Formatting issue - Titles
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Hello,
I have a regular formatting problem with my paragraph titles. As soon as I add spaces before a title, it creates very large spaces, and if I want to write before a title, it doesn't write in Normal Mode, but in title format. Even when I activate the kind of P (paragraph mark), I see that my titles must be poorly programmed as I try to delete what is in front of them. I'm attaching two images to clarify things.
Thank you for your valuable help,
Madeleine
I have a regular formatting problem with my paragraph titles. As soon as I add spaces before a title, it creates very large spaces, and if I want to write before a title, it doesn't write in Normal Mode, but in title format. Even when I activate the kind of P (paragraph mark), I see that my titles must be poorly programmed as I try to delete what is in front of them. I'm attaching two images to clarify things.
Thank you for your valuable help,
Madeleine
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Hello Madeleine2Proust,
Invisible characters are often the mischievous culprits behind our strange formatting in Word (and other software as well).
If I understand correctly, your headings look like "headings".
And the text before has the appearance of "normal".
Furthermore, the space before the heading also looks like "headings".
First, you need to place your cursor in the space before the heading.
Observe what Style is assigned to it.
It’s likely one of the "heading" styles available in Word.
In that case, all you have to do is assign a different style as you wish.
Never forget that spaces and line breaks between two words or two sentences are formatted by the styles applied to those words or sentences.
As soon as we delete part of the sentence, or one of the two words, the remaining space (which you cannot see) retains this formatting and carries it wherever the space is moved.
Keep us updated.
Cheers!
Invisible characters are often the mischievous culprits behind our strange formatting in Word (and other software as well).
If I understand correctly, your headings look like "headings".
And the text before has the appearance of "normal".
Furthermore, the space before the heading also looks like "headings".
First, you need to place your cursor in the space before the heading.
Observe what Style is assigned to it.
It’s likely one of the "heading" styles available in Word.
In that case, all you have to do is assign a different style as you wish.
Never forget that spaces and line breaks between two words or two sentences are formatted by the styles applied to those words or sentences.
As soon as we delete part of the sentence, or one of the two words, the remaining space (which you cannot see) retains this formatting and carries it wherever the space is moved.
Keep us updated.
Cheers!
Hello,
Thank you for this quick reply. It's great. By selecting the spaces above the title, their style was indeed the same, Heading 1. I selected the spaces to change them to Normal. So that's very good.
However, I am questioning whether the problem is really resolved, as it might be my Heading 1 style that I programmed incorrectly, which is causing issues by adding, for example, spaces above it of the same style,... Image 2 (style details) of my problem does not seem to indicate this, though.
Thank you thank you
Madeleine
Thank you for this quick reply. It's great. By selecting the spaces above the title, their style was indeed the same, Heading 1. I selected the spaces to change them to Normal. So that's very good.
However, I am questioning whether the problem is really resolved, as it might be my Heading 1 style that I programmed incorrectly, which is causing issues by adding, for example, spaces above it of the same style,... Image 2 (style details) of my problem does not seem to indicate this, though.
Thank you thank you
Madeleine
Hello,
When you enter a paragraph break before a paragraph that has already been entered, regardless of what it is, the new paragraph takes the format of the previous one.
So, it's normal that if you hit a paragraph break before a Heading 1 style, the new paragraph is in Heading 1 style; you just have to change it back to Normal. If it was in Normal style, it would be in Normal style, etc.
This once again shows the importance of working with displayed formatting marks, the only way to know exactly what you're doing.
m@rina
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From now on, if a user tells me "it doesn't work" without any further info..., I'm done!
When you enter a paragraph break before a paragraph that has already been entered, regardless of what it is, the new paragraph takes the format of the previous one.
So, it's normal that if you hit a paragraph break before a Heading 1 style, the new paragraph is in Heading 1 style; you just have to change it back to Normal. If it was in Normal style, it would be in Normal style, etc.
This once again shows the importance of working with displayed formatting marks, the only way to know exactly what you're doing.
m@rina
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From now on, if a user tells me "it doesn't work" without any further info..., I'm done!
Thank you Marina for this confirmation.
Indeed, without the formatting marks, we can't do anything. (And it’s annoying ^^)
Madeleine
Indeed, without the formatting marks, we can't do anything. (And it’s annoying ^^)
Madeleine
M@rina has elegantly closed off all your annoyances.
I would just add a small ancillary point that is still related to the topic.
It is sometimes important to distinguish, for as long as possible, content from form.
What I mean is that it can be productive to type text by the mile, only taking into account the existence of paragraphs and line breaks.
Once finalized, the mass of text sequenced in layers more readily reveals the formatting needs. All that's left is to describe your custom styles. Then apply them to the blocks of text.
It took me many years to accept this writing technique, but once learned, you fumble 100 times less than when managing content and form at the same time.
See you!
I would just add a small ancillary point that is still related to the topic.
It is sometimes important to distinguish, for as long as possible, content from form.
What I mean is that it can be productive to type text by the mile, only taking into account the existence of paragraphs and line breaks.
Once finalized, the mass of text sequenced in layers more readily reveals the formatting needs. All that's left is to describe your custom styles. Then apply them to the blocks of text.
It took me many years to accept this writing technique, but once learned, you fumble 100 times less than when managing content and form at the same time.
See you!