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MS Office Forum / Word / Long Documents / March 2004Embedded codes that WILL NOT DIE
Sometimes I incorporate text from other sources into a document I'm working on. These inclusions bring with them formatting codes that refuse to truly disappear, no matter how many times I apply new formats like font and font size. And sometimes, when I delete bits and pieces of an article I'm writing, the imported formatting reaches out and grabs huge blocks of copy in my original document. How can obliterate old formatting PERMANENTLY? (Word Perfect, RIP, used to have a wonderful command called "Reveal Codes" which helped you locate and pulverize the offending controls. Anything like this in Word? Snellcom, CTRL+a, CTRL+q, and CTRL+spacebar will remove most formatting. then Ctrl+Shift+N will apply Normal style >-----Original Message----- >Sometimes I incorporate text from other sources into a [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >Word? >. When you paste your incorporated text, it's best to do a 'paste special' and select 'unformatted text'. This allows the styles in your current doc to take over. Or, as Greg pointed out, apply the 'normal' style to 'clean' it. Good luck! >-----Original Message----- >Sometimes I incorporate text from other sources into a [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >Word? >. For "reveal codes" do a search on "crosseyes" at Google. > Sometimes I incorporate text from other sources into a > document I'm working on. These inclusions bring with them [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > pulverize the offending controls. Anything like this in > Word? To add to what the others have said, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word)  SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Sometimes I incorporate text from other sources into a > document I'm working on. These inclusions bring with them [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > pulverize the offending controls. Anything like this in > Word? |
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