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Referring to the above image. I am editing a document that has a dropped cap that isn't a dropped cap. Please explain what it is and how to get rid of it. Pleast do not tell me to Insert>Drop Cap>None because it isn't a dropped cap. It also is not a style either.
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Have you tried selecting it and pressing the Delete key?
If you're certain it's not a drop cap as Word normally creates them, then we would have to see a sample document. You can upload your file to a cloud service, then post a password-free share link here so we can take a closer look.
It cannot be selected. I have tried several way to get rid of it witout success. Could it be a watermark or something like that?
Uploading a sample file is the quickest route to an accurate answer. Otherwise, we're just guessing from a screen shot.
If you open the PDF in Word, the "A" becomes a picture. You can tell if you click to select it, because Word displays the Picture Format tab on the ribbon.
In addition, if you choose to show non-printing marks (click the ¶ icon on the Home tab), you will see the anchor in the text paragraph below.
To delete the picture, select it and press Delete (or cut it with Ctrl+X).
Convert the file to a docx file and try to delete the dropped cap. Please let me know how to do it if you can.
Hi Donald,
For future questions you may have...
Even though you can open and edit a pdf file in Word that file will not be the same as the Word document used to create the document. Pdf and Word file formats are not equivalent and using Acrobat or another pdf editor will give a different file structure than using Word.
Stefan pointed out that what is a DropCap in Word will become a picture or image when the file is saved as pdf. There are numerous other inconsistencies.
The files look the same, but the underlying structure is different.