Word changes my formatting

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

Joe Gibson - 21 Dec 2003 17:49 GMT

I have a large document with an index and table of
contents. I needed to delete an entry in the index, and
when I did Word changed the document when I saved it. It
shows page breaks and fills only half of my screen. I can
not get a print preview either. What can I do that will
work to fix it. I have a copy of it prior to the changes
I made, so I could start again. I have tried several
times with the same result. When I close Word, it says
saving as norm in the bottom bar.

Reply to this Message

Suzanne S. Barnhill - 21 Dec 2003 18:55 GMT

How did you delete the index entry?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)

Signature

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

> I have a large document with an index and table of
> contents. I needed to delete an entry in the index, and
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> times with the same result. When I close Word, it says
> saving as norm in the bottom bar.

Reply to this Message

- 22 Dec 2003 00:38 GMT

I deleted the entry by highlighting the entry in the
document view mode and pressing delete. I also tried just
deleting the entry in the index by highlighting it and
pressing backspace. They both worked fine until I saved
the changes and when I reopened the document it had this
weird view. Just half the screen and page breaks showing
with dotted lines.

>-----Original Message-----
>How did you delete the index entry?
[quoted text clipped - 19 lines]
>
>.

Reply to this Message

Suzanne S. Barnhill - 22 Dec 2003 01:07 GMT

Okay, the index is a single field (if you press Alt+F9, you'll see { INDEX }
with some switches). You can delete index entries from it. You have to
delete the XE fields that are used to generate the index. They will be on
the pages indicated in the index and are displayed when you display Hidden
text.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)

Signature

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

> I deleted the entry by highlighting the entry in the
> document view mode and pressing delete. I also tried just
[quoted text clipped - 33 lines]
> >
> >.

Reply to this Message