<sp> Symbol in Word 2003

[MrTBC]

Hi there.
<sp> keeps appearing in my Word documents near to images. Iy's only a problem on one PC as it is fine on others. Any ideas please?

 

[MrTBC]

It is. If I select the word 'When' i see the word 'When' in the 'Reveal Formatting' task pane. With '<sp>' selected I see 'Sample Text'.

 

[MrTBC]

OK - I've got that code to run now:

Selection Text is [shows a square symbol]
Length is 2 characters
Using the following ASCII characters 8 13

 

[fumei]

VERY weird.

Then please find some way to parse through the Selection.Range to find out what the ASCII is for that sucker, because it ain't normal.text. If you can't use my code, find some other way....

Can you record macros? If so, record some simple dumb thing, and replace it with my code. It is totally non-destructive, and will display (hopefully) some information about that...whatever it is.

Gerry

 

[fumei]

A backspace?????

Tony? How could this be in the document, revealed like that?

Gerry

 

[TonyJollans]

I think "Sample" is displayed in Reveal Formatting when Word can't decide what text from the document to use. That said, when I select a Chr(8) in a document (which I got by using a hex editor) it displays an empty box.

I'm completely baffled by this. If I had it in front of me I could investigate better (that doesn't necessarily mean I could resolve it) but remotely I don't know what else to suggest. If it's not confidential could you send me a copy (my handle at gmail dot com).

You say you can change its Font. What font is it in to start with and what happens to it in other fonts?

Enjoy,
Tony

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[tf1]

Does the problem PC use the same printer (and driver) as the other PCs?

Was the document first created in Word (i.e. not converted from WP or some other WP)?

What happens if you start Word in Safe Mode (from Start Run, type in winword /a and press enter)?

What type of images are these and what source dod they originate?


Regards: tf1