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I have lost the bottom sections of 2 different Word documents.
I have the 2nd document and it is behaving very strangely. I wasn't doing anything unusual - just adding text. Then the cursor disappeared and I couldn't use Home or End controls. the last page of the doc disappeared altho the Word page still counts it. When I scroll to the bottom, there is a big blank Word area after the last page (not a page). When I save the doc, it loses another page off the bottom! Help.
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In draft view, try copying everything except for the final paragraph mark (¶) and then paste it into a new document and see if that overcomes the problem.
If not, if you can send me one of the documents, I will investigate the issue.
If you switch to Draft View, do you see the balance of the document?
If you use ALT+F9 to toggle on the display of field codes, does the missing text appear inside a pair of field delimiters { }?
Hello Doug
Thank you very much for your response.
Yes in Draft View I can see the balance of the document!
No ALT+F9 does not show the missing text.
Many thanks
Alison