I don't think that was the issue (though I did inquire about whether the OP
had a space or tab before the first character). What I probably did have was
a space before the first character. Oddly, even if you select the space with
the character, Format | Drop Cap is disabled; although you can select an
entire word and drop it, you can't drop a word or letter with a leading
space or tab. Interesting.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"Fredrik E. Nilsen" wrote in message
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On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:41:15 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote:
Well, I'm seeing that behavior today, but I certainly didn't yesterday:
the
menu item was dimmed. Go figure.
If you insert a tab character instead of an first line indent, drop
cap is unavailable.
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Fredrik E. Nilsen
http://fenilsen.wordpress.com