More than likely you have used a special format feature, most likely a tab since working with columns. Change the tab to a series of spaces in MS Word or the like. Also remember if you really want to right align the second column with spaces one must use a proper font of uniform width for that.

Another option might be to use 2 text boxes in PD, one for each column.

Jeff

Quote More than likely you have used a special format feature, most likely a tab since working with columns. Change the tab to a series of spaces in MS Word or the like. Also remember if you really want to right align the second column with spaces one must use a proper font of uniform width for that.

Another option might be to use 2 text boxes in PD, one for each column.

Jeff

Jeff:

Thanks a million. I went back to test and using the space bar to put in spaces instead of using the tab button was the problem. What a simple fix. TeeMan

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Quote More than likely you have used a special format feature, most likely a tab since working with columns. Change the tab to a series of spaces in MS Word or the like. Also remember if you really want to right align the second column with spaces one must use a proper font of uniform width for that.

Another option might be to use 2 text boxes in PD, one for each column.

Jeff

Jeff:

Thanks a million. I went back to test and using the space bar to put in spaces instead of using the tab button was the problem. What a simple fix.

I'm new to PowerDirector. I too have some text in a "Notepad" document. I have tried saving this "plain text" in both ANSI and UTF-8 formats. But when I copy and paste into PD I still get those nasty empty rectangles in the pasted text. And when I try to move within the pasted text to clean up the Title I find that cursor and the intended action do not coincide. Somehow "plain text" isn't as plain as you would think.

Any ideas how to keep those rectangles away?

Quote I'm new to PowerDirector. I too have some text in a "Notepad" document. (snip)

You've almost certainly got some control chars in there, perhaps a tab or similar.

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Quote I'm new to PowerDirector. I too have some text in a "Notepad" document. (snip)

You've almost certainly got some control chars in there, perhaps a tab or similar.

I went through the text again. No tabs but I do have LF/CR (line feed - carriage returns) at the end of each line, to keep it readable. So, you saying pasted text can't be broken up into readable lines? And if you do have some embedded invisible characters, why is it so hard to remove them from a title in PD?

I'll play with it some more but that doesn't seem very user friendly.

Thanks for the input.

Mike

How about posting a .txt file that causes the placeholders to appear for you.

I experimented before posting and found that hitting enter to do a CR/LF (in 'oldspeak') did not cause a 'square' to appear whereas a tab did. This was using Notepad and then copy/paste into a title.

Quote How about posting a .txt file that causes the placeholders to appear for you.

I experimented before posting and found that hitting enter to do a CR/LF (in 'oldspeak') did not cause a 'square' to appear whereas a tab did. This was using Notepad and then copy/paste into a title.

OK, how about this little bit of text?

It's the double line feeds that are causing the placeholders. I'm not sure why because after I stripped them out and then pasted the text, I was able to put another line feed back in again from within PDR with no problem, e.g. after"We explore".

It appears to be just the way that 2xl ine feeds are interpreted.

Quote It's the double line feeds that are causing the placeholders. I'm not sure why because after I stripped them out and then pasted the text, I was able to put another line feed back in again from within PDR with no problem, e.g. after"We explore".

It appears to be just the way that 2xl ine feeds are interpreted.

Interesting. I was not able to see these extra linefeeds when using Notepad. However, when I open my text doc in LibreOffice and turn on View->Formatting marks, then the line feeds show up and are easily removed. Guess I'll just edit my text with LibreOffice.

Did you notice how difficult it was to edit text in PD when the linefeeds were there? The cursor position and "true" edit point did not match. Wierd.

Thanks,

Mike