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CTRL+B and CTRL+I do not work in the middle of a line of text.
I work in a company with several templates from various authors. I've noted
that in some templates (or maybe it's only for some styles), the CTRL+B, CTRL+I, and CTRL+U commands work only when the cursor is at the beginning of a line (after a RETURN mark). On other templates (or other styles, I'm not sure), I can use the CTRL+B and other commands to my heart's delight anywhere in a line of text and it works just fine. Can anyone tell me how to change the templates or styles so that CTRL+B et al works regardless of the position of the cursor in the line of text? Thanks for your help. |
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CTRL+B and CTRL+I do not work in the middle of a line of text.
What are you expecting them to do? These commands work in either of two
ways. If you press them with no text selected, then any text you type afterward beginning at the insertion point will be bold, italic, or underlined. If you have text selected, the formatting will be applied to the selected text. Depending on your Tools | Options | Edit settings ("When selecting automatically select entire word"), you may be able to format an entire word just by clicking in it (without actually selecting the word). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Kimmie B" wrote in message ... I work in a company with several templates from various authors. I've noted that in some templates (or maybe it's only for some styles), the CTRL+B, CTRL+I, and CTRL+U commands work only when the cursor is at the beginning of a line (after a RETURN mark). On other templates (or other styles, I'm not sure), I can use the CTRL+B and other commands to my heart's delight anywhere in a line of text and it works just fine. Can anyone tell me how to change the templates or styles so that CTRL+B et al works regardless of the position of the cursor in the line of text? Thanks for your help. |
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CTRL+B and CTRL+I do not work in the middle of a line of text.
Sorry: I should have been more explicit. I'm not talking about text that is
currently selected. That works as expected. I expect that text that I type after the insertion point (when I press CTRL+B) will be in bold font. Likewise, if the text that I'm typing is currently in bold font, I expect that when I press CTRL+B, all text that I subsequently type on the given line will be in regular (not bold) font. In effect, I expect to be able to toggle back and forth between bold and regular font by pressing CTRL+B as I type along. Like I said, this works as expected on some of our templates but not on others. I have not been able to detect a difference in style or paragraph settings, but perhaps I'm not looking in the right place. And I'm just using CTRL+B as an example. We're having similar intermittant problems with CTRL+I and CTRL+U. Any elucidation about setings is appreciated "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: What are you expecting them to do? These commands work in either of two ways. If you press them with no text selected, then any text you type afterward beginning at the insertion point will be bold, italic, or underlined. If you have text selected, the formatting will be applied to the selected text. Depending on your Tools | Options | Edit settings ("When selecting automatically select entire word"), you may be able to format an entire word just by clicking in it (without actually selecting the word). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Kimmie B" wrote in message ... I work in a company with several templates from various authors. I've noted that in some templates (or maybe it's only for some styles), the CTRL+B, CTRL+I, and CTRL+U commands work only when the cursor is at the beginning of a line (after a RETURN mark). On other templates (or other styles, I'm not sure), I can use the CTRL+B and other commands to my heart's delight anywhere in a line of text and it works just fine. Can anyone tell me how to change the templates or styles so that CTRL+B et al works regardless of the position of the cursor in the line of text? Thanks for your help. |
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CTRL+B and CTRL+I do not work in the middle of a line of text.
Yes, this should work as described. What often happens, however, is that you
press Ctrl+I, notice something that needs fixing somewhere else on the page, do that, then click back in the document and continue. At that point the italics should still be in force, but you may hit a bare patch, as it were. I'm not suggesting this as an entire explanation, just one remote possibility. If you are pressing Ctrl+B and then immediate typing and the text is not bold, then there IS something fundamentally wrong. Some other factors that could conceivably be involved would be (a) Draft Font enabled in Normal view (you wouldn't see any font formatting at all) and (b) using a font that doesn't have a bold or italic variant (but Ctrl+U should still work). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Kimmie B" wrote in message ... Sorry: I should have been more explicit. I'm not talking about text that is currently selected. That works as expected. I expect that text that I type after the insertion point (when I press CTRL+B) will be in bold font. Likewise, if the text that I'm typing is currently in bold font, I expect that when I press CTRL+B, all text that I subsequently type on the given line will be in regular (not bold) font. In effect, I expect to be able to toggle back and forth between bold and regular font by pressing CTRL+B as I type along. Like I said, this works as expected on some of our templates but not on others. I have not been able to detect a difference in style or paragraph settings, but perhaps I'm not looking in the right place. And I'm just using CTRL+B as an example. We're having similar intermittant problems with CTRL+I and CTRL+U. Any elucidation about setings is appreciated "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: What are you expecting them to do? These commands work in either of two ways. If you press them with no text selected, then any text you type afterward beginning at the insertion point will be bold, italic, or underlined. If you have text selected, the formatting will be applied to the selected text. Depending on your Tools | Options | Edit settings ("When selecting automatically select entire word"), you may be able to format an entire word just by clicking in it (without actually selecting the word). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Kimmie B" wrote in message ... I work in a company with several templates from various authors. I've noted that in some templates (or maybe it's only for some styles), the CTRL+B, CTRL+I, and CTRL+U commands work only when the cursor is at the beginning of a line (after a RETURN mark). On other templates (or other styles, I'm not sure), I can use the CTRL+B and other commands to my heart's delight anywhere in a line of text and it works just fine. Can anyone tell me how to change the templates or styles so that CTRL+B et al works regardless of the position of the cursor in the line of text? Thanks for your help. |
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CTRL+B and CTRL+I do not work in the middle of a line of text.
I have the same problem. I open a template and start typing away in one of
the fields. I press CTRL+B and the bold B on the toolbar briefly has a box around it and then it goes away. The next characters are not bold. Can anyone help? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Yes, this should work as described. What often happens, however, is that you press Ctrl+I, notice something that needs fixing somewhere else on the page, do that, then click back in the document and continue. At that point the italics should still be in force, but you may hit a bare patch, as it were. I'm not suggesting this as an entire explanation, just one remote possibility. If you are pressing Ctrl+B and then immediate typing and the text is not bold, then there IS something fundamentally wrong. Some other factors that could conceivably be involved would be (a) Draft Font enabled in Normal view (you wouldn't see any font formatting at all) and (b) using a font that doesn't have a bold or italic variant (but Ctrl+U should still work). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Kimmie B" wrote in message ... Sorry: I should have been more explicit. I'm not talking about text that is currently selected. That works as expected. I expect that text that I type after the insertion point (when I press CTRL+B) will be in bold font. Likewise, if the text that I'm typing is currently in bold font, I expect that when I press CTRL+B, all text that I subsequently type on the given line will be in regular (not bold) font. In effect, I expect to be able to toggle back and forth between bold and regular font by pressing CTRL+B as I type along. Like I said, this works as expected on some of our templates but not on others. I have not been able to detect a difference in style or paragraph settings, but perhaps I'm not looking in the right place. And I'm just using CTRL+B as an example. We're having similar intermittant problems with CTRL+I and CTRL+U. Any elucidation about setings is appreciated "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: What are you expecting them to do? These commands work in either of two ways. If you press them with no text selected, then any text you type afterward beginning at the insertion point will be bold, italic, or underlined. If you have text selected, the formatting will be applied to the selected text. Depending on your Tools | Options | Edit settings ("When selecting automatically select entire word"), you may be able to format an entire word just by clicking in it (without actually selecting the word). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Kimmie B" wrote in message ... I work in a company with several templates from various authors. I've noted that in some templates (or maybe it's only for some styles), the CTRL+B, CTRL+I, and CTRL+U commands work only when the cursor is at the beginning of a line (after a RETURN mark). On other templates (or other styles, I'm not sure), I can use the CTRL+B and other commands to my heart's delight anywhere in a line of text and it works just fine. Can anyone tell me how to change the templates or styles so that CTRL+B et al works regardless of the position of the cursor in the line of text? Thanks for your help. |
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