How do I get rid of brackets appearing for no reason in document

[kathyr]

For no apparent reason brackets [ ] are appearing in my word document. When
I send to someone else, they don't appear. When that person edits or sends
back to me, the brackets are there again. I've checked for formatting or
tracking, but can find no apparent reason for this.

 

[Carol]

See: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=839371

 

[Jay Freedman]

Nope, wrong brackets.

The ones that appear like [ ] are bookmarks. Open Tools > Options > View and
uncheck the Bookmarks item. (The bookmarks will still be there, just not
shown.)

Besides the Insert > Bookmark dialog, you can get bookmarks in your document
by inserting an automatic Table of Contents, or by copying/pasting text
containing bookmarks from another document, or from an AutoText entry that
contains them....

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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all may benefit.

See: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=839371

For no apparent reason brackets [ ] are appearing in my word
document. When I send to someone else, they don't appear. When
that person edits or sends back to me, the brackets are there again.
I've checked for formatting or tracking, but can find no apparent
reason for this.

 

[Carol]

Thanks Jay. I should have read the entire post.
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP

Nope, wrong brackets.

The ones that appear like [ ] are bookmarks. Open Tools > Options > View and
uncheck the Bookmarks item. (The bookmarks will still be there, just not
shown.)

Besides the Insert > Bookmark dialog, you can get bookmarks in your document
by inserting an automatic Table of Contents, or by copying/pasting text
containing bookmarks from another document, or from an AutoText entry that
contains them....

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

See: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=839371

For no apparent reason brackets [ ] are appearing in my word
document. When I send to someone else, they don't appear. When
that person edits or sends back to me, the brackets are there again.
I've checked for formatting or tracking, but can find no apparent
reason for this.