Text in Long Document Hidden

[Gordon Padwick]

I've run into a problem while working with a long document (650 pages),
using Word 2002 running under Vista Home Premium. I've previously worked
with much longer documents on the same system without experiencing this
problem.

The problem is this. With the Normal View in use, I copied some text (about
two pages) from elsewhere in the document to the clipboard, then pasted from
the clipboard into page 162. Only about half of the copied text appeared on
the screen. I switched to the Print Layout View and found that all the
copied text was correctly displayed.

In Print Layout View, I noted the page numbers of the text that was
correctly displayed in Normal View, and the text that was not displayed in
Normal view.

On switchig back to Normal View, I noticed that the status bar showed the
last correctly displayed line positioned on page162 at 7.4". In that view,
the next displayed line was shown positioned on page 164 at 22". Nothing in
between was displayed.

For some reason that I don't understand, Normal View seems to have lost
track of part of the document, while Print Layout View does keep track of
it.

In PrintLayout View, I used Find to locate some text that is within the
region that Normal View does not display. Find could not find that text.

I tried saving the document with a new file name and then looked at the new
file, hoping that Word might have some way of correcting the problem. No
such luck. The new file shows the same behavior.

Can anyone suggest a solution to this problem? I'll greatly appreciate any
suggestions.

Gordon

 

[Gordon Padwick]

Where are you MVPs and others who might help me with this problem?

If my question puzzles you and you don't know the solution, perhaps you
could suggest somewhere else I can look to find an answer.

Can I provide more information about the problem?

One other thing I can tell you is that the problem text is in a table within
Word.

Gordon

 

[Jay Freedman]

Try http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm, particularly
the first two numbered items near the middle of the page.

 

[Gordon Padwick]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll see where it leads.

Gordon

 

[Gordon Padwick]

Jay.

Thanks for your pointer. However the topics in the MVP file (that I've
looked at carefully) don't seem to adddress my problem.

The fact that the file is correctly displayed in Print Layout View verifies
that the file is not corrupted. This is confirmed by the fact that the pages
print correctly.

So, I come back to the original question: Why does Normal View have a
display problem, whereas Print Layout View displays the file correctly?

Do you have any suggestions about what I might do solve this problem?

Gordon

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If the text is in a text box, it will not be displayed in Normal view. The
text box could be in a table cell (or in front or or behind the table), or
the table could be in a text box.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org