Short black line at end of last para

[patrick j]

Hello

I know the answer to my question is extremely simple. It is either "it's
always there and you haven't noticed it before" or "you just toggle it on
and off with X, it's obvious".

The question is the short black line at the end of the last paragraph. I
have it now in all my documents, but I don't know if it was there
yesterday.

I know the line doesn't print. I even think it is rather helpful to know
when the document actually ends. However I think I'd like to be able to
turn it off.

I remember having exactly the same thing when I used to use Word many years
ago, it was the classic and excellent 5.1a I had, I remember I resolved the
short black line question with either of the responses above but I can't
remember which one it was.

Thank you

 

[JE McGimpsey]

I know the answer to my question is extremely simple. It is either "it's
always there and you haven't noticed it before" or "you just toggle it on
and off with X, it's obvious".

The question is the short black line at the end of the last paragraph. I
have it now in all my documents, but I don't know if it was there
yesterday.

I know the line doesn't print. I even think it is rather helpful to know
when the document actually ends. However I think I'd like to be able to
turn it off.

I remember having exactly the same thing when I used to use Word many years
ago, it was the classic and excellent 5.1a I had, I remember I resolved the
short black line question with either of the responses above but I can't
remember which one it was.

It's always there in Normal and Outline views. Don't think there's any
way to turn it off, but it's not visible in Page Layout view.

 

[CyberTaz]

John's quite correct... That's an End of Document marker which serves to let
you know there is nothing contained beyond that point when working in the
views he mentioned - an important feature as text-wrapped graphics & other
types of content don't display in those views & can account for a vast
amount of empty space. AFAIK there is no On/Off switch for it.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[John McGhie]

Unless it's horizontal

If the line is horizontal, then it's an End Note separator, which would
occur if he had inserted an end-note by mistake...

If the line is horizontal, it's an end note separator ‹ remove all the
endnotes and it will go away

Cheers

John's quite correct... That's an End of Document marker which serves to let
you know there is nothing contained beyond that point when working in the
views he mentioned - an important feature as text-wrapped graphics & other
types of content don't display in those views & can account for a vast
amount of empty space. AFAIK there is no On/Off switch for it.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

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[Daiya Mitchell]

They are both horizontal lines, I think. But the End of Doc marker is
thicker and shorter than the endnote separator. Actually, the endnote
separator will never show in Normal view, and the End of Doc marker will
never show in Page Layout.

 

[CyberTaz]

That's my take too - the EOD marker is horizontal, heavy, black & approx. 3
characters wide.

 

[patrick j]

It's always there in Normal and Outline views. Don't think there's any
way to turn it off, but it's not visible in Page Layout view.

Hi

That's great thank you. It explains it very well. Thanks to the others who
have given even more info.

The reason I started noticing it is that I changed from Page Layout view to
Normal view.

I've found I really like Normal view with text wrapping to side of window.

I'm pretty well aware of the differences between Normal and Page Layout
view but that little black line had be confused.

Now I know what it is I'll see it as my friend