Spaces disappear in Word XP

[Peter Aitken]

I am editing a fairly long document and there are 2 possibly related
problems.

1) The paragraphs are all displayed with full justification even though the
style (normal) is defined with left justification.
2) Many spaces between words do not display. Thus "the[space]truck" displays
as "thetruck". Needless to say this makes editing a pain.

Switching to print preview and then back helps but does not completely solve
the space problem. I think this document originated in Japan (although it is
in English).

 

[Alex]

well, i think u should begin by turning ON
your "show/hide" option which is on the Standard toolbar,
to the right. it is the symbol that looks like the "enter-
symbol" and see what kinda enters are making the full
justifications and the 'no-spaces' bewtween words.
let me know
alex

 

[Peter Aitken]

reply at the bottom

well, i think u should begin by turning ON
your "show/hide" option which is on the Standard toolbar,
to the right. it is the symbol that looks like the "enter-
symbol" and see what kinda enters are making the full
justifications and the 'no-spaces' bewtween words.
let me know
alex

-----Original Message-----
I am editing a fairly long document and there are 2 possibly related problems.

1) The paragraphs are all displayed with full justification even though the
style (normal) is defined with left justification.
2) Many spaces between words do not display. Thus "the [space]truck" displays
as "thetruck". Needless to say this makes editing a pain.

Switching to print preview and then back helps but does not completely solve
the space problem. I think this document originated in Japan (although it is
in English).

--

Thanks but I tried all the basic stuff like that. There is a dot where each
space is supposed to be even if there is no actual space displayed. There
are no special characters at the end of justified lines. It's a jystery.

 

[Guest]

wow, i'm really confused. it would be awesome to be able
to see the document your formatting on my pc.
but it seems maybe a symbol is insterted in those "emtpy
spaces"
but you may be right, its a jystery, LOL
alex
write back

-----Original Message-----
reply at the bottom

well, i think u should begin by turning ON
your "show/hide" option which is on the Standard toolbar,
to the right. it is the symbol that looks like the "enter-
symbol" and see what kinda enters are making the full
justifications and the 'no-spaces' bewtween words.
let me know
alex

-----Original Message-----
I am editing a fairly long document and there are 2 possibly related problems.

1) The paragraphs are all displayed with full justification even though the
style (normal) is defined with left justification.
2) Many spaces between words do not display. Thus "the [space]truck" displays
as "thetruck". Needless to say this makes editing a pain.

Switching to print preview and then back helps but does not completely solve
the space problem. I think this document originated in Japan (although it is
in English).

--

Thanks but I tried all the basic stuff like that. There is a dot where each
space is supposed to be even if there is no actual space displayed. There
are no special characters at the end of justified lines. It's a jystery.


--
Peter Aitken

Remove the crap from my email address before using.


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[Klaus Linke]

Hi Peter,

I wonder whether it might be some strange Asian paragraph alignment.
If you open another doc that has a style with the same name, and paste some
text from the weird doc, do the problems disappear?
If so, you could copy the style into the weird doc to fix it.

If not:
Does "Format > Reveal formatting" (Shift+F1, then click into the text, in
older versions) show anything strange?
Is it fixed if you select the text and hit Ctrl+Q (to remove manual
paragraph formatting) or Ctrl+Spacebar (to remove manual font formatting)?

Greetings,
Klaus

reply at the bottom

well, i think u should begin by turning ON
your "show/hide" option which is on the Standard toolbar,
to the right. it is the symbol that looks like the "enter-
symbol" and see what kinda enters are making the full
justifications and the 'no-spaces' bewtween words.
let me know
alex

-----Original Message-----
I am editing a fairly long document and there are 2 possibly related problems.

1) The paragraphs are all displayed with full justification even though the
style (normal) is defined with left justification.
2) Many spaces between words do not display. Thus "the [space]truck" displays
as "thetruck". Needless to say this makes editing a pain.

Switching to print preview and then back helps but does not completely solve
the space problem. I think this document originated in Japan (although it is
in English).

--

Thanks but I tried all the basic stuff like that. There is a dot where each
space is supposed to be even if there is no actual space displayed. There
are no special characters at the end of justified lines. It's a jystery.