cursor moves but there are no characters....what did I do?

[Sissi]

2 questions as obviously I have a something on that shouldn't be on
1. the cursor moves but no characters show on the word doc
2. When I print I get an entire page of:filename, directory, template,
title, suject etc etc....how did this get on?

Thank you in advance I need rescuing as I have work to do......

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

1. Possibly the text is formatted as "white"?

2. On the Print tab of Tools | Options, clear the check box for "Document
properties."

 

[Sissi]

I cleared it and no still no characters........on a tool bar there is a AA
and then a box that says Normal. I've not seen that before......could that
have something to do with it. There is a red wavy line on the screen when I
click it it gets a black box and then I delete and it goes away. Also I
forgot to tell you there is a capital I and little lines to the right of it.
I am Suzanne also........ Thank you for your help and I hope you have more
ideas. I can't imagine what I did........thank you so much for your help.

 

[Terry Farrell]

Possible the text is formatted as Hidden. Toggle on the ShowAll command to
see what is happening.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If it were Hidden and not displayed, Suzanne would not be seeing the cursor
movement and underlined spelling. I still believe the text is formatted as
white. Suzanne, do Ctrl+A, Ctrl+Spacebar and see if that helps. If not,
Ctrl+A, right-click and choose Font and see if the Hidden box is checked. If
it is, clear it, but since Ctrl+Spacebar didn't work, that means the style
has been modified (and that's another issue).

As for the mouse pointer appearance, that's what you get with Click and
Type; if you double-click in a given position, you can start typing there
even if there isn't any text there already. The lines indicate whether the
text you type will be left, center, or right aligned.

 

[Terry Farrell]

Very logical. White text seems most likely.

Terry

 

[Sissi]

Thank you both.......how it happened I don't have a clue but I'll
learn......I promise.

It was FONT , font color was set to white! Oh such frustration and thank
you both for hanging in there with me. Suzanne