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Using a highlighter with bullets
When I used a highlighter on sentences contained within a bullet sometimes
the bullet itself also gets highlighted and other times it doesn't not. Is there a way to highlight only a portion of the text following a bullet with having the bullet itself highlighted? |
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Using a highlighter with bullets
On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 09:39:01 -0800, pabaum84 wrote:
When I used a highlighter on sentences contained within a bullet sometimes the bullet itself also gets highlighted and other times it doesn't not. Is there a way to highlight only a portion of the text following a bullet with having the bullet itself highlighted? If you don't want to highlight the bullet itself, avoid selecting the corresponding paragraph end mark (pilcrow character). -- Cheers Robert |
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Using a highlighter with bullets
Easier said than done, especially if you have Word "helping" you. Sometimes
you have to go back and explicitly remove formatting that Word has "helpfully" applied to the paragraph mark even though you were careful not to select it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Robert" wrote in message ... On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 09:39:01 -0800, pabaum84 wrote: When I used a highlighter on sentences contained within a bullet sometimes the bullet itself also gets highlighted and other times it doesn't not. Is there a way to highlight only a portion of the text following a bullet with having the bullet itself highlighted? If you don't want to highlight the bullet itself, avoid selecting the corresponding paragraph end mark (pilcrow character). -- Cheers Robert |
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Using a highlighter with bullets
On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 16:31:57 -0600, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Easier said than done, especially if you have Word "helping" you. Sometimes you have to go back and explicitly remove formatting that Word has "helpfully" applied to the paragraph mark even though you were careful not to select it. What I see happening in Word 2007 is not automatic formatting, but automatic selection of the paragraph end mark, which has exactly the same result. I know of only one way to avoid selecting the paragraph end mark. It has to be done from the keyboard: 1. Place the insertion point to the left of the word or phrase to be selected. 2. Press the Shift key and hold it down. 3. Press the Right Arrow key until the intended selection is complete. 4. At this point, Word will try to be helpful and will automatically select the next paragraph end mark. 5. Still holding the Shift key down, press the Left Arrow key once. This should leave the paragraph end mark out of the selection. 6. Release the Shift key. HTH. -- Cheers Robert |
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Using a highlighter with bullets
It helps (a little) to disable some of Word's more "helpful" tendencies,
such as "When selecting automatically select entire word" and "Smart paragraph selection." But if you select the last letter of a paragraph, Word is going to include the paragraph mark no matter how hard you try not to. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Robert" wrote in message ... On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 16:31:57 -0600, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Easier said than done, especially if you have Word "helping" you. Sometimes you have to go back and explicitly remove formatting that Word has "helpfully" applied to the paragraph mark even though you were careful not to select it. What I see happening in Word 2007 is not automatic formatting, but automatic selection of the paragraph end mark, which has exactly the same result. I know of only one way to avoid selecting the paragraph end mark. It has to be done from the keyboard: 1. Place the insertion point to the left of the word or phrase to be selected. 2. Press the Shift key and hold it down. 3. Press the Right Arrow key until the intended selection is complete. 4. At this point, Word will try to be helpful and will automatically select the next paragraph end mark. 5. Still holding the Shift key down, press the Left Arrow key once. This should leave the paragraph end mark out of the selection. 6. Release the Shift key. HTH. -- Cheers Robert |
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Using a highlighter with bullets
On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 18:11:24 -0600, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
But if you select the last letter of a paragraph, Word is going to include the paragraph mark no matter how hard you try not to. Agreed, but the selection will not include the paragraph end mark if I am careful to make the selection as follows: 1. Place the insertion point to the left of the word or phrase to be selected. 2. Press the Shift key and hold it down. 3. Press the Right Arrow key until the intended selection is complete. 4. At this point, Word will try to be helpful and will automatically select the next paragraph end mark. 5. Still holding the Shift key down, press the Left Arrow key once. This should leave the paragraph end mark out of the selection. 6. Release the Shift key. -- Cheers Robert |
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