WD2000: Can't Type Last Character If Last Paragraph Mark Is Hidden

• Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you format the last paragraph mark in a Word document as hidden text, and then turn off the Show/Hide feature (click Show/Hide on the Standard toolbar), the following behaviors may occur:

• Your insertion point moves to the left of the last character and you cannot move the insertion point to the right.
  
  -and-



• If text to the left of the last paragraph mark was underlined, Word may remove the underline from the last word.

WORKAROUND

To be able to type to the right of the last character, turn on the Show/Hide feature. To do this, use either of the following methods:

• Click Show/Hide on the Standard toolbar.
  
  -or-



• Show all nonprinting characters. To do this, follow these steps:



1. On the Tools menu, click Options and then click the View tab.



2. Under Formatting marks, click to select the All check box.



3. Click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

This problem only affects how the document looks on the screen. Word prints the document correctly.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbdta wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug