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How do I take out the page breaks completely so that my document would look like that in a the Microsoft program Notebook??
Thanks.
Thanks.
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Daiya Mitchell
Don't know what the MS program Notebook looks like, sorry (haven't even
heard of it. Could you mean OneNote? Not that I've ever seen that
either, since it doesn't run on Macs, and you are asking Mac users for
help).
Can you clarify what you are hoping for?
heard of it. Could you mean OneNote? Not that I've ever seen that
either, since it doesn't run on Macs, and you are asking Mac users for
help).
Can you clarify what you are hoping for?
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Guest
Okay let me clarify for "Daiya" I HATE ms. However, my instructor wants a paper written in the same format as a program called Notepad or Notebook or notesomthing...
Here is the question: How do I remove page breaks from my doc???
Here is the question: How do I remove page breaks from my doc???
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Daiya Mitchell
If your instructor said submit in Notepad format, then I'm guessing they
want a .txt document--in Word, use File | Save As and set the format to
Plain Text.
Best to double-check on the syllabus or something what program your
instructor mentioned.
wrote:
want a .txt document--in Word, use File | Save As and set the format to
Plain Text.
Best to double-check on the syllabus or something what program your
instructor mentioned.
wrote:
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Guest
Yes. I completely understand the .txt format. I also understand how to make a plain text doc in Word. However, my question still remains, "how do I remove the page breaks from my docs?"
Please let me know how to do this or dont bother commenting...
Thank you!
Please let me know how to do this or dont bother commenting...
Thank you!
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Daiya Mitchell
Well, you can't. Your question doesn't make any sense, that's why I
ignored it when you asked it the second time. If the text takes up more
than a page--if you have more lines of text than will fit on a
page---then Word will show page breaks as necessary. You can't stop it
from doing this. There is nothing to take out.
Now, if you inserted the page breaks yourself, then you can hit ¶ to
show them, and select and delete them. But this will only work with
manual page breaks that you inserted, say by using Insert | Page Break.
And I doubt that's what you did, because you could actually just
backspace those away without even revealing them--I wouldn't imagine
someone would need to post to a forum for help with that.
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ignored it when you asked it the second time. If the text takes up more
than a page--if you have more lines of text than will fit on a
page---then Word will show page breaks as necessary. You can't stop it
from doing this. There is nothing to take out.
Now, if you inserted the page breaks yourself, then you can hit ¶ to
show them, and select and delete them. But this will only work with
manual page breaks that you inserted, say by using Insert | Page Break.
And I doubt that's what you did, because you could actually just
backspace those away without even revealing them--I wouldn't imagine
someone would need to post to a forum for help with that.
wrote:
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John McGhie
The .txt format cannot contain page breaks.
Microsoft Word never inserts page breaks in a file, so there is nothing to
take out.
If YOU put page breaks in the file, you would know about it, and you would
know to delete them. So unless YOU put page breaks in the file, there are
none there.
If you work in Publishing Layout or Print Layout, Word will always show you
where the page breaks "would" occur if you send that file to the
currently-selected printer.
If you are working in plain text mode, then you should be working in Normal
View (known as Draft view in Word 2008). That will also show you where the
page breaks "would" occur if you printed the document. But you can turn the
display of non-printing characters off so you don't see them.
So the answer to your question, as Daiya has said twice already, is "THERE
ARE NO PAGE BREAKS IN THE FILE TO REMOVE."
OK?
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Microsoft Word never inserts page breaks in a file, so there is nothing to
take out.
If YOU put page breaks in the file, you would know about it, and you would
know to delete them. So unless YOU put page breaks in the file, there are
none there.
If you work in Publishing Layout or Print Layout, Word will always show you
where the page breaks "would" occur if you send that file to the
currently-selected printer.
If you are working in plain text mode, then you should be working in Normal
View (known as Draft view in Word 2008). That will also show you where the
page breaks "would" occur if you printed the document. But you can turn the
display of non-printing characters off so you don't see them.
So the answer to your question, as Daiya has said twice already, is "THERE
ARE NO PAGE BREAKS IN THE FILE TO REMOVE."
OK?
--
Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/
Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.
John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]
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CyberTaz
What is giving the impression that there are page breaks?
If you open the .txt file in Word [or any other word processor], pagination
will be imposed for display purposes because that's how a word processor
works - as John & Daiya have explained. When the .txt file is opened in a
*text editor* - such as Notepad - there will be no visible page breaks...
All will be one continuous flow of text.
OTOH, if you're opening the .txt file in Apple's TextEdit - far more closely
akin to Notepad - and you're still seeing pages imposed, go to the Format
menu & select Wrap to Window (rather than Wrap to Page). The "pages breaks"
will magically disappear & only the continuous flow of text will display.
And - FWIW - Everything the others have told you is accurate & factual...
Especially the point about Word docs *not* containing page breaks unless you
force them. Daiya correctly described the procedure for removing manual page
breaks as well as why the natural page breaks can't be removed, & John
further elaborated on the point.
If this information isn't helping you resolve the issue it's because you
aren't accurately describing the problem and/or what it is that you're
trying to accomplish. Between the three of us we have nearly 100 years of
personal computing & word processing experience. We all have interpreted
your request - independently - in the same manner & further seem to agree on
the explanation & solution to the problem as you've described it. The snide
remark about "...don't bother commenting" was rude & inappropriate.
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
If you open the .txt file in Word [or any other word processor], pagination
will be imposed for display purposes because that's how a word processor
works - as John & Daiya have explained. When the .txt file is opened in a
*text editor* - such as Notepad - there will be no visible page breaks...
All will be one continuous flow of text.
OTOH, if you're opening the .txt file in Apple's TextEdit - far more closely
akin to Notepad - and you're still seeing pages imposed, go to the Format
menu & select Wrap to Window (rather than Wrap to Page). The "pages breaks"
will magically disappear & only the continuous flow of text will display.
And - FWIW - Everything the others have told you is accurate & factual...
Especially the point about Word docs *not* containing page breaks unless you
force them. Daiya correctly described the procedure for removing manual page
breaks as well as why the natural page breaks can't be removed, & John
further elaborated on the point.
If this information isn't helping you resolve the issue it's because you
aren't accurately describing the problem and/or what it is that you're
trying to accomplish. Between the three of us we have nearly 100 years of
personal computing & word processing experience. We all have interpreted
your request - independently - in the same manner & further seem to agree on
the explanation & solution to the problem as you've described it. The snide
remark about "...don't bother commenting" was rude & inappropriate.
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
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Daiya Mitchell
CyberTaz said:
You're so kind, CyberTaz. I was hoping to (eventually) get across the
point "ask a bad question, you'll get an answer you don't like." But I
suppose I was too optimistic.
P
Phillip Jones
Click on the symbols that looks like a reverse musical note (for people
not computer literate), Paragraph mark.
the scroll and locate and highlight each item identified as a page
Break. Hit delete.
You will have to add a return to keep item from running together.
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not computer literate), Paragraph mark.
the scroll and locate and highlight each item identified as a page
Break. Hit delete.
You will have to add a return to keep item from running together.
wrote:
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Phillip M. Jones, CET |LIFE MEMBER: VPEA ETA-I, NESDA, ISCET, Sterling
616 Liberty Street |Who's Who. PHONE:276-632-5045, FAX:276-632-0868
Martinsville Va 24112 |[email protected], ICQ11269732, AIM pjonescet
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<http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/Fulcher/default.html>
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iPhoneMac
Thank you Philip for the answer to my problem. I really appreciate your help!