WD: Word Ruler Supports Only Mouse Commands (110376)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1
  • Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q110376

SUMMARY

Microsoft Word version 6.0 and later do not have a keyboard activated ruler like Word 2.0 for Windows does. (In Word 2.0, you can press CTRL+SHIFT+F10 to make the ruler active.) The ruler in Word 6.0 and later is accessible only by using a mouse. As the result of customer feedback, Microsoft increased the functionality of the ruler starting with Word 6.0. To prevent too much complexity, the additional mouse functionality required a loss of keyboard functionality. As a result, there is no longer a ruler mode you can activate to allow setting tabs and indents directly from the keyboard.

MORE INFORMATION

New functions and changes to the ruler in Word 6.0 and later include:
  • The indent and margin modes were combined.
  • You automatically switch to table mode when in a table.
  • Page layout view now has a vertical ruler.
  • You can set all indents using the mouse without keyboard intervention. (Previously you had to hold down the SHIFT key to drag the body indent triangle.)
  • You can choose the type of tab from the ruler.
  • The visual style has been improved to make it easier to use.
To set all paragraph settings using the keyboard, click either Paragraph or Tabs on the Format menu.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/16/2005
Keywords:kbinfo kbui KB110376
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