[David G. Jacobs]

I'm modifying a document and want to change some of the styles. In Word 2003
you could select text and Word would show, in the style drop down box, what
the current style was for that text . I can't seem to find that
functionality in Word 2007.

[Klaus Linke]

"David G. Jacobs" wrote:
I'm modifying a document and want to change some of the styles.
In Word 2003 you could select text and Word would show, in the style
drop down box, what the current style was for that text . I can't seem
to find that functionality in Word 2007.


Hi David,

The styles dropdown was removed from the program.
It was my biggest complaint in the Beta.

You can always keep the styles pane open, but even though it uses a lot of
screen estate, it does not always show you which style is applied.
At least in the Beta, if you had lots of styles, you sometimes had to scroll
through the list to find the highlighted style.
Haven't checked if that issue was fixed in the release version.

Patrick Schmid has written a "StyleChooser" add-in with a replacement of the
old styles dropdown.
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/06/

Regards,
Klaus

[Beth Melton]

Hi David,

The Styles drop down is still available and it can be added to your QAT -
you'll find it in the "Commands Not in the Ribbon" category.

Note this command was previously dropped but added back by popular demand.
:-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"David G. Jacobs" wrote in message
...
I'm modifying a document and want to change some of the styles. In Word
2003
you could select text and Word would show, in the style drop down box,
what
the current style was for that text . I can't seem to find that
functionality in Word 2007.

[Klaus Linke]

Hi Beth,

Thank you, and I'm very glad to hear that!

:-) Klaus


"Beth Melton" wrote:
Hi David,

The Styles drop down is still available and it can be added to your QAT -
you'll find it in the "Commands Not in the Ribbon" category.

Note this command was previously dropped but added back by popular demand.
:-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"David G. Jacobs" wrote in
message ...
I'm modifying a document and want to change some of the styles. In Word
2003
you could select text and Word would show, in the style drop down box,
what
the current style was for that text . I can't seem to find that
functionality in Word 2007.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Presumably you can also still use the Style Area in Normal (now Draft) view?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"Beth Melton" wrote in message
...
Hi David,

The Styles drop down is still available and it can be added to your QAT -
you'll find it in the "Commands Not in the Ribbon" category.

Note this command was previously dropped but added back by popular demand.
:-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"David G. Jacobs" wrote in
message
...
I'm modifying a document and want to change some of the styles. In Word
2003
you could select text and Word would show, in the style drop down box,
what
the current style was for that text . I can't seem to find that
functionality in Word 2007.

[Beth Melton]

Yep, the Styles area is still available as it was in past versions.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Presumably you can also still use the Style Area in Normal (now Draft)
view?

--
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.

"Beth Melton" wrote in message
...
Hi David,

The Styles drop down is still available and it can be added to your QAT -
you'll find it in the "Commands Not in the Ribbon" category.

Note this command was previously dropped but added back by popular
demand.
:-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"David G. Jacobs" wrote in
message
...
I'm modifying a document and want to change some of the styles. In
Word
2003
you could select text and Word would show, in the style drop down box,
what
the current style was for that text . I can't seem to find that
functionality in Word 2007.

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Beth Melton wrote:
Yep, the Styles area is still available as it was in past versions.

.... but my favourite "White text on blue background" has hit the dust.

May it R.I.P.

:-)
Robert
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[Beth Melton]

Yeah, unlike some of the other commands that were simply removed from the UI
but you can still access them using VBA, the "white text on blue background"
option is one that has been complete removed.

BUT you could use the Page Color command, found on the Page Setup tab. If
you select a dark background then Word will automatically change the font
color accordingly. If you aren't printing the page background then the
document will also print correctly. You'd just need to remember to change
the page background to back to white before sharing it with someone else.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"Robert M. Franz (RMF)" wrote in message
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... but my favourite "White text on blue background" has hit the dust.

May it R.I.P.

:-)
Robert
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[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Beth Melton wrote:
Yeah, unlike some of the other commands that were simply removed from the UI
but you can still access them using VBA, the "white text on blue background"
option is one that has been complete removed.

Oh, I have no quarrel with removing that particular view option.
Changing windows window settings usually brings me there when I really
need it.


BUT you could use the Page Color command, found on the Page Setup tab. If
you select a dark background then Word will automatically change the font
color accordingly. If you aren't printing the page background then the
document will also print correctly. You'd just need to remember to change
the page background to back to white before sharing it with someone else.

I cannot help but wonder: it seems tricky at best when Office starts to
guess the font color. I haven't encountered any bad surprises so far,
but can imagine to end up in white-on-white (under weird circumstances,
no doubt :-)).

Greetinx
Robert
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