Not to muddy the waters here, but I do put a space between the asterisks. For some people who do not have auto formatting for borders turned off, three asterisks can insert a very difficult to remove border line if you don't remove it immediately. As long as it appears appropriately in print, however, whatever works for you is fine. Smiles. Valerie October is Breast Cancer Awareness month; think PINK! ________________________________ From: Lisa Gorden-Cushman <crysania@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sat, October 13, 2012 9:30:02 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Asterisks and bullets Great. I'll try leaving out the space. Thanks -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Rosenthal Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 5:59 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Asterisks and bullets Do 3 asterisks in a row without spaces between them I've been having similar problem but not with the asterisks. When I make the chapter title 16 pt. bold a a black square like the bullet appears. The only way I've been able to get rid of it is to go to heading and click on no formatting; it disappears and when I reformat the chapter title in 16bold it does not re-appear, but it's likewise bothersome to do that every chapter title. I finally found a heading that said 16 point bold and used it -- a different numberi n the heading file than the one that caused the problem. On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Lisa Gorden-Cushman <crysania@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have a question that I hope someone can answer. I have been putting 3 > asterisks after a chapter heading. However, when I write three asterisks, > separated each by a space, Microsoft word inserts a bullet before the first > star, and only writes two asterisks. I have to delete the bullet, and > rewrite the third asterisk. Does anyone have an idea for writing 3 > asterisks without having to encounter this problem all the time? > > Thanks, > Lisa