Paragraph handle bug

[Toddard]

I'm running OneNote 2003 SP1 on a Windows 2000 laptop, and have had this
problem for quite a while. Once in a while (it seems random, but is more
common when I am using paragraph handles quite a bit to manage outlines), the
paragraph handles start losing their functionality or simply disappear
altogether. After I exit and restart OneNote, the problem goes away for a
while.

Has anyone else had this problem? I did a search of this forum and found
nothing. A google search revealed one case of this
(http://www.adminlife.com/247reference/msgs/36/181508.aspx), but it looks
like it was unresolved.

 

[Erik Sojka (MVP)]

Can you clarify the "loses functionality"?

The selection handle normally doesn't appear unless you hover over the
paragraph. If you have a collapsed outline, the selection icon changes
slightly and is visible at all times.

 

[Toddard]

By "loses functionality", I mean when I double click on the handle to expand
the outline, the outline does not expand. Instead, the handle disappears, but
the text below does not appear.

 

[Erik Sojka (MVP)]

Is there any any text to be seen in the outline below that level? Does
the handle icon change to the "collapsed" icon?

 

[Toddard]

When I double click the expansion handle, the text below, which is indented
to the next lower level in the outline heirarchy, does not appear as it
should.

WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN: ("+" represents the paragraph handle)
BEFORE:
+ The quick brown fox

AFTER DOUBLE CLICKING THE HANDLE:
The quick brown fox
jumps over the lazy dog

WHAT DOES HAPPEN:
BEFORE:
+ The quick brown fox

AFTER DOUBLE CLICKING THE HANDLE:
The quick brown fox


This in an intermittent problem that I run into maybe once every two weeks
or so, usually when I'm doing a lot of expanding and collapsing on different
pages. The handle is gone, and I have found no way to expand the outline
short of exiting and restarting OneNote. It then works as it should.

I hope this clarifies the problem. Thanks for your help!