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Enter =Rand() into a blank document to create a few paragraphs of text, as I did. There’s no demonstration file you don’t need one. Word Online doesn’t support special-character searches yet.
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I’m using Microsoft 365 on a Windows 10 64-bit system, but you can use earlier versions. SEE: 83 Excel tips every user should master (TechRepublic)
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It’s not right or wrong, but in this article, I’ll show you how to use the Replace feature to delete and add hard returns. That’s because someone used hard returns instead of altering the text style to add white space. It’s not uncommon though, especially with older documents that you inherit to find more than one hard return between paragraphs. You press Enter only when you’re ready to start a new paragraph. In a Word document, you usually allow Word to wrap to the next line as you enter content. Windows 11: Tips on installation, security and more (free PDF) Windows 11 cheat sheet: Everything you need to know Plan for a Windows 10/11 reinstall by following these steps Image: iStock/Sonja Rachbauer Windows: Must-read coverageġ0 secret Microsoft-specific keyboard shortcuts in Windows 11 Fortunately, it's easy to add and replace those hard returns using Word's Replace feature.
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Too many or too few hard returns can ruin an otherwise professional looking Microsoft Word document. See When Word Headings aren’t really Headings.How to use Replace to remove or add hard returns in a Word document Heading 2 has Outline Level 2) so most people don’t realize the difference until custom heading styles are used. The standard Heading styles come with matching Outline Levels (e.g. It’s more accurate to say that paragraph ‘Outline Levels show in the Navigation Pane’. Word experts will know that when we said ‘Headings show in the Navigation Pane’ that’s not strictly true. But the look doesn’t matter to the Navigation Pane, it’s a Heading style, so it appears in the pane. In this case the heading styles has direct formatting as well, making the text look different. Check on the Styles gallery or pane to see what style is being used. The document text doesn’t look like a heading but it is. Strange text in Navigation PaneĪfter the title ‘New York’ is another navigation pane line. There’s no text in the paragraph so the Navigation Pane line is blank.Īgain, change the style to something non-Heading like ‘Normal’ or ‘Body Text’. The picture under ‘Paris’ is in a paragraph with a Heading style. Remove the line or change to a non-heading style and the extra Navigation Pane line will go away. The blank line under ‘London’ (see above) is caused by another line using a Heading style. Look carefully at the Style for that paragraph.
Quick FixĬlick on the blank Navigation Pane line and Word will jump to that paragraph in the document. The example image above has three examples of the Navigation Pane not showing what you’d expect. Usually it shows the starting text on that line i.e.
The Navigation Pane shows a line for any paragraph with a Heading style (not really, see below for more). Blank lines or text not in a heading.īut sometimes blank spaces appear, like between London and Paris above. The Navigation Pane in Word shows the Headings in a document but sometimes has the unexpected. What causes blank spaces in the Word navigation pane and how to fix them.