comment reference

[Lon]

I pasted some text into a Word document, and it was labeled "comment
reference." How do I change this designation to something like "normal"?

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

I pasted some text into a Word document, and it was labeled "comment
reference." How do I change this designation to something like "normal"?

I assume it's labeled comment reference in a dropdown menu on the toolbar or
on the formatting palette? Select the text and use that same drop down menu
to change it back to Normal. That's the style menu.

 

[Lon]

Hi, Daiya!

Yes, that's why I'm asking: I've already tried this -- multiple times, in
fact. I'll select "Normal," but it goes right back to "comment reference."
Maddening.

Shall we try again?

Lon

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Try selecting "clear formatting."

What version of Word?

Might the original doc have been protected?

 

[Lon]

Hi, Daiya!

I appreciate your responses, however, I don't know where to find "clear
formatting"; it doesn't appear in either of the drop-down boxes (headings or
fonts). I looked under "Format," but didn't find it there, either. Using
Word 2000, and the documents aren't protected.

Thanks!
Lon

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Clear formatting is an option on the style menu that was added after Word
2000. Never mind.

By the way, you are actually on a MacWord group--but I noticed you didn't
get a response on the other post, to a general Word group.

Try selecting the text and hitting control-q, then control-space. This is
supposed to remove formatting.

If that doesn't work, select and cut the text and use Edit | Paste Special
to paste as unformatted text.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Daiya:

I think Lon has an actual Comment in the text. S/he needs to right-click it
and choose "Delete Comment". A comment is not "formatting", it's an anchor
(a bookmark) that points to a different text story.

If all that has happened is that the Comment Reference style has come
across, then the user simply needs to apply the Normal style.

Comment Reference is a character style, so Control + Spacebar should get rid
of it.

Cheers

Clear formatting is an option on the style menu that was added after Word
2000. Never mind.

By the way, you are actually on a MacWord group--but I noticed you didn't
get a response on the other post, to a general Word group.

Try selecting the text and hitting control-q, then control-space. This is
supposed to remove formatting.

If that doesn't work, select and cut the text and use Edit | Paste Special
to paste as unformatted text.

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