Thanks, Sam.  The reason for my difficulties is that it is in Editor’s mode.  
I’ve discovered that the best way forward is to have 2 versions - one on iPad, 
the other on MacBook - I am writing and making alterations  on my iPad and 
using MBP to read editor’s comments.   Virginia

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> If it’ll let you select but you can’t see what you’ve selected, could that 
> be the highlight colour is white? Check in System Preferences > General > 
> Highlight colour
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>> On 20 Jan 2022, at 17:10, Virginia Routh <virginia.ro...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Thanks for your reply, Sam.  Unfortunately, your suggestion didn’t work.  
>> I’m using Word for Mac to be able read my editor’s comments on my book.  But 
>> I find it incredibly clunky.  Is this me?  I can’t highlight anything (it 
>> will let me select but I can’t see what I have selected), I can’t get rid of 
>> white space between paragraphs, I cannot get rid of a underlining in one 
>> whole paragraph.  I may just ignore these irritations and wait until my 
>> grandson comes to visit weekend after next.  But if I could sort it before, 
>> I would be very relieved.  
>> 
>>>> On 20 Jan 2022, at 14:51, Sam - MacAmbulance <i...@macambulance.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>> Try selecting the paragraph go to the Format menu > Paragraph > look in 
>>> the Spacing section > check if any space has been added before or after 
>>> that paragraph.
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>>>> On 20 Jan 2022, at 14:46, Virginia Routh <virginia.ro...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Hi Smuggers.  Can somebody who uses Word for Mac advise me?I cannot see 
>>>> how to get rid of chunks of white space between paragraphs. Not all 
>>>> paragraphs but on some pages there is a large white space between 
>>>> paragraphs for no rhyme or reason. Using back space does not get rid of 
>>>> it.  It must be formatting of some sort but I cannot see how to alter 
>>>> that.  Advice would be much appreciated.   Virginia
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