Funny Symbols when copy/pasting bulleted lists

[cathvictoria]

When I copy a bulleted list from another document (I have Microsoft 2003),
sometimes I receive funny symbols after trying to change the formatting to
fit the rest of the document. For example, I pasted a bulleted list,
selected "clear formatting" from the drop down list on the toolbar and
instead of getting rid of all the bullets, it put a red rectangle with a low
line through it in front of only one of the sentances. So I tried again, and
this time just selected the bullet that I use in Word, and in front of that
same sentance, a red circle with a line through it appeared. I can't erase
this, and it happens to be fairly often. I end up having to erase the whole
line and just type it in myself. Oh, and if I try to just hit "backspace"
the line moves up a line (as normal text would), and the symbol attaches
itself to this new line. Does anyone know how this happens, and how I can
get rid of it? I've searched all the Microsoft formatting symbols and can
never find either of them!

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Does it look like this--> ¶

If so, click on the button with that symbol on your toolbar. It's just a
symbol indicating the end of the paragraph. Some of us can't work without
seeing those symbols and a few other non-printing characters.

 

[cathvictoria]

no, it looks like a red rectangle with a line through the bottom (about 2/3
down), and ther other one is a red circle with a line through the middle.
And to the side of the document there is a black line that is the size of the
sentance, but can't be highlighted.

Does it look like this--> ¶

If so, click on the button with that symbol on your toolbar. It's just a
symbol indicating the end of the paragraph. Some of us can't work without
seeing those symbols and a few other non-printing characters.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

When I copy a bulleted list from another document (I have Microsoft 2003),
sometimes I receive funny symbols after trying to change the formatting to
fit the rest of the document. For example, I pasted a bulleted list,
selected "clear formatting" from the drop down list on the toolbar and
instead of getting rid of all the bullets, it put a red rectangle with a
low
line through it in front of only one of the sentances. So I tried again,
and
this time just selected the bullet that I use in Word, and in front of
that
same sentance, a red circle with a line through it appeared. I can't
erase
this, and it happens to be fairly often. I end up having to erase the
whole
line and just type it in myself. Oh, and if I try to just hit "backspace"
the line moves up a line (as normal text would), and the symbol attaches
itself to this new line. Does anyone know how this happens, and how I can
get rid of it? I've searched all the Microsoft formatting symbols and can
never find either of them!

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Although your description isn't making sense to me (which could jst be me),
I wonder if Track Changes is turned on.

Try this from
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010983881033.aspx

How do I get rid of my revisions?

To get rid of tracked changes and comments, you need to accept or reject the
changes and delete the comments. Here's how:
On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Reviewing.
On the Reviewing toolbar, click Show, and then make sure that a check mark
appears next to each of the following items:
Comments
Ink Annotations (Word 2003 only)
Insertions and Deletions
Formatting
Reviewers (Point to Reviewers and make sure that All Reviewers is
selected.)
If a check mark does not appear next to an item, click the item to select
it.
On the Reviewing toolbar, click Next to advance from one revision or comment
to the next.
On the Reviewing toolbar, click Accept Change or Reject Change/Delete
Comment for each revision or comment.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 until all the revisions in the document have been
accepted or rejected and all the comments have been deleted.

Note If you know that you want to accept all the changes, click the arrow
next to Accept Change, and then click Accept All Changes in Document. If you
know that you want to reject all the changes, click the arrow next to Reject
Change/Delete Comment, and then click Reject All Changes in Document. To
remove all comments, you must delete them. Click the arrow next to Reject
Change/Delete Comment, and then click Delete All Comments in Document.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

no, it looks like a red rectangle with a line through the bottom (about
2/3
down), and ther other one is a red circle with a line through the middle.
And to the side of the document there is a black line that is the size of
the
sentance, but can't be highlighted.

Does it look like this--> ¶

If so, click on the button with that symbol on your toolbar. It's just a
symbol indicating the end of the paragraph. Some of us can't work without
seeing those symbols and a few other non-printing characters.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

When I copy a bulleted list from another document (I have Microsoft
2003),
sometimes I receive funny symbols after trying to change the formatting
to
fit the rest of the document. For example, I pasted a bulleted list,
selected "clear formatting" from the drop down list on the toolbar and
instead of getting rid of all the bullets, it put a red rectangle with
a
low
line through it in front of only one of the sentances. So I tried
again,
and
this time just selected the bullet that I use in Word, and in front of
that
same sentance, a red circle with a line through it appeared. I can't
erase
this, and it happens to be fairly often. I end up having to erase the
whole
line and just type it in myself. Oh, and if I try to just hit
"backspace"
the line moves up a line (as normal text would), and the symbol
attaches
itself to this new line. Does anyone know how this happens, and how I
can
get rid of it? I've searched all the Microsoft formatting symbols and
can
never find either of them!

 

[cathvictoria]

Thank you! I followed your steps and found that the reviewers-all reviewers
wasn't checked. I'm not sure how it works, but it actually got rid of the
red marks right away. I will have do a little research to understand what I
did, so that I can keep this from happening in the future. But, I'm so
incredibly glad that it's gone right now! THank you so much! I've had this
problem for ages!

Although your description isn't making sense to me (which could jst be me),
I wonder if Track Changes is turned on.

Try this from
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010983881033.aspx

How do I get rid of my revisions?

To get rid of tracked changes and comments, you need to accept or reject the
changes and delete the comments. Here's how:
On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Reviewing.
On the Reviewing toolbar, click Show, and then make sure that a check mark
appears next to each of the following items:
Comments
Ink Annotations (Word 2003 only)
Insertions and Deletions
Formatting
Reviewers (Point to Reviewers and make sure that All Reviewers is
selected.)
If a check mark does not appear next to an item, click the item to select
it.
On the Reviewing toolbar, click Next to advance from one revision or comment
to the next.
On the Reviewing toolbar, click Accept Change or Reject Change/Delete
Comment for each revision or comment.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 until all the revisions in the document have been
accepted or rejected and all the comments have been deleted.

Note If you know that you want to accept all the changes, click the arrow
next to Accept Change, and then click Accept All Changes in Document. If you
know that you want to reject all the changes, click the arrow next to Reject
Change/Delete Comment, and then click Reject All Changes in Document. To
remove all comments, you must delete them. Click the arrow next to Reject
Change/Delete Comment, and then click Delete All Comments in Document.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

no, it looks like a red rectangle with a line through the bottom (about
2/3
down), and ther other one is a red circle with a line through the middle.
And to the side of the document there is a black line that is the size of
the
sentance, but can't be highlighted.

Does it look like this--> ¶

If so, click on the button with that symbol on your toolbar. It's just a
symbol indicating the end of the paragraph. Some of us can't work without
seeing those symbols and a few other non-printing characters.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




When I copy a bulleted list from another document (I have Microsoft
2003),
sometimes I receive funny symbols after trying to change the formatting
to
fit the rest of the document. For example, I pasted a bulleted list,
selected "clear formatting" from the drop down list on the toolbar and
instead of getting rid of all the bullets, it put a red rectangle with
a
low
line through it in front of only one of the sentances. So I tried
again,
and
this time just selected the bullet that I use in Word, and in front of
that
same sentance, a red circle with a line through it appeared. I can't
erase
this, and it happens to be fairly often. I end up having to erase the
whole
line and just type it in myself. Oh, and if I try to just hit
"backspace"
the line moves up a line (as normal text would), and the symbol
attaches
itself to this new line. Does anyone know how this happens, and how I
can
get rid of it? I've searched all the Microsoft formatting symbols and
can
never find either of them!

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I have a few people who send me information for the non-profit group I
belong to. They have Track Changes turned on and I have to go in and turn
things off. It's a royal pain because I'm only concerned with the end
results, not who changed what.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Thank you! I followed your steps and found that the reviewers-all
reviewers
wasn't checked. I'm not sure how it works, but it actually got rid of the
red marks right away. I will have do a little research to understand what
I
did, so that I can keep this from happening in the future. But, I'm so
incredibly glad that it's gone right now! THank you so much! I've had
this
problem for ages!

Although your description isn't making sense to me (which could jst be
me),
I wonder if Track Changes is turned on.

Try this from
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010983881033.aspx

How do I get rid of my revisions?

To get rid of tracked changes and comments, you need to accept or reject
the
changes and delete the comments. Here's how:
On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Reviewing.
On the Reviewing toolbar, click Show, and then make sure that a check
mark
appears next to each of the following items:
Comments
Ink Annotations (Word 2003 only)
Insertions and Deletions
Formatting
Reviewers (Point to Reviewers and make sure that All Reviewers is
selected.)
If a check mark does not appear next to an item, click the item to select
it.
On the Reviewing toolbar, click Next to advance from one revision or
comment
to the next.
On the Reviewing toolbar, click Accept Change or Reject Change/Delete
Comment for each revision or comment.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 until all the revisions in the document have been
accepted or rejected and all the comments have been deleted.

Note If you know that you want to accept all the changes, click the
arrow
next to Accept Change, and then click Accept All Changes in Document. If
you
know that you want to reject all the changes, click the arrow next to
Reject
Change/Delete Comment, and then click Reject All Changes in Document. To
remove all comments, you must delete them. Click the arrow next to Reject
Change/Delete Comment, and then click Delete All Comments in Document.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

no, it looks like a red rectangle with a line through the bottom (about
2/3
down), and ther other one is a red circle with a line through the
middle.
And to the side of the document there is a black line that is the size
of
the
sentance, but can't be highlighted.

:

Does it look like this--> ¶

If so, click on the button with that symbol on your toolbar. It's just
a
symbol indicating the end of the paragraph. Some of us can't work
without
seeing those symbols and a few other non-printing characters.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




message
When I copy a bulleted list from another document (I have Microsoft
2003),
sometimes I receive funny symbols after trying to change the
formatting
to
fit the rest of the document. For example, I pasted a bulleted
list,
selected "clear formatting" from the drop down list on the toolbar
and
instead of getting rid of all the bullets, it put a red rectangle
with
a
low
line through it in front of only one of the sentances. So I tried
again,
and
this time just selected the bullet that I use in Word, and in front
of
that
same sentance, a red circle with a line through it appeared. I
can't
erase
this, and it happens to be fairly often. I end up having to erase
the
whole
line and just type it in myself. Oh, and if I try to just hit
"backspace"
the line moves up a line (as normal text would), and the symbol
attaches
itself to this new line. Does anyone know how this happens, and how
I
can
get rid of it? I've searched all the Microsoft formatting symbols
and
can
never find either of them!

 

[katiesue]

I have had this problem, too, but my track changes are OFF. That's why it's
driving me crazy. The document I am working on has been through many people
and on many computers, and I think it's likely messed up with a lot of hidden
formatting. I am trying to get rid of what are obviously automatic bullets,
but when I highlight them, the bullet button is not highlighted at all. And
it is these times when I ended up seeing what LOOKS like tracked changes on a
document where track changes is not turned on. Even if I just delete the
bullet manually without clicking bullets on and then bullets off for those
items that, when highlighted, do not show that bullet icon as "on," I get the
red square described above with a tracked formatting balloon. Is there
something else I can do to stop the red from happening?

Although your description isn't making sense to me (which could jst be me),
I wonder if Track Changes is turned on.

Try this from
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010983881033.aspx

How do I get rid of my revisions?

To get rid of tracked changes and comments, you need to accept or reject the
changes and delete the comments. Here's how:
On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Reviewing.
On the Reviewing toolbar, click Show, and then make sure that a check mark
appears next to each of the following items:
Comments
Ink Annotations (Word 2003 only)
Insertions and Deletions
Formatting
Reviewers (Point to Reviewers and make sure that All Reviewers is
selected.)
If a check mark does not appear next to an item, click the item to select
it.
On the Reviewing toolbar, click Next to advance from one revision or comment
to the next.
On the Reviewing toolbar, click Accept Change or Reject Change/Delete
Comment for each revision or comment.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 until all the revisions in the document have been
accepted or rejected and all the comments have been deleted.

Note If you know that you want to accept all the changes, click the arrow
next to Accept Change, and then click Accept All Changes in Document. If you
know that you want to reject all the changes, click the arrow next to Reject
Change/Delete Comment, and then click Reject All Changes in Document. To
remove all comments, you must delete them. Click the arrow next to Reject
Change/Delete Comment, and then click Delete All Comments in Document.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

no, it looks like a red rectangle with a line through the bottom (about
2/3
down), and ther other one is a red circle with a line through the middle.
And to the side of the document there is a black line that is the size of
the
sentance, but can't be highlighted.

Does it look like this--> ¶

If so, click on the button with that symbol on your toolbar. It's just a
symbol indicating the end of the paragraph. Some of us can't work without
seeing those symbols and a few other non-printing characters.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




When I copy a bulleted list from another document (I have Microsoft
2003),
sometimes I receive funny symbols after trying to change the formatting
to
fit the rest of the document. For example, I pasted a bulleted list,
selected "clear formatting" from the drop down list on the toolbar and
instead of getting rid of all the bullets, it put a red rectangle with
a
low
line through it in front of only one of the sentances. So I tried
again,
and
this time just selected the bullet that I use in Word, and in front of
that
same sentance, a red circle with a line through it appeared. I can't
erase
this, and it happens to be fairly often. I end up having to erase the
whole
line and just type it in myself. Oh, and if I try to just hit
"backspace"
the line moves up a line (as normal text would), and the symbol
attaches
itself to this new line. Does anyone know how this happens, and how I
can
get rid of it? I've searched all the Microsoft formatting symbols and
can
never find either of them!