WD: Large Selection Blanks Ribbon and Some Dialog Box Settings (66036)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for Windows 1.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1
- Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0b
- Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0c
- 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 Windows 95 7.0a
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q66036 SUMMARY
If you select 50 or more paragraphs of text in a Microsoft Word for
Windows document, the Style, Font, and Points (Pts) boxes on the
ribbon are blank. Similarly, if you select 20 or more rows in a table
in which all columns are the same width, the values in the Table
Column Width dialog box are blank.
This happens because, in order to optimize performance speed, Word
does not survey large selections to determine formatting information.
MORE INFORMATION
If you click the arrow on the Font box or the Style box, all the fonts
or styles will be displayed. If you click the arrow on Pts box, the
box will remain empty. To achieve the desired character formatting,
select a font, then type a valid point size in the Pts box.
After you select a font, the font will momentarily appear on the
ribbon and then will disappear. If you enter a point size, it will
disappear when you press ENTER.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/16/2005 |
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Keywords: | kbformat KB66036 |
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