Unidentified Object

[Freshman]

Dear experts,

I received a letter from other party which I want to use it as a sample
letter. However, in the sample letter, I see a gray (or dimmed) line under
the authorized signature (the end part of the letter). As the line is no use
to the letter, I tried to click the line and delete it but the line could not
be clicked. I then tried to copy the letter contents without the line to a
new document, the line was still there. As I've no clue what the line is
about, what can I do to delete it. Please advise.

Thanks a million.

 

[Graham Mayor]

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.htm

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[Freshman]

Dear Graham,

Thanks for your reply. However, I still cannot delete the line even though I
select the whole sample letter and press Ctrl + Q. Please note that the line
is a short and dimmed one (something like the words in Header & Footer under
normal view). I believe the creator wanted to draw a line for the signer to
sign under the authorized signature. I cannot select it and I cannot choose
"None" in the Format l Borders & Shading. Please advise anything I can do
about this line.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Send it to the link on my web site and I will have a look.

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[PeterMcC]

Freshman wrote in

Dear Graham,

Thanks for your reply. However, I still cannot delete the line even
though I select the whole sample letter and press Ctrl + Q. Please
note that the line is a short and dimmed one (something like the
words in Header & Footer under normal view). I believe the creator
wanted to draw a line for the signer to sign under the authorized
signature. I cannot select it and I cannot choose "None" in the
Format l Borders & Shading. Please advise anything I can do about
this line.

Sorry if it's a bit obvious but have you checked that it's not in the
footer?

 

[LadyDungeness]

Please post the solution back to the group so we all may benefit.
Thank you.

I refrain from asking if the Unidentified Object is a flying one. <g>

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Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Delicious!
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|Freshman wrote in
|<[email protected]>
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|> Dear Graham,
|>
|> Thanks for your reply. However, I still cannot delete the line even
|> though I select the whole sample letter and press Ctrl + Q. Please
|> note that the line is a short and dimmed one (something like the
|> words in Header & Footer under normal view). I believe the creator
|> wanted to draw a line for the signer to sign under the authorized
|> signature. I cannot select it and I cannot choose "None" in the
|> Format l Borders & Shading. Please advise anything I can do about
|> this line.
|
|Sorry if it's a bit obvious but have you checked that it's not in the
|footer?

 

[Freshman]

Hi Graham

The problem is solved by luck. I followed the instruction by your previous
link to delete a paragraph after a paragraph. When a delete a single-lined
paragraph, the problem line disappeared. The paragraph is like the one below:

HS Corporation Euronote xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx

I undo the delete and further examined the paragraph. I found there was a
small character 'l' before the letter 'H'. When I pointed my mouse to the
letter 'H', an small icon appeared like a small paper with a fold at the
bottom right hand corner. When I delete the small character, the problem line
disappeared. So, I believe the small character is the key for this problem.

From my above description, do you know what is the cause for the problem? If
you still want to see the file, I'll send it to you after some modifications
since some sensitive client's information are there.

Thanks & regards.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

What you are describing is a footnote reference mark. What you thought was
an I was actually (most likely) a superscript 1. The popup would show you
the content of the footnote if there were any, but apparently it is empty.
The line you asked about is therefore the Footnote Separator. If the
footnote has no content, then it doesn't hurt to delete it (which you do by
deleting its reference mark).

To see how this works, however, in a copy of the document that contains the
reference mark (the thing you thought was an I), double-click on the
reference mark or use View | Footnotes to open the footnote pane. You'll see
a superscript 1 followed by the insertion point. Type some text in the
footnote, then click the close button. Now when you mouse over the reference
mark, the popup will show the text you typed.

To create a footnote from scratch, you can use Insert | Reference | Footnote
or, if you don't need to change any of the default settings, Ctrl+Alt+F.

 

[Freshman]

Dear Suzanne,

Thanks for your reply and wonderful explanation. I got the cause for the
line now and learn more Word knowledge.

Thanks for your time again.

Cheers.

 

[Freshman]

Dear Peter,

Thanks.

Freshman wrote in


Sorry if it's a bit obvious but have you checked that it's not in the
footer?

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PeterMcC
If you feel that any of the above is incorrect,
inappropriate or offensive in any way,
please ignore it and accept my apologies.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Glad I could help.