Word wrap to new page does not maintain indent

[Dan]

I have a problem with a large document where the spill-
over part of a paragraph from one page to another does
not maintain the left indent spacing. The indent
indicators and settings are the same, however the text
that flows over is about 1/2 inch left of the "normal"
or "expected" indentation location.

This only happens occasionally. Any insight on what is
causing this and how to correct it would be appreciated.

I am using Word 2000 on an XP Professional Operating
System.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Dan,

I have a problem with a large document where the spill-
over part of a paragraph from one page to another does
not maintain the left indent spacing. The indent
indicators and settings are the same, however the text
that flows over is about 1/2 inch left of the "normal"
or "expected" indentation location.

This only happens occasionally. Any insight on what is
causing this and how to correct it would be appreciated.

Any chance you have a graphical object in the left or right
margin (maybe in the header/footer)?

Might the document be set up for odd/even pages or mirror
margins?

I am using Word 2000 on an XP Professional Operating
System.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Sep 30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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[Dan]

Cindy -

Thanks for the reply.

I double checked and the only header/footer items I have
are text, including page #s, but no grapical objects.

Also, the document is not set for odd/even margins

Dan

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Dan,

OK, then...

When this happens, is it only with particular documents;
from a certain template, for example?

When you see it happen, if you
- select the paragraph before, plus the problem paragraph,
plus the paragraph after
- Edit/Cut
-Edit /Paste Special as "plain text" then re-apply the
formattting (paragraph style?)

has the problem disappeared?

I double checked and the only header/footer items I have
are text, including page #s, but no grapical objects.

Also, the document is not set for odd/even margins

The indent
indicators and settings are the same, however the text
that flows over is about 1/2 inch left of the "normal"
or "expected" indentation location.

This only happens occasionally. Any insight on what is
causing this and how to correct it would be appreciated.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Sep 30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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[Dan]

Cindy -

This was with only a single document.

Your suggestiong seems to cure the problem - whatever it
was. Thank you so much for your help.

Dan

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Dan,

Your suggestiong seems to cure the problem - whatever it
was.

Thanks for confirming that Most likely, the paragraph
formatting information, that's stored "in" the paragraph
mark, was "all jumbled". Cut/paste as plain text cleaned
out the "gook" so that you could successfully reformat.

Cindy Meister