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Default F4 works differently in Word 2007

Clearly there's something weird about that document since obviously it
should not be behaving that way. If you copy/paste some of the content into
a fresh document, what behavior do you see? It may be that the document is
corrupt or verging on corruption, so you might try Open and Repair.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Kathy" wrote in message
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Thanks, Herb and Suzanne, for answering. I don't thnk any AutoCorrect or
AutoFormat is being applied--at least not that I can tell.

However, further testing shows me that it happens in some documents and
not
in others. I opened a new document and tried Herb's test, and F4 worked
fine,
repeating the whole entry. Then I tried in an existing document--both in a
table and not--and got the problem result.

From reading others of Suzanne's posts :-) I knew to check the Undo list.
Sure enough, the document where it worked showed simply "Typing" as the
last
action. In the document where it didn't work, the Undo list showed each
character I had typed as a separate, discrete action.

Mind you, I do not delay between characters. I type about 130 wpm, so it
beats me why it sometimes sees a string of text as a single entity, and
sometimes not. Help? This is a feature I use a LOT, so I'll really hate to
lose it.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In all versions, though, continuous "Typing" will be interrupted (in the
Undo/Redo list) by an AutoCorrect or AutoFormat action.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
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Open a new document and type:

This is a test Press Enter

Then press F4.

Here, pressing F4 causes "This is a testparagraph mark to appear a
2nd
time. Does that not happen for you?

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Kathy" wrote in message
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In previous versions, pressing F4 after typing a string of text would
repeat
the whole string (as long as I hadn't paused in the middle of typing).
Now,
with 2007, it repeats only the last character I typed. That renders
the
F4
key virtually useless for repeating text typing. Any way to make it
act
as it
used to?