We have recently upgraded to Word 2003. Occasionally when users press F4 to
repeat the last action (usually typing text that repeats throughout the
document), everything but the first character of the word they typed appears.
Has anyone seen that and do you know a fix? I have not been able to
duplicate this at will - it's just an occasional problem that I hear about
after it happens.

TIA

MarieJ

If the typed text replaced selected text, then the first character is a
separate Undo/Redo operation (if you look at the Undo list, you will see
this). That is, the first character counts as a replacement, and the rest
are "typing." I also find this disconcerting (and at times embarrassing,
when I don't notice that my Undo has not reinstated the replaced text).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"MarieJ" wrote in message
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We have recently upgraded to Word 2003. Occasionally when users press F4
to
repeat the last action (usually typing text that repeats throughout the
document), everything but the first character of the word they typed
appears.
Has anyone seen that and do you know a fix? I have not been able to
duplicate this at will - it's just an occasional problem that I hear about
after it happens.

TIA

MarieJ

THANK YOU, Suzanne!!! That even makes a little sense!

MarieJ

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If the typed text replaced selected text, then the first character is a
separate Undo/Redo operation (if you look at the Undo list, you will see
this). That is, the first character counts as a replacement, and the rest
are "typing." I also find this disconcerting (and at times embarrassing,
when I don't notice that my Undo has not reinstated the replaced text).

--
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.

"MarieJ" wrote in message
...
We have recently upgraded to Word 2003. Occasionally when users press F4
to
repeat the last action (usually typing text that repeats throughout the
document), everything but the first character of the word they typed
appears.
Has anyone seen that and do you know a fix? I have not been able to
duplicate this at will - it's just an occasional problem that I hear about
after it happens.

TIA

MarieJ