Box at the end of paragraph

[PaulG]

Just appeared: a square at the end of paragraphs in a table; which cannot be
edited and, less so, deleted. They are visible even when Formatting marks are
off. Not all paragraphs are affected. How can these be removed please?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you increase the Zoom ratio, does the "box" look like character 00A4 in
the Insert | Symbol dialog? If so, it's the end-of-cell marker. For more,
see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

 

[PaulG]

Thanks but...

No the box looks like character 25A1 and it apears BOTH when the
Tools>Options>Formatting marks>All is on and off. The "box" also appears when
the document is printed.

When Tools>Options>Formatting marks>All is on the end-of-cell marker does
not appear in the cells where the "box" appears.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The character you describe is what Word usually uses for its "I can't print
this" symbol. How it got into your tables I have no idea. Does it replace
any character that used to be there, or did it just spontaneously appear in
addition to the existing text?

 

[PaulG]

It just appeared spontaneously in some cells of some (not all) large tables
in one particular file. I must also state that the file and/or the template
is/are corrupt - the file tends to crush when I paste, restart numbering, and
when I undo a command in one of the tables.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In that case, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm

It just appeared spontaneously in some cells of some (not all) large tables
in one particular file. I must also state that the file and/or the template
is/are corrupt - the file tends to crush when I paste, restart numbering, and
when I undo a command in one of the tables.