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Name: VaN
Date: April 6, 2003 at 10:40:58 Pacific
OS: Win XP Pro SP1
CPU/Ram: athlon 1700+/256DDR
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Hi,

I got a portion of text sitting on the left side of a new line in MS Word XP, and when I try to move it more to the right by pressing SPACE it doesn't allow me. If I press TAB, it also shifts the line above. I know it has something to do with autoformatting, but I never used this feature and I would like to disable it altogether.
Any suggestions on where I can find and disable it?



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Name: Bobthearch
Date: April 6, 2003 at 14:57:30 Pacific
Reply:

Browse down the forum list to "MS Word doesn't mind it's business," or something similar. That post is regarding a different version of Word, but I bet the contols are in the same place.

Best Luck,
Bob


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Response Number 2
Name: VaN
Date: April 6, 2003 at 16:59:54 Pacific
Reply:

Read the thread, disabled ALL AutoFormat functions but the problem persists :(


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Response Number 3
Name: Hmmm
Date: April 6, 2003 at 20:10:58 Pacific
Reply:

Disatisfied with MS Office-try Open Office.


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Response Number 4
Name: Bobthearch
Date: April 6, 2003 at 21:58:14 Pacific
Reply:

I'm suprised the problem wasn't with the auto-format features, as you thought. That crap should be turned OFF by default, if you ask me.

I would try to re-create the problem on my computer, but I'm still on Office2000...

Best Luck,
Bob


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Response Number 5
Name: CyberSlug
Date: April 7, 2003 at 03:36:05 Pacific
Reply:

I'm assuming you are using word wrap and left justification, so this behavior is "probably by design."

You need to insert a hard space. hit Ctrl+Shift+Space

Intuitive, isn't it =)



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Response Number 6
Name: CyberSlug
Date: April 7, 2003 at 03:48:01 Pacific
Reply:

By the way, you'll always need to insert a hard space *unless* you end the preceding line with Return/Enter.


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