At 09:00 16/07/2010 -0400, Mark C. Miller wrote:
I'm creating a worksheet for one of the classes I teach. It's a series of questions with space for student responses. I started with typing the question, then using the underline key to create a blank line for the answer. The first two questions functioned as desired. It was when I got to question three (out of five) that a problem occurred. I'm not really sure what is happening. The line I typed was extended to the end of the page and was directly underneath the question text (I had entered a line in between to create white space between the question and the response. I've checked the auto function under tools>>autocorrect>>options and didn't see anything there that might be "autocorrecting" my text. I'm at a loss as to what is happening ...
When you type three or more underscores (or hyphens, equals signs, asterisks, swung dashes, or hash marks) on a new line and press Enter, the characters are deleted and replaced by a line. This line is not a collection of characters, but instead a border to the immediately preceding paragraph. (As you observe, the line fills the page width between the margins.) You cannot delete this in the same way that you would delete actual characters making up such a line. With the cursor in the preceding paragraph, go to Format | Paragraph... | Borders (or right-click | Paragraph... | Borders) and you will see what is happening. You can make changes there.
... and how to fix it.
o To disable this aspect of AutoCorrect, go to Tools | AutoCorrect Options... | Options and remove the tick from "Apply border".
o When you see the correction happen after you press Enter, the act of ending the paragraph and the automatic correction are treated as two separate operations. If you want to undo the effect on a particular occasion, go to Edit | Undo (or Ctrl+Z) immediately after pressing Enter: this will undo the correction and leave what you originally typed.
o Properties such as borders are inherited when you create new paragraphs, so once you have such a border, others may appear if you press Enter to make new paragraphs as you edit your work. And Edit | Undo is no help here: instead you need to make changes to the paragraph format as above.
I trust this helps. Brian Barker --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
