WD: Linefeeds or Line Breaks Become Paragraph Marks (24684)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 3.0
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 3.01
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 3.02
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 4.0
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 5.0
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 5.0a
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 5.1
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 5.1a
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1a
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0a
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0b
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0c
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0c-CD
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95 7.0a

This article was previously published under Q24684

SUMMARY

After saving a document in Text Only or Text Only With Line Breaks format, all line feeds and line breaks are converted to paragraph marks. These characters include newline characters [created by pressing SHIFT+RETURN on the main keyboard], page breaks, and section breaks.

MORE INFORMATION

In addition to converting all line breaks to paragraph marks, the Text Only With Line Breaks file format inserts a paragraph mark at the end of each line.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 5.0, pages 66-67, 661-664.

"Reference to Microsoft Word," version 4.0, pages 311-314.

"Reference to Microsoft Word," version 3.0, pages 314-316.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/16/2005
Keywords:kbinfo KB24684