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Drop Cap Option Greyed
I am having some trouble using the drop cap option in Word 2002. I have
highlighted the first letter of the first word of the paragraph, clicked format and cannot go any further because the drop cap command is not available (greyed out). Any ideas of how to get this working? TY |
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Answer: Drop Cap Option Greyed
Hi there! I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble with the drop cap option in Word 2002. Here are a few things you can try to get it working:
I hope one of these solutions works for you!
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Drop Cap Option Greyed
Are you sure it's the first letter? It's not preceded by a space or tab or
anything else? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "briank" wrote in message news I am having some trouble using the drop cap option in Word 2002. I have highlighted the first letter of the first word of the paragraph, clicked format and cannot go any further because the drop cap command is not available (greyed out). Any ideas of how to get this working? TY |
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Drop Cap Option Greyed
You are correct. I never realized that point but I am trying to drop cap the
first word of the 2nd paragraph. Can this be done? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you sure it's the first letter? It's not preceded by a space or tab or anything else? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "briank" wrote in message news I am having some trouble using the drop cap option in Word 2002. I have highlighted the first letter of the first word of the paragraph, clicked format and cannot go any further because the drop cap command is not available (greyed out). Any ideas of how to get this working? TY |
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Drop Cap Option Greyed
Yes. You can create a Drop Cap from any number of selected characters at the
beginning of any paragraph. The drop cap is created using a frame, so this won't work if your text is in a text box. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "briank" wrote in message ... You are correct. I never realized that point but I am trying to drop cap the first word of the 2nd paragraph. Can this be done? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you sure it's the first letter? It's not preceded by a space or tab or anything else? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "briank" wrote in message news I am having some trouble using the drop cap option in Word 2002. I have highlighted the first letter of the first word of the paragraph, clicked format and cannot go any further because the drop cap command is not available (greyed out). Any ideas of how to get this working? TY |
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Fortunately my text is not in a frame. The page in this scenario is as
follows: Line 1- 9 characters enter Line 2 - 14 characters with expanded characters and text shading enter Line 3 - enter Line 4 - Paragraph with indentation Can you identify how to drop cap the first letter of first word in my paragraph starting on line 3? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Yes. You can create a Drop Cap from any number of selected characters at the beginning of any paragraph. The drop cap is created using a frame, so this won't work if your text is in a text box. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "briank" wrote in message ... You are correct. I never realized that point but I am trying to drop cap the first word of the 2nd paragraph. Can this be done? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you sure it's the first letter? It's not preceded by a space or tab or anything else? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "briank" wrote in message news I am having some trouble using the drop cap option in Word 2002. I have highlighted the first letter of the first word of the paragraph, clicked format and cannot go any further because the drop cap command is not available (greyed out). Any ideas of how to get this working? TY |
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Line three appears to be an empty paragraph, so how is there anything there
to make a drop cap out of? Also, if you want the first character of the paragraph beginning on line 4 to be a drop cap, you'll have to ditch the first-line indent (if that's what you mean by "indentation"). Word can't do a drop cap in a paragraph with a first-line indent because it would drop into the middle of the paragraph. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "briank" wrote in message news Fortunately my text is not in a frame. The page in this scenario is as follows: Line 1- 9 characters enter Line 2 - 14 characters with expanded characters and text shading enter Line 3 - enter Line 4 - Paragraph with indentation Can you identify how to drop cap the first letter of first word in my paragraph starting on line 3? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Yes. You can create a Drop Cap from any number of selected characters at the beginning of any paragraph. The drop cap is created using a frame, so this won't work if your text is in a text box. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "briank" wrote in message ... You are correct. I never realized that point but I am trying to drop cap the first word of the 2nd paragraph. Can this be done? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you sure it's the first letter? It's not preceded by a space or tab or anything else? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "briank" wrote in message news I am having some trouble using the drop cap option in Word 2002. I have highlighted the first letter of the first word of the paragraph, clicked format and cannot go any further because the drop cap command is not available (greyed out). Any ideas of how to get this working? TY |
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Thank you. It works gr8.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Line three appears to be an empty paragraph, so how is there anything there to make a drop cap out of? Also, if you want the first character of the paragraph beginning on line 4 to be a drop cap, you'll have to ditch the first-line indent (if that's what you mean by "indentation"). Word can't do a drop cap in a paragraph with a first-line indent because it would drop into the middle of the paragraph. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "briank" wrote in message news Fortunately my text is not in a frame. The page in this scenario is as follows: Line 1- 9 characters enter Line 2 - 14 characters with expanded characters and text shading enter Line 3 - enter Line 4 - Paragraph with indentation Can you identify how to drop cap the first letter of first word in my paragraph starting on line 3? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Yes. You can create a Drop Cap from any number of selected characters at the beginning of any paragraph. The drop cap is created using a frame, so this won't work if your text is in a text box. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "briank" wrote in message ... You are correct. I never realized that point but I am trying to drop cap the first word of the 2nd paragraph. Can this be done? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you sure it's the first letter? It's not preceded by a space or tab or anything else? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "briank" wrote in message news I am having some trouble using the drop cap option in Word 2002. I have highlighted the first letter of the first word of the paragraph, clicked format and cannot go any further because the drop cap command is not available (greyed out). Any ideas of how to get this working? TY |
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Drop Cap Option Greyed
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 21:22:16 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote: Word can't do drop cap in a paragraph with a first-line indent because it would drop into the middle of the paragraph. Yes, it can. -- Fredrik E. Nilsen http://fenilsen.wordpress.com |
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Drop Cap Option Greyed
Well, I'm seeing that behavior today, but I certainly didn't yesterday: the
menu item was dimmed. Go figure. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Fredrik E. Nilsen" wrote in message ... On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 21:22:16 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Word can't do drop cap in a paragraph with a first-line indent because it would drop into the middle of the paragraph. Yes, it can. -- Fredrik E. Nilsen http://fenilsen.wordpress.com |
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Drop Cap Option Greyed
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. -- Fredrik E. Nilsen http://fenilsen.wordpress.com |
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Drop Cap Option Greyed
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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Fredrik E. Nilsen" wrote in message ... 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. -- Fredrik E. Nilsen http://fenilsen.wordpress.com |
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