WD2000: An Extra Paragraph Mark Appears at the Beginning of the Document (214202)

SYMPTOMS

If you select the Insert as Link option, and then insert a file that starts with a table at the beginning of a document, Word adds a paragraph mark (¶) to the beginning of the document. You cannot delete this additional paragraph mark.

NOTE:

The additional paragraph mark is not displayed when the Field codes option is selected.
If you insert a file that begins with a table at the start of a document, and do not select the Insert as Link option, Word does not add the paragraph mark to the beginning of the document.

WORKAROUND

NOTE: If the document containing the table does not have any text or another object after the table, this workaround does not work.

If the extra paragraph mark disrupts the page layout of your document, you can change the paragraph line spacing setting to 0.01 inch by following these steps:

Highlight the "extra" paragraph.
On the Format menu, click Paragraph.
Click the Indents and Spacing tab.
Select Exactly in the Line spacing box, and then type .01" in the At box. Note the inches mark.
Click OK.

MORE INFORMATION

To insert a file into a Word document, use either of the following methods.

Method 1: Insert File

On the Insert menu, click File.
Select the file in the File name box.
Click the arrow to the right of the Insert button.
Click Insert or Insert as Link.

Method 2: The INCLUDETEXT Field

Press CTRL+F9 to insert field braces ({}) into your document.
Type INCLUDETEXT filename inside the field braces.

For example, your INCLUDETEXT field should look similar to the following example:
{INCLUDETEXT "C:\\My Documents\\Test.doc"}
NOTE: filename should include the name and location of the document. If the location includes a long file name with spaces, enclose it in quotation marks. Replace single backslashes with double backslashes to specify the path.
Turn the field codes off by pressing ALT+F9.