losing paragraph marks when moving text

[Matthew W. I. Dunn]

Argh! This is really starting to piss me off!

I'm working with documents in "Compatibility Mode." I have a document in
which I've taken notes from various sources. I try to keep them separate by
hitting Enter twice at the end of each one I've taken. (That makes it easier
to see each invidual note.)

Now I'm trying to organize by highlighting and moving text within the
document. I highlight the text as well as the 2 paragraph marks at the end.
But, Office 2007 has suddenly decided -- just today, all on its own -- that
it wants to remove 1 of the final paragraph marks when it moves the text to
its new location. This not only creates the appearance of a big block of
text, but now I also have to go through and re-add the extra paragraph mark
that I want for appearance purposes.

I've gone into Word Options to see what effect changing the "Advanced"
formatting options would do. Apparently, nothing.

Not the end of the world . . . but, becoming EXTREMELY annoying.

Any suggestions on why Office 2007 would start doing this?

 

[Matthew W. I. Dunn]

Oh, BTW, here's another little wrinkle:

It only seems to remove 1 of the paragraph marks when I move text DOWN. If
I highlight something and move it UP, the complete highlighted section moves
into place with no problem whatsoever.