leading/trailing spaces and wrapping

[WCJ]

I am trying to create a Word 2003 document where preceding and trailing
spaces stay, regardless of wrapping. For example, I want to be able to
create 2 "blanks" of approximately 40 spaces each, formatted as underlined,
one completely blank and the other containing some centered text. The issue
is when, based on changes which precede the blanks, but which are in the
same paragraph, the blanks become the first or last info on a line, and the
blanks either become distorted (losing leading or trailing spaces) or
disappear altogether. I can't use tabs because the blanks need to be able
to float.

Can this be addressed in Word?

 

[jils]

if you use the underline key (next to the zero), word will treat it as a
single word and move it in a block, the way you're describing.

for the underlined & centred word, you could use the same key an equal
number of times before and after the centred text, and format the text
as underlined to give a continuous line. i've tried it, using your
original post, and pasted the results below. the centred text doesn't
show underlined here because of the plain text/html issues.

what do you think?

I am trying to create a Word 2003 document where preceding and trailing
spaces stay, regardless of wrapping. For example, I want to be able to
create 2 "blanks" of approximately 40 spaces each, formatted as
_________________ underlined, one completely blank and the other
containing some ________centered______ text. The issue is when, based
on changes which precede the blanks, but which are in the same
paragraph, the blanks become the first or last info on a line, and the
blanks either become distorted (losing leading or trailing spaces) or
disappear altogether. I can't use tabs because the blanks need to be
able to float.

Can this be addressed in Word?

 

[WCJ]

It works perfectly...Thanks! I guess I just assumed that the underscore
character would appear over the underline.