WD97: Selected Text Offset or Not Visible in Some Dialog Text Boxes (185980)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q185980 SYMPTOMS
When you try to mark an index or citation entry, or add an AutoCorrect
entry, you cannot see the insertion point or the text you selected (or you
can only see a portion of the text) in the Mark Index Entry, Mark Citation,
or AutoCorrect dialog box.
The following text boxes in these dialog boxes may exhibit this behavior.
Mark Index Entry Dialog Box
Main Entry
SubEntry
Cross Reference
Mark Citation Dialog Box
Selected Text
Long Citation
AutoCorrect
With: (When the Formatted Text option button is selected.)
CAUSE
This problem may occur when the paragraph formatting of the Normal style
(the default style in Word) includes settings for one or more of the
following paragraph attributes:
Indentation
Spacing Before or After
Line Spacing
For example, this problem may occur if the paragraph formatting of the
Normal style has a Spacing Before setting of 6pt (points) or higher.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use either of the following methods:
- Create a custom style, or modify an existing style to duplicate the
paragraph formatting attributes of the Normal style, and apply this
style to text formatted with the Normal style.
-or-
- Modify the Normal style to remove the paragraph formatting related to
this problem (mentioned in the "Cause" section of this article).
For more information about creating and editing styles, click Contents And
Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Word Help, type the
following text
styles, creating and editing
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Create new styles" or
"Changing" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask
the Office Assistant.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem has been corrected in Word 2000.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/14/2000 |
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Keywords: | kbbug KB185980 |
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