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Default my double click format painter doesn't work

On Mar 8, 11:42*pm, "JoAnn Paules"
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Click Insert - it's in the Text section of the ribbon.

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JoAnn Paules
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Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

"Ezra7_10" wrote in message

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On Feb 27, 3:32 pm, Gil wrote:





I think I ran into the same problem with Word 2007 SP1. In my case the
problem is caused by use of one of the page number galleries in the footer
or
header of the document. Once I removed the footer/header,formatpainter
magically started working as expected once again.


I am able to recreate this behavior with a new document on another
computer
so this looks like a problem in Word rather than a corrupted document or
normal template.


Fortunately, there is a simple workaround - insert the page number into
the
header/footer via quick parts instead of the page number galleries.


I hope this helps.


Gil


"CODan" wrote:
- problem program: Word 2007
- I have many years of previous experience with Word 2003, including
thousands of uses of theformatpainterand hundreds of pages of heavily
formatted material for my classes (I am a Math & CS professor)
-formatpainterworks perfectly in Excel 2007 (I just checked)
- problem started, to the best of my memory, shortly after Word 2007 was
installed on my computer, when I started work on a long doc
- I don't have any other double click related problems (select a word
works
fine, for example, programs run, files open)
- same problem when starting with a ctrl (safe mode I learned)
- mouse key is not defined as ESC as far as I can tell (checked mouse in
control panel; mouse settings are all standard for speed, etc.
- there are no "custom add ins" to my knowledge; the IT people did a
straight install as far as I now.
- the only customizing I've done is some styles (with shortcut keys,
which I
just rest anyway) and some buttons on the Quick Access Toolbar


Is there some way to "reset" Word settings (without deleting my styles)?
Note: I just reset all keyboard shortcuts and this didn't help.


IMPT INFO
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I reset my normal template (deleted it and then word recreated it, thank
you
help file) and all theformatpainterWORKS on all NEW docs.


So I must have done something to the normal template. I thought I just
reset margins and the font size. What did I do?


And is there anything I can do to fix my existing doc, which is now 90+
pages.


Thanks.


"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:


Hi Dan,


Double clicking theformatpainterwhen you have the formatting you wish
to copy 'from' selected should work in print layout view.
It should stay on until you click theformatpainterin Home=Clipboard
again or use the esc key. Do you perhaps have a button on
your mouse defined as an Escape key? Try doing a slower double click
on theFormatPainteras well.


If you hold the ctrl key while starting Word do you have the same
problem.
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"CODan" wrote in
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Thanks, and I'll use that.


Note that the double-clickpainterdoesn't work in ANY document now in
Word 2007.
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Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP


*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*- Hide quoted
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Please explain the "simple workaround" for me, as this problem is
driving me crazy! What do you mean you insert the page number via
"quick parts"?- Hide quoted text -

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Thanks a bunch!