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Enter Key not working - Microsoft Word

Anonymous
2020-07-29T02:13:47+00:00

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In a Microsoft Word document with multiple segments, the Enter and Space keys did not operate as normal. Normally, the Enter key would invoke the paragraph, moving the cursor down to a new line. In my document this was not happening.

The cause seems to be the lack of a hard Enter between the end of the text and the Section (or Page) break. Using the Punctuation Viewer, I was able to determine that the Section Break was on the same line as my text. When I added a hard Enter after my text so that the Section Break was below my text, the Enter and Space keys worked properly. With the business document questions on this error, I suspect that the same Section or Page Break issue may be the cause of this issue.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-07-29T02:56:52+00:00

    Hi, I'm Amanda, an Independent Advisor. I'm happy to try and assist you today.

    Are you in print view or normal view when you do this?

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  2. Stefan Blom 340.9K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2020-07-29T09:05:49+00:00

    Earlier, it has been reported that typing immediately above a section break may be slow. The workaround mentioned in some older threads is simple: just add an extra paragraph mark, by pressing Enter.

    Note that you can remove the "excessive" paragraph later, when you have completed editing.

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