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Hi I am a beginner and have been searching all over the microsoft website for a place to answer a very, very, very simple question. I have no more time to search as I am doing a university course online and am behind in my readings. So I hope you will indulge me.

I am looking for how to view what has been told to word to make a document appear the way it does. I am looking for this because the course requires us to add text to the side of text that is existing in a file that is sent to us on a 'floppy' for the A drive. (They hardly left any space down the side I would love to modify but this is not neccesary

I know that I used to do this quite easily but cannot seeem to get it to appear today.

I thought if I could see what they told it I could more easily add my text without all the existing text moving around causing havoc. By the way on my own I did not know how to do this either so I made a column down one side and a text box down the other. I am sure there is a better way to do this.

Thanks in advance if anyone can help, Me

Hi
Basically what I am trying to do is change a file that I received from my instructor. This word file runs down the left two thirds of a page and I am to put my notes on the right hand side of the page. When I typr in my notes I encounter two problems. I need more space as each note of mine should be basically across from the existing text and when I type anything in it moves the existing text around. I tried changing the text of the exisisting document but am having troubles. Any way that htis could be done easily would be appreciated.
The question I was asking was that I used to be able to go in view and pick something that allowed me to see paragraph markers, tabs, spaces, etc. as little symbols within the document so that I could see what had been done to make the document look like it did. This would allow me to modify more easily. Is this still something that can be done?
Me

Hi,
This thread merely discusses a Beginners forum as a suggestion for this site. This thread doesn't entertain questions, just suggestions. So if you are having problems, you might try posting in the other forum groups in this site.
cheers,
Paul June A. Domag

Yes i see why, you are getting madd...these forumns can be a little tense as far as questions asked...this is a sugguestion forum so programming questions are not suppose to be in order here....so try to find forums that fit you programming needs....the help here is really great though as long as you dont get to difficult.....