied from an email, the likelihood is that the entire document is a
single paragraph. If you display nonprinting characters, you'll likely see
that every line ends in a line break, with probably two line breaks between
paragraphs. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

> When formatting selected text (e.g., centering, bold, paragraph indent,
> etc.)
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> copied
> and pasted from an e-mail text. Using MS Word 2002.

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Julie Leavitt - 23 Jan 2008 23:50 GMT

I am having the same issue, I created a document in Word Vista, and when I
try to center one section of text, the entire page centers. I can bold or
underline individual lines/words without a problem, but it won't let me
center a specific group of lines. This is a resume I am working with, all I
am trying to center is the first 4 lines which are the name and contact
information.

I have tried everything, highlighting and just clicking on the "center"
button, highlighting and right clicking and then going to paragraph format
and centering that way, deleting the lines, clicking center and then
typing...nothing works. Everything I try results in the entire document
being centered.

Please help!

> If the text had not been copied from an email, I'd suggest you look at
> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm, but since
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> > copied
> > and pasted from an e-mail text. Using MS Word 2002.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 24 Jan 2008 02:59 GMT

Did you look at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm?

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

>I am having the same issue, I created a document in Word Vista, and when I
> try to center one section of text, the entire page centers. I can bold or
[quoted text clipped - 30 lines]
>> > copied
>> > and pasted from an e-mail text. Using MS Word 2002.

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Lang - 14 Mar 2008 18:09 GMT

I am having trouble indenting a single paragraph in Word 2002. When I drag
the right indent marker to the left it indents the whole section, not just
the selected paragraph. However, unlike the sequence in your article, when I
"undo" the whole section including the selected paragraph reverts to the
original margin. There is nothing about "style" in the undo notes, just "undo
formatting".

> Did you look at
> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm?
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> >> > copied
> >> > and pasted from an e-mail text. Using MS Word 2002.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 14 Mar 2008 19:00 GMT

The most likely reason for this is that the text is actually all one
paragraph. This is very common with text pasted from the Web which uses two
line breaks instead of a paragraph break. Display nonprinting characters to
see if that's what you're dealing with.

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

>I am having trouble indenting a single paragraph in Word 2002. When I drag
> the right indent marker to the left it indents the whole section, not just
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>> >> > copied
>> >> > and pasted from an e-mail text. Using MS Word 2002.

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