Yes, that change actually occurred in Word 97 and threw a lot of users off
(in Word 95 and earlier, pressing Enter was not necessary). What many users
don't know is that Word can use any font size from 1 pt to 1,638 pts in
half-point increments, not just the sizes listed in the dropdown.

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"PastorK8" wrote in message
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Thanks. I was omitting the 'enter' step .... had typed a 6 in the box and
then expected it to act just like choosing font size from the drop down
box.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Select the text, click in the Font Size box on the Formatting toolbar,
type 6, and press Enter.

PastorK8 wrote:

A size 6 font is needed for a three line address on the small return
address
labels. The smallest font on the WORD 2003 pull down is size 8. WORD
97 had
a size 6 font.

How do I get a size 6 font in WORD 2003? If it is impossible, does
anyone
know why Microsoft changed this option?