When you cut and paste in a paragraph there is often an extra line that remains; delete a single word and you have an extra space, etc. Some of these formatting problems can be eliminated by adjusting options.

Click the Office button

Go to Word Options button at the bottom of the dialog box.

Click Advanced.

Under Editing Options
Select the When Selecting, Automatically Select Entire Word check box.
Select the Use Smart Paragraph Selection check box.

Click OK to save the changes. 

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Created:  July 05, 2012

Sr. Arlene Callahan
Training Manager
Rivier University
Nashua, NH 03060

E-mail: acallahan@rivier.edu