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How do I set a different font to use to insert text in a document.
I want to be able to insert text using a font different from the original
document. I want to be able to set the font I want to use and then skip around in the document and type my comments. How do I keep Word from reverting to the original font every time I go to a spot to start typing? |
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Use styles rather than direct formatting.
-- 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. "RKL" wrote in message ... I want to be able to insert text using a font different from the original document. I want to be able to set the font I want to use and then skip around in the document and type my comments. How do I keep Word from reverting to the original font every time I go to a spot to start typing? |
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I made my own style to insert text into the document, which also used styles,
but it changed the style of the whole document. I want to keep the whole document the same as it was originally given to me. But I need to be able to select a different font and go through the document and make notes in my own font or style. I have many to do, so I don't want to have to keep going to the drop-down and choosing my font or style each time I get to a new spot in the document. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Use styles rather than direct formatting. -- 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. "RKL" wrote in message ... I want to be able to insert text using a font different from the original document. I want to be able to set the font I want to use and then skip around in the document and type my comments. How do I keep Word from reverting to the original font every time I go to a spot to start typing? |
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1) Use a character style rather than a paragraph style for your inserted
text. 2) See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...eformatted.htm. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "RKL" wrote in message ... I made my own style to insert text into the document, which also used styles, but it changed the style of the whole document. I want to keep the whole document the same as it was originally given to me. But I need to be able to select a different font and go through the document and make notes in my own font or style. I have many to do, so I don't want to have to keep going to the drop-down and choosing my font or style each time I get to a new spot in the document. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Use styles rather than direct formatting. -- 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. "RKL" wrote in message ... I want to be able to insert text using a font different from the original document. I want to be able to set the font I want to use and then skip around in the document and type my comments. How do I keep Word from reverting to the original font every time I go to a spot to start typing? |
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Maybe you should use the Track Changes and Comments features, which do this
for you. Look up Track Changes, Reviewing, and Comments in Help for more, or see he http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trac...ngesWorks.html You cannot format the cursor in a certain font/style and expect the cursor to hold the formatting anywhere you drop it, which I think is what you are asking for. On 2/21/05 12:01 PM, "RKL" wrote: I made my own style to insert text into the document, which also used styles, but it changed the style of the whole document. I want to keep the whole document the same as it was originally given to me. But I need to be able to select a different font and go through the document and make notes in my own font or style. I have many to do, so I don't want to have to keep going to the drop-down and choosing my font or style each time I get to a new spot in the document. |
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I followed the reformatting instructions and now it changes the paragraph I'm
in to the new style. That is not what I'm looking to do. I want to change the style and then start typing comments within a paragraph without changing the style of anything. I then want to move to another spot in the document and click where I want ot insert text and have it remember the font or style I used in the last insertion. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: 1) Use a character style rather than a paragraph style for your inserted text. 2) See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...eformatted.htm. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "RKL" wrote in message ... I made my own style to insert text into the document, which also used styles, but it changed the style of the whole document. I want to keep the whole document the same as it was originally given to me. But I need to be able to select a different font and go through the document and make notes in my own font or style. I have many to do, so I don't want to have to keep going to the drop-down and choosing my font or style each time I get to a new spot in the document. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Use styles rather than direct formatting. -- 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. "RKL" wrote in message ... I want to be able to insert text using a font different from the original document. I want to be able to set the font I want to use and then skip around in the document and type my comments. How do I keep Word from reverting to the original font every time I go to a spot to start typing? |
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