Hidden text in headings

Neil T · External Since: Jul 17, 2009 Posts: 1

I use the built-in headings (Heading 1 etc) associated with Outline
Numbered. I don't usually have problems.

I created a docuemnt and the first word in each heading was underlined
in red to note a spelling mistake. I know the word is not misspelled
so I right-clicked to look-up. The first word in each heading has a
digit and a number before it.

For example, on screen the first Heading 1 it appears as "Section 1
DEFINITIONS".
In the Search for box, it appears as 0BDEFINITIONS.
The next heading is heading 2 which appears on the screen as "1.1
Unless..."
In the Serach for: box, it appears as "8BUnless"

It prints OK, but it's very annoying that the first word in each
headng style throughout the entire document has this problem.

There are two parts (1) a digit, and (2) a letter. The digit increases
sequentially throughout the document while the letetr remains constant
at B.

Any advice?

Stefan Blom · External Since: May 08, 2009 Posts: 214

This sounds strange. If you want to, I can take a look at the document, or
relevant parts of it. You can send it to sbm01004 RemoveThis @hotmail.com.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

"Neil T" <neil.trenholm RemoveThis @gov.mb.ca> wrote in message
news:7e7ff1c7-7eba-4441-8fbf-50bc44886d61@n30g2000vba.googlegroups.com...
>I use the built-in headings (Heading 1 etc) associated with Outline
> Numbered. I don't usually have problems.
>
> I created a docuemnt and the first word in each heading was underlined
> in red to note a spelling mistake. I know the word is not misspelled
> so I right-clicked to look-up. The first word in each heading has a
> digit and a number before it.
>
> For example, on screen the first Heading 1 it appears as "Section 1
> DEFINITIONS".
> In the Search for box, it appears as 0BDEFINITIONS.
> The next heading is heading 2 which appears on the screen as "1.1
> Unless..."
> In the Serach for: box, it appears as "8BUnless"
>
> It prints OK, but it's very annoying that the first word in each
> headng style throughout the entire document has this problem.
>
> There are two parts (1) a digit, and (2) a letter. The digit increases
> sequentially throughout the document while the letetr remains constant
> at B.
>
> Any advice?

Stefan Blom · External Since: May 08, 2009 Posts: 214

Follow-up: I received an example document, and I noticed that each heading
contained letters and numbers formatted in 1 pt font size, which explains
why they were (almost) invisible.

After selecting the text and pressing Ctrl+SpaceBar (to reset font
formatting to that of the underlying style) it was possible to delete these
characters.

It is unclear how the characters were inserted into the document, though.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

"Stefan Blom" <StefanBlom RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> This sounds strange. If you want to, I can take a look at the document, or
> relevant parts of it. You can send it to sbm01004 RemoveThis @hotmail.com.
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP
>
>
>
> "Neil T" <neil.trenholm RemoveThis @gov.mb.ca> wrote in message
> news:7e7ff1c7-7eba-4441-8fbf-50bc44886d61@n30g2000vba.googlegroups.com...
>>I use the built-in headings (Heading 1 etc) associated with Outline
>> Numbered. I don't usually have problems.
>>
>> I created a docuemnt and the first word in each heading was underlined
>> in red to note a spelling mistake. I know the word is not misspelled
>> so I right-clicked to look-up. The first word in each heading has a
>> digit and a number before it.
>>
>> For example, on screen the first Heading 1 it appears as "Section 1
>> DEFINITIONS".
>> In the Search for box, it appears as 0BDEFINITIONS.
>> The next heading is heading 2 which appears on the screen as "1.1
>> Unless..."
>> In the Serach for: box, it appears as "8BUnless"
>>
>> It prints OK, but it's very annoying that the first word in each
>> headng style throughout the entire document has this problem.
>>
>> There are two parts (1) a digit, and (2) a letter. The digit increases
>> sequentially throughout the document while the letetr remains constant
>> at B.
>>
>> Any advice?
>
>
>