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Hi, Dreamboat. Yes, I know about those field codes, at least the ADVANCE codes. (That SEQ CHAPTER code in the header row is something that was already there in the document I duped. Don’t know why it’s there.)

I typically put those ADVANCE codes after a forward slash to allow the line to break there if necessary. I learned the technique from this forum, in fact, which is a great trick. Maybe you already know about it. If you click on Insert > Field, then double-click on Advance in the right column, a blank ADVANCE code is inserted, which permits the line to break there if necessary (like a WordPerfect Hyphenation Soft Return, if you’re familiar with WordPerfect).

Thanks again for your help.

Russ

Hi, Jefferson. It’s possible the document may be corrupted. When I created it, I duped it from another document, which may have been originated in WordPerfect. So the table may have originally been a WordPerfect table, but I’m not sure.

At my firm, when we convert a document from WordPerfect to Word, our custom is to select the entire document in WordPerfect, do a Paste Special as Unformatted Text into Word, and then reconstruct everything from the ground up. But it’s possible someone may have taken a shortcut and not done it that way.

An oddity: I happen to be at home today, so I opened the document in Word 98 on my Mac. There’s no scrolling problem! I can scroll freely in either Normal or Page Layout.

Thanks for your usual helpful feedback.

Russ

Wow, Dreamboat, you solved my first problem. I used the GRID option and it did the trick. I now have a bottom border on the bottom row of all pages. I had chosen the ALL option before.

Still don’t know why the cursor won’t go back up in the table. I’ve attached the document in case you or anyone else is curious. Starting from the top of the document, I hit Ctrl-PgDn. Then when I hold down the UpArrow to try to go back up from there, the cursor won’t move up. No matter where I move in the document, when I then hold down the UpArrow to move back up, the cursor will not go beyond the top visible row on the screen. I have to either use the scroll bar or hit the PgUp key to move beyond that top visible row.

Thanks for the help.

Russ

Thanks, Paul. I’ll add that to my list! I appreciate your response.

Russ

Hi, Stuart. No, unfortunately the text wasn’t out-of-view because of scrolling. But thanks for your thoughts.

Russ

Thank you, Jan Karel. Sorry for the delay in responding. I was out of the office the last two days.

Russ

Hi, Rory.

1. Yes. (Very well-put, by the way.) A line of text is visible across the column, then it continues past the right edge of the column for several words that can’t be seen (out-of-view to the right), and then it wraps back to the left so that you can see the subsequent words.

2. I was afraid you might ask something like that. It’s possible there may be hard carriage returns, but I don’t know. I’m a rank beginner with Excel and don’t even know how to make things like carriage returns display (maybe similar to Word and WordPerfect?). The display I have now doesn’t show carriage returns, so I really don’t know. I would bet you that there probably are, however, because I don’t think the person who created the chart knows much about Excel either (blind leading the blind, etc.). I’ll take a look at the formula bar display to see if I can see any evidence of hard returns.

By the way, when I posted my question, I was at the office. However, now I’m home and so don’t have access to the document at this moment. I won’t be back at work until Sunday, so I’ll check the document again based on what you’ve told me. Thanks for taking the time to answer (and so fast, too).

Russ

That sounds right. Thanks.

Thanks, Jefferson. You’re pretty quick on the draw. I saw my email notification of your response flash across my screen just as I was about to leave the office last night. Couldn’t stay to answer, so here I am nearly 24 hours later.

I appreciate your taking time to write the macro. I’ll give it a try when I get a chance. We’re pretty swamped here at work at the moment.

I still don’t understand the logic of why anyone would want to be taken to a different page just because you change views. But someone important thought differently. It strikes me as the kind of thing that might sound good in theory but doesn’t work well in practice.

Thanks again for your help.

Russ

Wow, Fred, it works great! I had no idea. Thanks. –Russ

Thanks, Gary. Good idea. –Russ

Klaus,

I just tried it now (it worked) and realize what I did wrong before. I only had the focus on the box, but it wasn’t actually selected. (As you know, those two conditions look very similar.) I have just recently read about the SetAutoShape defaults but haven’t tried it. Thanks for your help.

Russ

Fred,

I know very little about the field commands, but I gather they’re quite powerful. I’m a relative novice in Word (a long-time WordPerfect user). I’ve learned a few new things just from our discussion here. Thanks again.

Russ

Fred, the “double-click-on-Advance” is what you described in your thread with Klaus. You told how you went into Insert > Field and then accidentally double-clicked (instead of single-clicked) on “Advance.” It works like a charm and solves the problem. (By the way, I just tried it here at home in Word 98 and it works.)

My only hesitation in using the zero-width space is that you say it’s not compatible with earlier versions of Word. There are still a lot of users out there who don’t have 2000 yet and since there’s so much document exchange via email, I prefer using features that work in earlier editions whenever possible.

Russ

Wow, Fred, I love the double-click-on-Advance technique. I think that’s the simplest method of all. I assume it works in versions earlier than 2000. I have 98 at home, so I’ll try it there just to see.

Thanks for your excellent help.

Russ