Choose a Paste Option that doesn't retain the source formatting. You can avoid the problem entirely by being careful how you choose to paste the text into Word. All the column/table formatting is coming along for the ride. This happens to me sometimes when I copy and paste email contents from Gmail into a Microsoft Word document. Another option to fix the issue is to again click on / select the invisible table in which your text sits.then choose ' AutoFit' then “ AutoFit Window.” Again, you won't see an Autofit menu option unless the Table Tools menu comes up, which only happens when you select the table.Use the Border and Shading option to add page border and custom border by cha.
Your messed up lines are sitting inside a table which you can't see. Watch in this video How to Insert Page Border in Word Document file in MS Word. You'll find this button under ' Table Tools' then under ' Layout.' But, the Table Tools menu will NOT appear on your menu bar unless you've properly select the table first. If your only goal is to be able to read all the text including the text that is running off the page, then go to VIEW…then choose “ Full Screen Reading” mode.īut if your goal is to fix this formatting problem within MS Word, then select the text you want to fix, and use the 'convert to text' button.
