[mso] Re: Word - Show All list
- From: "Dian Chapman" <dian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 01:20:15 -0500
>something that looks like a 'degree' symbol, apparently made using a kind
of space character... ALT 0160
Right...sorry, can't remember then all when I sit down to think of them.
That's the HARD SPACE symbol. If you hit Shift/Ctrl/Spacebar you enter a
hard space. It's used to hold words together. Like a name. You'd want to add
one like this:
Dian[HardSpaceHere]D. Chapman. Then...should my name be chopped due to line
spacing, you will keep my middle initial with my first name...which is the
professional way to do it. Allowing the first/middle initial to be split is
very unprofessional! Lots of other uses to keep stuff "stuck" together.
>and a character that resembles this: <-'
That's a SOFT LINE BREAK. You should RARELY use this...and only when you
know what you're doing. Geez...I had someone writing a book recently and
several folks used the Shift/Enter (soft break) for nearly EVERY LINE!
ARRRGGGHHHH!!! You should just type away and only hit the return to stop one
paragraph and move on to another. However, since the soft break does hold
lines together within paragraphs and allows you to pull off a few
tricks...when you know what you're doing...it can be very useful. And yes, I
do use it a lot.
>is there something special about this compared to a normal 'enter'
Yes. A regular return STOPS a paragraph. A soft return CONTINUES the
paragraph. This is important because formatting in Word goes with the
PARAGRAPH. So you have to use this with caution until you understand how
styles work in Word. I'd suggest you read this article I wrote on styles:
http://www.mousetrax.com/styles.html
>The other one is a small circle about mid height on the line with 4 dots
around it, it appears when you copy/paste in multiple cells from excel.
I don't use Excel...so I'd have to experiment with that one to figure it
out...which I can't do at the moment cos' I'm running something in Word.
You might also want to check out the Edit/Replace dialog. If you click MORE
you'll expand the dialog to see other features. And if you check out the
SPECIAL list, you'll see several other special symbols that can be
searched/replaced.
Hope this helps...
Dian Chapman
Technical Consultant,
Microsoft MVP & Instructor
Free Tutorials: www.mousetrax.com/techtrax
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-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Jim
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 11:35 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: Word - Show All list
Thanks Dian,
there are a few more symbol's used
something that looks like a 'degree' symbol, apparently made using a kind of
space character... ALT 0160
and a character that resembles this: <-'
imagine that as all one smaller character (I tried to copy/past the actual
one here but it doesn't show up) I found that it is made when doing a
shift-enter but I haven't found the significance of it, is there something
special about this compared to a normal 'enter'
neither of these show unless the show all is enabled.
I spent quite a bit of time looking for the 'degree' symbol the other night,
I still don't know what it's significance is.
The other one is a small circle about mid height on the line with 4 dots
around it, it appears when you copy/paste in multiple cells from excel.
there is one in each cell and one at the end of each line of cells.
I've had a bear of a time trying to delete the last one of those on each
line, at least I have that problem at work office 2k on 2k OS on dell
machines. I just tried deleting them in a test doc here and it worked fine,
(highlight - ctrl-x and it was gone). when I do the paste at work, I don't
get the 'boxes' around each cell like I do here at home, must be an OS thing
cause I'm using XP-pro here, 2k there.
-Jim-
Dian Chapman wrote:
>Don't know of a list, as most of it's pretty basic.
>
>* You have your Paragraph Markers...which look like a writer's paragraph
>mark
>* You have Tabs...which look like an arrow before the text is pushed in.
>* You have Page Breaks that say Page Breaks
>* You have Section Breaks that say Section Breaks
>* You have Column Breaks that say Column Breaks <-- I dont remember
seeing these]
>* You have spaces, which are dots between words where spaces are
>* You have tiny "Anchor" symbols next to frames that have been anchored to
>the page or paragraph
>* You have dots around the page, where the margins are <-- I dont get dots
or any indication]
>
>* I think the only MYSTERY symbol is the tiny square in the left margin,
>which, when used, represents "keep with next" or "keep together" formatting
>applied to that paragraph style. You'll see that when you use a HEADING
>style, as headings must be keep with the next para text.
>
>Anything you found that you don't understand? Ask here.
>
>
>Dian Chapman
>Technical Consultant,
>Microsoft MVP & Instructor
>
>Free Tutorials: www.mousetrax.com/techtrax
>Free Word Tips & Tricks eBook: www.mousetrax.com/books.html
>Learn VBA the easy way, thru video! www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>Of Jim
>Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 8:42 AM
>To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [mso] Word - Show All list
>
>Does anybody know of a list of all the 'symbol's and their
>functions/meanings that are revealed using the Show All button on word's
>tool bar? Seems to me this would be an essential subject to have in the
>F1 - Online Help files, however I haven't found it.
>
>Thanks
>
>-Jim-
>
>
>
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