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Changing formatting in selected text changes entire document
When formatting selected text (e.g., centering, bold, paragraph indent, etc.)
selected text in a document, the entire document changes to the new format. Is there a setting somewhere that causes this? The original doc was copied and pasted from an e-mail text. Using MS Word 2002. |
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Changing formatting in selected text changes entire document
If the text had not been copied from an email, I'd suggest you look at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm, but since it was copied from an email, the likelihood is that the entire document is a single paragraph. If you display nonprinting characters, you'll likely see that every line ends in a line break, with probably two line breaks between paragraphs. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "BAStrand" wrote in message ... When formatting selected text (e.g., centering, bold, paragraph indent, etc.) selected text in a document, the entire document changes to the new format. Is there a setting somewhere that causes this? The original doc was copied and pasted from an e-mail text. Using MS Word 2002. |
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Changing formatting in selected text changes entire document
I am having the same issue, I created a document in Word Vista, and when I
try to center one section of text, the entire page centers. I can bold or underline individual lines/words without a problem, but it won't let me center a specific group of lines. This is a resume I am working with, all I am trying to center is the first 4 lines which are the name and contact information. I have tried everything, highlighting and just clicking on the "center" button, highlighting and right clicking and then going to paragraph format and centering that way, deleting the lines, clicking center and then typing...nothing works. Everything I try results in the entire document being centered. Please help! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If the text had not been copied from an email, I'd suggest you look at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm, but since it was copied from an email, the likelihood is that the entire document is a single paragraph. If you display nonprinting characters, you'll likely see that every line ends in a line break, with probably two line breaks between paragraphs. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "BAStrand" wrote in message ... When formatting selected text (e.g., centering, bold, paragraph indent, etc.) selected text in a document, the entire document changes to the new format. Is there a setting somewhere that causes this? The original doc was copied and pasted from an e-mail text. Using MS Word 2002. |
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Changing formatting in selected text changes entire document
I am having trouble indenting a single paragraph in Word 2002. When I drag
the right indent marker to the left it indents the whole section, not just the selected paragraph. However, unlike the sequence in your article, when I "undo" the whole section including the selected paragraph reverts to the original margin. There is nothing about "style" in the undo notes, just "undo formatting". "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you look at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...formatted.htm? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Julie Leavitt" Julie wrote in message ... I am having the same issue, I created a document in Word Vista, and when I try to center one section of text, the entire page centers. I can bold or underline individual lines/words without a problem, but it won't let me center a specific group of lines. This is a resume I am working with, all I am trying to center is the first 4 lines which are the name and contact information. I have tried everything, highlighting and just clicking on the "center" button, highlighting and right clicking and then going to paragraph format and centering that way, deleting the lines, clicking center and then typing...nothing works. Everything I try results in the entire document being centered. Please help! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If the text had not been copied from an email, I'd suggest you look at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm, but since it was copied from an email, the likelihood is that the entire document is a single paragraph. If you display nonprinting characters, you'll likely see that every line ends in a line break, with probably two line breaks between paragraphs. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "BAStrand" wrote in message ... When formatting selected text (e.g., centering, bold, paragraph indent, etc.) selected text in a document, the entire document changes to the new format. Is there a setting somewhere that causes this? The original doc was copied and pasted from an e-mail text. Using MS Word 2002. |
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Changing formatting in selected text changes entire document
The most likely reason for this is that the text is actually all one
paragraph. This is very common with text pasted from the Web which uses two line breaks instead of a paragraph break. Display nonprinting characters to see if that's what you're dealing with. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Lang" wrote in message ... I am having trouble indenting a single paragraph in Word 2002. When I drag the right indent marker to the left it indents the whole section, not just the selected paragraph. However, unlike the sequence in your article, when I "undo" the whole section including the selected paragraph reverts to the original margin. There is nothing about "style" in the undo notes, just "undo formatting". "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you look at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...formatted.htm? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Julie Leavitt" Julie wrote in message ... I am having the same issue, I created a document in Word Vista, and when I try to center one section of text, the entire page centers. I can bold or underline individual lines/words without a problem, but it won't let me center a specific group of lines. This is a resume I am working with, all I am trying to center is the first 4 lines which are the name and contact information. I have tried everything, highlighting and just clicking on the "center" button, highlighting and right clicking and then going to paragraph format and centering that way, deleting the lines, clicking center and then typing...nothing works. Everything I try results in the entire document being centered. Please help! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If the text had not been copied from an email, I'd suggest you look at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm, but since it was copied from an email, the likelihood is that the entire document is a single paragraph. If you display nonprinting characters, you'll likely see that every line ends in a line break, with probably two line breaks between paragraphs. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "BAStrand" wrote in message ... When formatting selected text (e.g., centering, bold, paragraph indent, etc.) selected text in a document, the entire document changes to the new format. Is there a setting somewhere that causes this? The original doc was copied and pasted from an e-mail text. Using MS Word 2002. |
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Changing formatting in selected text changes entire document
How do you fix this in 2007 Word? I checked that link, but there is no
"Automatically Update" available in the regular styles - only when you create a new one. My coworker tells me it was fine last week, if she bolded one word, it stayed one word. This week bolding one word bolds the whole paragraph or whole document. Where can we find a fix for her? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If the text had not been copied from an email, I'd suggest you look at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm, but since it was copied from an email, the likelihood is that the entire document is a single paragraph. If you display nonprinting characters, you'll likely see that every line ends in a line break, with probably two line breaks between paragraphs. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "BAStrand" wrote in message ... When formatting selected text (e.g., centering, bold, paragraph indent, etc.) selected text in a document, the entire document changes to the new format. Is there a setting somewhere that causes this? The original doc was copied and pasted from an e-mail text. Using MS Word 2002. |
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Changing formatting in selected text changes entire document
The automatically update box should be available to all styles except
normal. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org That70sHeidi wrote: How do you fix this in 2007 Word? I checked that link, but there is no "Automatically Update" available in the regular styles - only when you create a new one. My coworker tells me it was fine last week, if she bolded one word, it stayed one word. This week bolding one word bolds the whole paragraph or whole document. Where can we find a fix for her? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If the text had not been copied from an email, I'd suggest you look at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm, but since it was copied from an email, the likelihood is that the entire document is a single paragraph. If you display nonprinting characters, you'll likely see that every line ends in a line break, with probably two line breaks between paragraphs. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "BAStrand" wrote in message ... When formatting selected text (e.g., centering, bold, paragraph indent, etc.) selected text in a document, the entire document changes to the new format. Is there a setting somewhere that causes this? The original doc was copied and pasted from an e-mail text. Using MS Word 2002. |
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