What are you expecting them to do? These commands work in either of two
ways. If you press them with no text selected, then any text you type
afterward beginning at the insertion point will be bold, italic, or
underlined. If you have text selected, the formatting will be applied to the
selected text. Depending on your Tools | Options | Edit settings ("When
selecting automatically select entire word"), you may be able to format an
entire word just by clicking in it (without actually selecting the word).
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"Kimmie B" wrote in message
...
I work in a company with several templates from various authors. I've
noted
that in some templates (or maybe it's only for some styles), the CTRL+B,
CTRL+I, and CTRL+U commands work only when the cursor is at the beginning
of
a line (after a RETURN mark).
On other templates (or other styles, I'm not sure), I can use the CTRL+B
and
other commands to my heart's delight anywhere in a line of text and it
works
just fine.
Can anyone tell me how to change the templates or styles so that CTRL+B et
al works regardless of the position of the cursor in the line of text?
Thanks for your help.