Microsoft KB Archive/157395

= WD97: Text Not Centered If Selection Includes Section Break, Tab =

Article ID: 157395

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q157395



SYMPTOMS
If you center a selection that contains leading and trailing tabs (or spaces) followed by a continuous section break, the leading tabs (or spaces) are removed, but the trailing tabs (or spaces) are retained.

For example, when you center the following selection: -->A--> the result is this: A--> If you center a selection that contains leading and ending tabs (or spaces) followed by a continuous section break and another line that contains leading and ending tabs, the leading tab is removed from the first line but not the second line, and the ending tab is removed from the second line but not the first line.

For example, when you center the following selection: -->A--> -->B--> the result is this: A--> -->B The drawback to this is that your text will be off-center.

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WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do one of the following:
 * Remove the tabs either before or after you center the text.

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 * Remove the section break before you center the text; all of the tabs will be removed.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem has been corrected in Word 2000.

Additional query words: 8.0 word8 word97

Keywords: kbbug kblayout kbpending KB157395

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