How to move,cut & paste horizontal graphical lines too ?

[Goran Ivanic]

Ok, assume I have a opened a big document in Word 2003.

In this document there are paragraphes which are enclosed with
horizontal graphical lines (= not only "------" lines).

Now I want to cut one of these text blocks INCLUDING the lines before
and after and paste it on another place in the document.

Much to my surprise the "normal" cut operation does NOT recognize graphical
elements. Only text is cut. The lines around remain at the old place
no matter where I place the cursor or which region I mark.

It seems to me that the graphical lines live on another layer which
is not seen by the "cut" command. How can I tell Word
to cut (and paste) them as well?
Is there a "cut all layers" command ?

Similarly when I insert new blank lines BEFORE the text then the text
is shifted down but the horizontal graphical lines remain at the old
positions. How can I tell Word to shift/scroll them down as well
when I enter new text/new lines (just) before it ?

In other words: Graphic should be treated as normal content
when applying cut, paste and move operations.

Whats the trick ?

Goran

 

[Terry Farrell]

It sounds as though the lines are actually bottom borders belonging to the
preceding paragraphs from your description.

When you cut and paste, have you got the non-printing characters displayed
so that you can see if you are including the end of paragraph marks?

 

[Bill Sharpe]

Ok, assume I have a opened a big document in Word 2003.

In this document there are paragraphes which are enclosed with
horizontal graphical lines (= not only "------" lines).

Now I want to cut one of these text blocks INCLUDING the lines before
and after and paste it on another place in the document.

Much to my surprise the "normal" cut operation does NOT recognize graphical
elements. Only text is cut. The lines around remain at the old place
no matter where I place the cursor or which region I mark.

It seems to me that the graphical lines live on another layer which
is not seen by the "cut" command. How can I tell Word
to cut (and paste) them as well?
Is there a "cut all layers" command ?

Similarly when I insert new blank lines BEFORE the text then the text
is shifted down but the horizontal graphical lines remain at the old
positions. How can I tell Word to shift/scroll them down as well
when I enter new text/new lines (just) before it ?

In other words: Graphic should be treated as normal content
when applying cut, paste and move operations.

Whats the trick ?

Goran

Make your lines be part of the paragraph. Insert the top and bottom
lines by clicking anywhere in the paragraph and using the Format >
Borders and Shading command. Once you've done that you can easily cut,
copy, and paste as desired.

Bill

 

[Stefan Blom]

Have you tried selecting and cutting the graphis themselves?

Also, note that you can add border lines to text without using graphics.
You'll find the options in Format | Borders and Shading.

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[Stefan Blom]

A graphic (or any object in the drawing layer) will follow if you copy the
paragraph containing its anchor (see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/drwgrphcs/anchors.htm). A different approach is to
just select the graphic and cut it; then paste into the desired location.

Note that the easiest way, by far, is to make use of paragraph borders,
which are text formatting. Look in the Borders tab of the Borders and Shading
dialog box (Format | Borders and Shading).

 

[Stefan Blom]

A graphic (or any object in the drawing layer) will follow if you copy the
paragraph containing its anchor (see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/drwgrphcs/anchors.htm). A different approach is to
just select the graphic and cut it; then paste into the desired location.

However, the easiest way, by far, is to make use of paragraph borders, which
are text formatting. Look in the Borders tab of the Borders and Shading
dialog box (Format | Borders and Shading).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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