Microsoft KB Archive/65971

Hidden Paragraph Mark Allows Multiple Styles to Paragraphs PSS ID Number: Q65971 Article last modified on 07-14-1994

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WINDOWS

Summary:

By applying the hidden character attribute to paragraph marks, you can simulate multiple style formatting to what appears to be one paragraph. Normally, you can only apply a single style to each paragraph. Because there is still a paragraph marker separating the individual paragraphs, each paragraph still contains only one style. By hiding the paragraph markers, Microsoft Word for Windows adjusts the first line of the following paragraph to the hidden marker, making the two separate paragraphs appear as a single paragraph.

More Information:

To make two separate paragraphs appear as a single paragraph in Word for Windows versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.1a, follow the steps below:


 * 1) Apply a style, such as heading 1, to a paragraph of text.
 * 2) From the View menu, choose Preferences and select the Show All check box. Select the paragraph marker.
 * 3) From the Format menu, choose Character, and select Hidden.
 * 4) Clear the Show All check box and verify that Hidden Text is not selected in the View menu’s Preferences options box.

To work around this problem in Word for Windows 2.0, follow the steps below:


 * 1) Apply a style, such as heading 1, to a paragraph of text.
 * 2) Display paragraph marks by choosing the Paragraph Marks button. Select the paragraph marker.
 * 3) From the Format menu, choose Character, and select Hidden.
 * 4) Turn Paragraph Marks off. To verify that hidden text is not selected from the Tools menu choose Options and select the View category.

This procedure hides the paragraph mark, joining the two paragraphs into one on the screen, while retaining their separate applied styles. This technique is useful for applying a style or multiple styles to a portion of a paragraph. This functionality is not available in Word for Windows except under these circumstances.

To print, make sure that Hidden Text is not selected under the Print menu’s Options.

Reference(s):

“Microsoft Word for Windows User’s Reference,” page 275

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