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I get the same thing on multiple user computers using Office 2007. &nbsp;I think it is an undocumented Microsoft *FEATURE* (bug). &nbsp;It does not appears in the printout. &nbsp;I opened a call with Microsoft and ended out getting a refund becaue that was the conclusion that resulted form the call.
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Sweet. &nbsp;I am glad I not only got the refund from MS, but the answer from EE. &nbsp; Thanks!
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In outline view, when I collapse the top-level tiers, a random gray underline appears (example picture attached). &nbsp;This is not a grammar/spelling blue/red wavy line thing -- it is a gray straight underline that doesn't directly correspond to a word or sentence length (as far as I can tell). &nbsp;Indeed, at first I though it was a screen artifact, and I just tried scrolling/refreshing it away - but no luck.<br />
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In outline view, when I collapse the top-level tiers, a random gray underline appears (example picture attached).  This is not a grammar/spelling blue/red wavy line thing -- it is a gray straight underline that doesn't directly correspond to a word or sentence length (as far as I can tell).  Indeed, at first I though it was a screen artifact, and I just tried scrolling/refreshing it away - but no luck.

Any insights?

I get the same thing on multiple user computers using Office 2007.  I think it is an undocumented Microsoft *FEATURE* (bug).  It does not appears in the printout.  I opened a call with Microsoft and ended out getting a refund becaue that was the conclusion that resulted form the call.

Sweet.  I am glad I not only got the refund from MS, but the answer from EE.   Thanks!

Word 2007 outline view produces random gray underlines when top-level tiers are collapsed

In outline view, when I collapse the top-level tiers, a random gray underline appears (example picture attached).  This is not a grammar/spelling blue/red wavy line thing -- it is a gray straight underline that doesn&#39;t directly correspond to a word or sentence length (as far as I can tell).  Indeed, at first I though it was a screen artifact, and I just tried scrolling/refreshing it away - but no luck.

Any insights?

Microsoft Word is a commercial document editing program that is part of the Microsoft Office suite. It features numerous text-editing tools for creating richly formatted documents, along with tools for the use of macros in Word documents. Word's native file formats are denoted either by a .doc or .docx file extension. Plugins permitting the Windows versions of Word to read and write formats it does not natively support, such as the OpenDocument format (ODF) are available. Word can import and display images in common bitmap formats such as JPG and GIF. It can also be used to create and display simple line-art.