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Default Removing a font override from a style

That's a new one on me. I use Vista, but haven't used the IME for Chinese (I
toyed with it a long time ago, but got rid of it after my need to have it
installed passed--I never encountered the Ctrl+Space problem--but my toying
with the IME lasted less than a day). So, I don't know the level at which
that is hardcoded when the IME is enabled--there are some things from other
languages that are too basic for Word itself to override, so the IME thing
might be too fundamental. You can, of course, reassign the ResetChar command
to another keystroke... It's already assigned to Ctrl+Shift+Z, as you point
out. Am I correct that that keystroke does not trigger the IME if Chinese is
enabled?

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"grammatim" wrote in message
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Is there a way to keep Ctrl-Space from being overridden by its meaning
in Windows Vista? It happens to be the keyboard shortcut that is
assigned automatically for switching to Chinese when the Chinese IME
is installed. (I couldn't figure out why I was suddenly getting
Chinese character input windows!) I set the keyboard shortcut to
(none) in the Regional & Language control panel, but it doesn't stick;
it always reverts to Chinese instead of Reset Char.

The list says that Ctrl-Shift-Z is also Reset Char.

On Feb 6, 7:37 pm, "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
Not 100% sure what you're looking for... however, Ctrl+Space removes any
direct character formatting, while Ctrl+Q removes any direct paragraph
formatting.

There are essentially two style elements (ignoring list and table styles)
at
any point--paragraph style and character style. Ctrl+Space resets the
character formatting so that the only formatting applied is supplied by
the
current character style (whatever it might be, although it's usually
Default
Paragraph Font). Ctrl+Q resets the paragraph formatting so that the only
paragraph formatting is supplied by the current paragraph style.

I suspect that Ctrl+Space is what you're looking for, but I found your
discussion a bit hard to follow. Hope this helps...

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"Zhiroc" wrote in message

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I knew it was simple, thanks. However, I also think it might not be the
correct way for this to be done, which is part of the reason I didn't
think
of it...


In my mind, there is a distinct difference between "removing an
override"
and "setting the override to the current default". The reason is that it
can
lead to unsuspected behavior. Say I have a generic Heading style that I
use
as a parent style, and I set a child Heading2 style to a different font
size.
Just because I select the same font size as the parent does not
necessarily
mean that I now want it to track the parent's changes.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:


Change the font to the one used by Normal.-