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Bullet and numbering is greyed out, can't click.
Occasionally, and I have no idea why, when trying to add a bullet or number,
the drop down box under format for "bullets and numbering" is greyed out when my cursor is on that line, and I am not able to select it. I've gone so far as to delete the entire section and retype, with no luck. I notice that if I move the cursor up a line or two that I once again have the ability to select bullets and numbering. However, what appears to be random, on certain lines I do not have the ability to select bullets and numbering. This is VERY frustrating. Can anyone help? I would be glad to talk on the phone, I need to solve this problem. Thanks. |
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Bullet and numbering is greyed out, can't click.
Hi ?B?QmFycnkgSHVsbA==?=,
Occasionally, and I have no idea why, when trying to add a bullet or number, the drop down box under format for "bullets and numbering" is greyed out when my cursor is on that line, and I am not able to select it. I've gone so far as to delete the entire section and retype, with no luck. I notice that if I move the cursor up a line or two that I once again have the ability to select bullets and numbering. However, what appears to be random, on certain lines I do not have the ability to select bullets and numbering. This is VERY frustrating. Can anyone help? Have you, perhaps, activated document protection at the times when the command is unavailable? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Bullet and numbering is greyed out, can't click.
Cindy,
Thanks for the reply, however that did not solve my problem. I have never used the document protection. Even so, I attempted to turn it on and off in the areas that were "unclickable", still with no luck. In some lines I am able to click numbering, and yet when I move the cursor a position either right or left, I am no longer able to click numbering. If I delete the entire area around the unclickable position(s), the unclickable position moves to the edges of the area I just deleted. It's very odd. I was able to work around through trial and error, I am able to at least find one clickable position on each line, even those with this problem, and therefore with the cursor in a clickable position, can click numbering, subsequently I am able to number each line that needs to be numbered. However, this whole episode of not being able to click numbering whenever I chose is puzzling. Thanks for your ideas. "Cindy M." wrote: Hi ?B?QmFycnkgSHVsbA==?=, Occasionally, and I have no idea why, when trying to add a bullet or number, the drop down box under format for "bullets and numbering" is greyed out when my cursor is on that line, and I am not able to select it. I've gone so far as to delete the entire section and retype, with no luck. I notice that if I move the cursor up a line or two that I once again have the ability to select bullets and numbering. However, what appears to be random, on certain lines I do not have the ability to select bullets and numbering. This is VERY frustrating. Can anyone help? Have you, perhaps, activated document protection at the times when the command is unavailable? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Bullet and numbering is greyed out, can't click.
Hi ?B?QmFycnkgSHVsbA==?=,
that did not solve my problem. I have never used the document protection. Even so, I attempted to turn it on and off in the areas that were "unclickable", still with no luck. In some lines I am able to click numbering, and yet when I move the cursor a position either right or left, I am no longer able to click numbering. If I delete the entire area around the unclickable position(s), the unclickable position moves to the edges of the area I just deleted. It's very odd. I was able to work around through trial and error, I am able to at least find one clickable position on each line, even those with this problem, and therefore with the cursor in a clickable position, can click numbering, subsequently I am able to number each line that needs to be numbered. However, this whole episode of not being able to click numbering whenever I chose is puzzling. Odd, indeed. And the lines contain nothing other than "plain text"? No fields, for example? It's possible the document's internal structures have been damaged if you're seeing the problem in only this one document. Which version of Word do you have, and was the document created in the same version? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Bullet and numbering is greyed out, can't click.
Yes Cindy, this is odd. I checked the fields and there is nothing other than
text. I did however, originally cut and paste the document from my company's web site in order to do some editing. I was wondering about some sort of file damage as well. Another interesting point, I discovered that when I change the document view, between normal, print, and outline view, even keeping the cursor in the same position, that sometimes the ability to click or not comes and goes. I found that by having the document in outline view sometimes I am able to overcome this problem, but switching back to print view the problem reappears. By the way, this problem is in at least 10 places in my document. Weird huh? Maybe I need to reload office. I am using office 2003. Thanks again for your help. Barry Hull "Cindy M." wrote: Hi ?B?QmFycnkgSHVsbA==?=, that did not solve my problem. I have never used the document protection. Even so, I attempted to turn it on and off in the areas that were "unclickable", still with no luck. In some lines I am able to click numbering, and yet when I move the cursor a position either right or left, I am no longer able to click numbering. If I delete the entire area around the unclickable position(s), the unclickable position moves to the edges of the area I just deleted. It's very odd. I was able to work around through trial and error, I am able to at least find one clickable position on each line, even those with this problem, and therefore with the cursor in a clickable position, can click numbering, subsequently I am able to number each line that needs to be numbered. However, this whole episode of not being able to click numbering whenever I chose is puzzling. Odd, indeed. And the lines contain nothing other than "plain text"? No fields, for example? It's possible the document's internal structures have been damaged if you're seeing the problem in only this one document. Which version of Word do you have, and was the document created in the same version? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Bullet and numbering is greyed out, can't click.
Hi ?B?QmFycnkgSHVsbA==?=,
Yes Cindy, this is odd. I checked the fields and there is nothing other than text. I did however, originally cut and paste the document from my company's web site in order to do some editing. I was wondering about some sort of file damage as well. Another interesting point, I discovered that when I change the document view, between normal, print, and outline view, even keeping the cursor in the same position, that sometimes the ability to click or not comes and goes. I found that by having the document in outline view sometimes I am able to overcome this problem, but switching back to print view the problem reappears. By the way, this problem is in at least 10 places in my document. Weird huh? Maybe I need to reload office. I am using office 2003. Mmmm. Could indeed be something coming from pasting from a web site. If you're game, there are a couple of tests we could try. For example: if you select such a paragraph, Edit/Cut, then Edit/Paste Special and paste as plain text, does the problem go away for that paragraph? How about if you save the document as a web-page? In RTF format? Does it go away in either case? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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