[Steevo999]

When you hit the carriage return key at the end of a paragraph Word carries
over the existing formatting to the new line/paragraph.

Great, usually!

I think there is a key sequence which allows you to hit carriage return
(soft carriage return?) and start the new line/paragraph with the default
document formatting.

Can anyone confirm this and tell me what it is. I cannot find a reference
to it anywhere, now.

Thanks, Steve.

[Graham Mayor]

Each paragraph has a style attribute which includes the name of the style
that should follow it (when you press Enter). Usually this is set to the
same style (though with heading styles it is often the main body text). The
behaviour therefore is dictated by the style at the cursor.

You can additionally press SHIFT+Enter which will create a line break WITHIN
the same paragraph.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Steevo999 wrote:
When you hit the carriage return key at the end of a paragraph Word
carries over the existing formatting to the new line/paragraph.

Great, usually!

I think there is a key sequence which allows you to hit carriage
return (soft carriage return?) and start the new line/paragraph with
the default document formatting.

Can anyone confirm this and tell me what it is. I cannot find a
reference to it anywhere, now.

Thanks, Steve.

[Steevo999]

Thanks for your quick response, Graham.

However this does not achieve the effect I am after.

If I am typing in bold etc. etc. at the end of a line and then hit Carriage
Return then the same formatting continues on the new line until manually
deselected. A little tedious sometimes.

I thought there was a way of hitting Carriage Return with some other key
combination that prevented this and reverted the new paragraph to the default
page formatting...

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Each paragraph has a style attribute which includes the name of the style
that should follow it (when you press Enter). Usually this is set to the
same style (though with heading styles it is often the main body text). The
behaviour therefore is dictated by the style at the cursor.

You can additionally press SHIFT+Enter which will create a line break WITHIN
the same paragraph.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Steevo999 wrote:
When you hit the carriage return key at the end of a paragraph Word
carries over the existing formatting to the new line/paragraph.

Great, usually!

I think there is a key sequence which allows you to hit carriage
return (soft carriage return?) and start the new line/paragraph with
the default document formatting.

Can anyone confirm this and tell me what it is. I cannot find a
reference to it anywhere, now.

Thanks, Steve.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ctrl+Spacebar removes all direct font formatting. In earlier versions of
Word, pressing Enter did end direct font formatting; in current versions, it
doesn't, and many users find this unsatisfactory.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Steevo999" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your quick response, Graham.

However this does not achieve the effect I am after.

If I am typing in bold etc. etc. at the end of a line and then hit
Carriage
Return then the same formatting continues on the new line until manually
deselected. A little tedious sometimes.

I thought there was a way of hitting Carriage Return with some other key
combination that prevented this and reverted the new paragraph to the
default
page formatting...

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Each paragraph has a style attribute which includes the name of the style
that should follow it (when you press Enter). Usually this is set to the
same style (though with heading styles it is often the main body text).
The
behaviour therefore is dictated by the style at the cursor.

You can additionally press SHIFT+Enter which will create a line break
WITHIN
the same paragraph.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Steevo999 wrote:
When you hit the carriage return key at the end of a paragraph Word
carries over the existing formatting to the new line/paragraph.

Great, usually!

I think there is a key sequence which allows you to hit carriage
return (soft carriage return?) and start the new line/paragraph with
the default document formatting.

Can anyone confirm this and tell me what it is. I cannot find a
reference to it anywhere, now.

Thanks, Steve.

[Graham Mayor]

If you are using manual formatting CTRL+Space will restore the underlying
paragraph style. You may also have a keyboard shortcut assigned to the
normal style.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Steevo999 wrote:
Thanks for your quick response, Graham.

However this does not achieve the effect I am after.

If I am typing in bold etc. etc. at the end of a line and then hit
Carriage Return then the same formatting continues on the new line
until manually deselected. A little tedious sometimes.

I thought there was a way of hitting Carriage Return with some other
key combination that prevented this and reverted the new paragraph to
the default page formatting...

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Each paragraph has a style attribute which includes the name of the
style that should follow it (when you press Enter). Usually this is
set to the same style (though with heading styles it is often the
main body text). The behaviour therefore is dictated by the style at
the cursor.

You can additionally press SHIFT+Enter which will create a line
break WITHIN the same paragraph.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Steevo999 wrote:
When you hit the carriage return key at the end of a paragraph Word
carries over the existing formatting to the new line/paragraph.

Great, usually!

I think there is a key sequence which allows you to hit carriage
return (soft carriage return?) and start the new line/paragraph with
the default document formatting.

Can anyone confirm this and tell me what it is. I cannot find a
reference to it anywhere, now.

Thanks, Steve.

[Steevo999]

At last!

I have been searching for this for ages. It must be about the only key
combo I have not tried, because it does not involve the Carriage Return key!

THANK YOU.

Steve, (Farnborough, England).

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Ctrl+Spacebar removes all direct font formatting. In earlier versions of
Word, pressing Enter did end direct font formatting; in current versions, it
doesn't, and many users find this unsatisfactory.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Steevo999" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your quick response, Graham.

However this does not achieve the effect I am after.

If I am typing in bold etc. etc. at the end of a line and then hit
Carriage
Return then the same formatting continues on the new line until manually
deselected. A little tedious sometimes.

I thought there was a way of hitting Carriage Return with some other key
combination that prevented this and reverted the new paragraph to the
default
page formatting...

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Each paragraph has a style attribute which includes the name of the style
that should follow it (when you press Enter). Usually this is set to the
same style (though with heading styles it is often the main body text).
The
behaviour therefore is dictated by the style at the cursor.

You can additionally press SHIFT+Enter which will create a line break
WITHIN
the same paragraph.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Steevo999 wrote:
When you hit the carriage return key at the end of a paragraph Word
carries over the existing formatting to the new line/paragraph.

Great, usually!

I think there is a key sequence which allows you to hit carriage
return (soft carriage return?) and start the new line/paragraph with
the default document formatting.

Can anyone confirm this and tell me what it is. I cannot find a
reference to it anywhere, now.

Thanks, Steve.