Microsoft KB Archive/64172

Vertical Line Tab Before Section Break Doesn’t Show

PSS ID Number: Q64172 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SUMMARY =

In Microsoft Word for the Macintosh versions 4.0 and 5.0, when a vertical line tab marker is placed in a paragraph that is immediately followed by a section break, the vertical line will not appear on the last line of the paragraph in any view except for normal, or “galley,” view.

Workarounds
To have the vertical mark show in such a situation, place a carriage return immediately before the section break once the vertical line has been added, so that there is an empty line between the last paragraph and the section break.

Another workaround is to select the last paragraph and use the Copy Format command (COMMAND+OPTION+V), then select the section break and press the ENTER key on the keypad. This will apply the same format from the paragraph to the section break.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Word does not show the vertical line because it is showing the last set of paragraph information it “sees” as not having a vertical line format. This occurs because section breaks contain their own paragraph formatting. If a paragraph property, such as the vertical bar tab, is placed in a paragraph preceding a section break, it will not be applied to the section break unless the section break is selected, too.

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