>Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 04:36:46 -0800
>From: "Kirk Manton" <kirkmanton@fam.net>
>
>Still need help with -
>
>"Could not display text. A length in the read-only styles slot is
>too short".
>
>>From: Michael Alan Jones <michael_jones@mail.com>
>> If you paste from a document such as Word, you might have control
>characters in the text as well.
>
>Would "control characters" cause this problem? How do I find them in my NB
>and take them out? What does "Could not display text. A length in the
>read-only styles slot is too short". mean? And how do I fix?
if a "null" (zero) character were there, it _might_ cause problems
by causing a premature end of string (hiding the remainder).
one way to find control chars on a Mac is BBEdit/BBE Lite
via the Text/Zap Gremlins command (if you do this after a Save,
you'll then see if any changes were made)
Steve
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