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change text color of bullet item
In word 2003 if you changed made sure you highlighted the last element of a
bulleted item or heading and changed the font the bulleted entry would change as well. In 2007 it is not consistent. I get some headings to gray out but not others. Also in a table of contents I see if I strike thrue or gray text the table of contents will never follow. I need to maintain specifications. It is useful to gray out or cross out an item that is no longer in effect so as not to change the numbering of all sections. I can't believe I am the only one that needs this feature. |
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... In word 2003 if you changed made sure you highlighted the last element of a bulleted item or heading and changed the font the bulleted entry would change as well. In 2007 it is not consistent. I get some headings to gray out but not others. Also in a table of contents I see if I strike thrue or gray text the table of contents will never follow. I need to maintain specifications. It is useful to gray out or cross out an item that is no longer in effect so as not to change the numbering of all sections. I can't believe I am the only one that needs this feature. I see a strike-through format in the bullets but it's not as visible as what you see when working with a numbered list. Regarding the font color, if there is a font color specified for the Bullet then it will keep that font color and not change. Perhaps this is what you are seeing? I'm not sure what you are referring to for the table of contents. Can you clarify what you are seeing? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx |
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The TOC is displayed in styles (TOC1, TOC2, etc.) that are completely
different from the text (usually Heading 1 etc.), and neither style settings nor manual formatting carries into the TOC. Would it work to use the hide font attribute? The numbers would be retained but nothing of the items no longer in effect would appear€”as long as show formatting is off. PamC RN wrote: In word 2003 if you changed made sure you highlighted the last element of a bulleted item or heading and changed the font the bulleted entry would change as well. In 2007 it is not consistent. I get some headings to gray out but not others. Also in a table of contents I see if I strike thrue or gray text the table of contents will never follow. I need to maintain specifications. It is useful to gray out or cross out an item that is no longer in effect so as not to change the numbering of all sections. I can't believe I am the only one that needs this feature. -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/200809/1 |
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1.) If one changes the text in the numbered item the number itself does show
this change. In Word 2003 if I selected up to the very last character the numbered item would take on the formating of the text. So you could make some numbered items show strike thru or red. 2.) As for the table of contents. I think I made a mistake. It is showing the text formatting (color, highlight or strike through). It is the document map that ignores any formating. This was fooling me into thinking I had not removed required sections. "Beth Melton" wrote: "RN" wrote in message ... In word 2003 if you changed made sure you highlighted the last element of a bulleted item or heading and changed the font the bulleted entry would change as well. In 2007 it is not consistent. I get some headings to gray out but not others. Also in a table of contents I see if I strike thrue or gray text the table of contents will never follow. I need to maintain specifications. It is useful to gray out or cross out an item that is no longer in effect so as not to change the numbering of all sections. I can't believe I am the only one that needs this feature. I see a strike-through format in the bullets but it's not as visible as what you see when working with a numbered list. Regarding the font color, if there is a font color specified for the Bullet then it will keep that font color and not change. Perhaps this is what you are seeing? I'm not sure what you are referring to for the table of contents. Can you clarify what you are seeing? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx |
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Not sure what hide font attribute is. But I don't want section to disappear
entirely. What I want is to make it obvious it is has been deleted. "PamC via OfficeKB.com" wrote: The TOC is displayed in styles (TOC1, TOC2, etc.) that are completely different from the text (usually Heading 1 etc.), and neither style settings nor manual formatting carries into the TOC. Would it work to use the hide font attribute? The numbers would be retained but nothing of the items no longer in effect would appear€”as long as show formatting is off. PamC RN wrote: In word 2003 if you changed made sure you highlighted the last element of a bulleted item or heading and changed the font the bulleted entry would change as well. In 2007 it is not consistent. I get some headings to gray out but not others. Also in a table of contents I see if I strike thrue or gray text the table of contents will never follow. I need to maintain specifications. It is useful to gray out or cross out an item that is no longer in effect so as not to change the numbering of all sections. I can't believe I am the only one that needs this feature. -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/200809/1 |
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Thanks. Yes, it took me a while to find hidden text. I have never used
it. Search on help in 2007 does not find it. Yes this does work wtih the added benefit in that it is one format that the document map will listen to. I would still perfer a solution that would allow it to show as a placeholder. "PamC via OfficeKB.com" wrote: The TOC is displayed in styles (TOC1, TOC2, etc.) that are completely different from the text (usually Heading 1 etc.), and neither style settings nor manual formatting carries into the TOC. Would it work to use the hide font attribute? The numbers would be retained but nothing of the items no longer in effect would appear€”as long as show formatting is off. PamC RN wrote: In word 2003 if you changed made sure you highlighted the last element of a bulleted item or heading and changed the font the bulleted entry would change as well. In 2007 it is not consistent. I get some headings to gray out but not others. Also in a table of contents I see if I strike thrue or gray text the table of contents will never follow. I need to maintain specifications. It is useful to gray out or cross out an item that is no longer in effect so as not to change the numbering of all sections. I can't believe I am the only one that needs this feature. -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/200809/1 |
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... 1.) If one changes the text in the numbered item the number itself does show this change. In Word 2003 if I selected up to the very last character the numbered item would take on the formating of the text. So you could make some numbered items show strike thru or red. This does work for me. Turn your Formatting Marks on (¶ in the Paragraph group on the Home tab) and make sure you are actually selecting the entire line. If you have a few spaces after the last character then that would explain why it's not working. Also, you should select through the Paragraph Mark instead of just the last character. The easiest way to do this is to place your mouse to the left of the numbered item, watch for your mouse appear as an arrow that points to the right, and double-click to select the entire paragraph. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx |
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RN:
I overstated things a bit in my comment below. Some manual formatting does carry into the TOC. Superscript and strikethrough, for example, carry into the TOC; such attributes as underscores, font color, and caps case (if applied as a font attribute) do not. This means you can go with your original idea but must use, say, strikethrough, instead of the gray font color to indicate the deletions. I depend on the TOC not picking up font color, italics, and such and hadn't noticed any other situations. But yesterday I read an answer from Susanne that made me check this out more carefully. Sorry for the mistake. PamC PamC wrote: The TOC is displayed in styles (TOC1, TOC2, etc.) that are completely different from the text (usually Heading 1 etc.), and neither style settings nor manual formatting carries into the TOC. Would it work to use the hide font attribute? The numbers would be retained but nothing of the items no longer in effect would appear€”as long as show formatting is off. PamC In word 2003 if you changed made sure you highlighted the last element of a bulleted item or heading and changed the font the bulleted entry would change [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] sections. I can't believe I am the only one that needs this feature. -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/200809/1 |
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I'm not sure how you're testing this, Pam, but here (Word 2003) any font
formatting that is applied as direct formatting (not defined as part of the style) is picked up by the TOC. This includes underlines, font color, and All Caps formatting. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "PamC via OfficeKB.com" u43222@uwe wrote in message news:8a2eef73b1c3b@uwe... RN: I overstated things a bit in my comment below. Some manual formatting does carry into the TOC. Superscript and strikethrough, for example, carry into the TOC; such attributes as underscores, font color, and caps case (if applied as a font attribute) do not. This means you can go with your original idea but must use, say, strikethrough, instead of the gray font color to indicate the deletions. I depend on the TOC not picking up font color, italics, and such and hadn't noticed any other situations. But yesterday I read an answer from Susanne that made me check this out more carefully. Sorry for the mistake. PamC PamC wrote: The TOC is displayed in styles (TOC1, TOC2, etc.) that are completely different from the text (usually Heading 1 etc.), and neither style settings nor manual formatting carries into the TOC. Would it work to use the hide font attribute? The numbers would be retained but nothing of the items no longer in effect would appear-as long as show formatting is off. PamC In word 2003 if you changed made sure you highlighted the last element of a bulleted item or heading and changed the font the bulleted entry would change [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] sections. I can't believe I am the only one that needs this feature. -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/200809/1 |
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Suzanne,
I'm using W2007. I applied different manual formatting to headings and then regenerated the TOC. Some formatting comes through to the TOC; some does not. I have the cut, copy, and paste selections, in Word options, at match destination formatting and use destination styles. I wonder if that might have something to do with my results. Pam Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I'm not sure how you're testing this, Pam, but here (Word 2003) any font formatting that is applied as direct formatting (not defined as part of the style) is picked up by the TOC. This includes underlines, font color, and All Caps formatting. RN: I overstated things a bit in my comment below. Some manual formatting [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] sections. I can't believe I am the only one that needs this feature. -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com |
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This may be a change in Word 2007; I haven't (yet) tested it there. I don't
see how the settings you mention would have any effect on the TOC. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "PamC via OfficeKB.com" u43222@uwe wrote in message news:8a4cfe9172a91@uwe... Suzanne, I'm using W2007. I applied different manual formatting to headings and then regenerated the TOC. Some formatting comes through to the TOC; some does not. I have the cut, copy, and paste selections, in Word options, at match destination formatting and use destination styles. I wonder if that might have something to do with my results. Pam Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I'm not sure how you're testing this, Pam, but here (Word 2003) any font formatting that is applied as direct formatting (not defined as part of the style) is picked up by the TOC. This includes underlines, font color, and All Caps formatting. RN: I overstated things a bit in my comment below. Some manual formatting [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] sections. I can't believe I am the only one that needs this feature. -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com |
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