Thanks Graham (and Stefan) for your responses. However, they don;t really
address the question.
I understand that the 'ribbon' is context sensitive.
If you select a block of text and you happen to be on the Page Layout ribbon
view, then, in the 'Arrange' section, there is an 'Align' option with a drop
down box.
In the dropdown box, there are the usual Text Align left, middle and right
etc options, but they are greyed out. My question is why are they even
visible in the Page Layout/arrange section if they can never be used from
here..... or are there some conditions under which they can be used (instead
of going to Home/Paragraph)
Thanks again
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
The tools you describe are not 'align text' options, but simply 'align', and
are context sensitive. They are used to align floating objects placed on the
page. If, for example, you insert an image and set its layout option to
anything other than in line with text, you will find that when that image is
selected most of the tools become available. If you select more than one
such image, even more of the tools become available.
Text alignment tools are on the Home tab.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Kizzwozz wrote:
In the Page Layout option, in the 'Arrange' section, there is an
option for 'Align' with a drop down box. In this box, the align text
options are greyed out. If you want to align text, you have to look
in the 'Home' option in the 'Paragraph' section.
What is the purpose of showing the align text options within Page
Layout/Arrange/Align if they can't be used. Is there a setup in
which they can be used ?
Thanks