This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address:. Sign me up! Blog at WordPress. Acrobat: Back and Forward buttons ». Word: What are the blue squiggly lines? July 5, Like this: Like Loading Thank you for letting me know how to get rid of the squiggly blue lines.
Thank you by Usman chaudhary October 20, at am. However, try as I might within my word program 7 I cannot find the tools tab that brings up Options. I probably sound stupid but please help. Those blue lines are driving me crazy. This site is for you! If you use a later version of Word, visit our WordTips site focusing on the ribbon interface. Visit the WordTips channel on YouTube. View the most recent newsletter. Toggle navigation.
You can turn off this marking by making a configuration change in Word: Choose Options from the Tools menu. Word displays the Options dialog box. Make sure the Edit tab is displayed. See Figure 1. Figure 1. The Edit tab of the Options dialog box. Clear the Mark Formatting Inconsistencies check box. Click OK. Author Bio. Improving Text Sharpness with ClearType Ever notice that even with a fancy new monitor, text can still look a bit muddy on the screen.
Discover More. Inserting a Picture in Your Worksheet Worksheets can contain more than just text and numbers. Adding Borders to Cell Contents Word allows you to quickly add borders to cells in a table, but you may not know that you can also add borders to the More WordTips menu. Got me on the right track.
Kris: if unchecking "Mark formatting inconsistencies" didn't make the blue lines go away, you're probably seeing the same behaviour as I noted in my comment two below yours. That did NOT work. The blue lines won't go away!! Is there a way to change the rule?
I don't want words capitalized. I am showing words and definitions for students and don't want them to think all the words are proper nouns. Who made WORD the grammar nazi??? You can remove the blue squiggly lines by unchecking the "Mark grammar errors as you type" under the "Proofing" options.
For me, this tip is only partly correct - yes, if enabled, formatting inconsistencies are marked with a blue squiggly line but so are grammar check errors and contextual spelling errors. I have "Mark grammar errors as you type" turned on and "Mark formatting inconsistencies" turned off, and I see blue lines but never a green line in Word and , so I think this part of the tip is out of date.
It is greyed out if "Keep track of formatting" is unchecked. This explanation is hard to follow, at least for people with Windows 10,because it says, "In the Editing Options section, clear the Mark Formatting Inconsistencies check box. Look as long as you like. It's not in mine, anyway. But if you hit every button, you might get lucky. Got a version of Word that uses the ribbon interface Word or later? This site is for you!
If you use an earlier version of Word, visit our WordTips site focusing on the menu interface. Visit the WordTips channel on YouTube. View the most recent newsletter. Toggle navigation. Getting Rid of Blue Squiggly Underlines. Click on the name of the language in the status bar at the bottom of the screen. Add a check mark in the Do not check spelling or grammar option and click OK. All the red and green squiggly underlines should be gone.
Word likes to use squiggly underlines to indicate something isn't right in our documents. The more common ones are red a potential spelling error and green a potential grammar error.
Blue squiggly underlines in Word indicate formatting inconsistencies. To get rid of the red line which shows which parts of the text, or all of it, contain tracked changes , click the down arrow on the Accept button and click Accept All Changes.
Replies 3? Permanently remove any markup in your document. When Word inserts a vertical red line into your margins when you create a new paragraph, it means someone has enabled change tracking in the document.
Change tracking is often used with shared documents so that each user's changes can be tracked and even undone if necessary. Above the page, at the top of the MS Word screen, you will see the Menu bar.
Point with your mouse to any of those words and then click your mouse button to display the particular menu. How do I get rid of the blue line in Word? Category: technology and computing desktop publishing.
Display the Word Options dialog box. In Word click the Office button and then click Word Options. Click Advanced at the left side of the dialog box.
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