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Why does text dissappear when I hit the wrong keys?
When I am typing in this version of Office - (word, email or on the net) if I
hit the wrong keys in error my page dissapears, text dissapears, or text indents suddenly. Why does this happen? It is really annoying and I have to start my message again, undo or backspace to allign the text back to where it was. We all make mistakes when typing so this must happen to others not just myself? Can anyone out there answer my question...is it something to do with how text is auto-formatted if there is such a thing???? |
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Why does text dissappear when I hit the wrong keys?
You don't say what "this version" of Office is, and I won't try to guess, so
I'll just give general clues. If text is selected when you type (assuming that "Typing replaces selection" is enabled in Word's Options), the text you type will replace the selected text. If you happen to have inadvertently pressed Ctrl+A before typing, then you will have selected the entire document, and whatever you type will replace all of it. This can be reversed with Undo (Ctrl+Z). If you have enabled Overtype mode (by inadvertently hitting the Insert key when reaching for Backspace or Delete or Home), then text you type will replace existing text letter for letter. You can change this by pressing Insert again, double-clicking Overtype on the status bar, or changing the option in Word's Options. Pressing Ctrl+M will indent text; Ctrl+T will cause a hanging indent. If you have the relevant option enabled, pressing Tab will indent text and Backspace or Shift+Tab will unindent it. You can also promote or demote outline levels using Alt+Shift+Left/Right Arrow. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Waxapple51" wrote in message ... When I am typing in this version of Office - (word, email or on the net) if I hit the wrong keys in error my page dissapears, text dissapears, or text indents suddenly. Why does this happen? It is really annoying and I have to start my message again, undo or backspace to allign the text back to where it was. We all make mistakes when typing so this must happen to others not just myself? Can anyone out there answer my question...is it something to do with how text is auto-formatted if there is such a thing???? |
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Why does text dissappear when I hit the wrong keys?
To emphasis one of Suzanne's clues: Undo (Ctrl+Z) should be your best friend
when something untoward happens like that. If you click on the Undo arrow, it may also point to what you have inadvertently typed. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "Waxapple51" wrote in message ... When I am typing in this version of Office - (word, email or on the net) if I hit the wrong keys in error my page dissapears, text dissapears, or text indents suddenly. Why does this happen? It is really annoying and I have to start my message again, undo or backspace to allign the text back to where it was. We all make mistakes when typing so this must happen to others not just myself? Can anyone out there answer my question...is it something to do with how text is auto-formatted if there is such a thing???? |
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Why does text dissappear when I hit the wrong keys?
The following reply was posted by MVP Suzanne S. Barnhill through the NNTP
newsgroup, which is currently not connected to the Web interface. ~~~~~~~~~ You don't say what "this version" of Office is, and I won't try to guess, so I'll just give general clues. If text is selected when you type (assuming that "Typing replaces selection" is enabled in Word's Options), the text you type will replace the selected text. If you happen to have inadvertently pressed Ctrl+A before typing, then you will have selected the entire document, and whatever you type will replace all of it. This can be reversed with Undo (Ctrl+Z). If you have enabled Overtype mode (by inadvertently hitting the Insert key when reaching for Backspace or Delete or Home), then text you type will replace existing text letter for letter. You can change this by pressing Insert again, double-clicking Overtype on the status bar, or changing the option in Word's Options. Pressing Ctrl+M will indent text; Ctrl+T will cause a hanging indent. If you have the relevant option enabled, pressing Tab will indent text and Backspace or Shift+Tab will unindent it. You can also promote or demote outline levels using Alt+Shift+Left/Right Arrow. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org ~~~~~~~~~ -- Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Waxapple51" wrote: When I am typing in this version of Office - (word, email or on the net) if I hit the wrong keys in error my page dissapears, text dissapears, or text indents suddenly. Why does this happen? It is really annoying and I have to start my message again, undo or backspace to allign the text back to where it was. We all make mistakes when typing so this must happen to others not just myself? Can anyone out there answer my question...is it something to do with how text is auto-formatted if there is such a thing???? |
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