WD97: Changing Text Formatting Also Changes Paragraph Formatting (167392)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q167392 SYMPTOMS
If you select all of the text in a paragraph, excluding the paragraph
mark, and change the font formatting of the text, the formatting
changes are applied to the paragraph mark also. This affects any subsequent
paragraphs when you press ENTER from any point within this paragraph. This functionality is different from earlier versions of Word.
NOTE: To see the paragraph mark and other nonprinting characters, click the
Show/Hide button on the Standard toolbar.
CAUSE
When you apply font formatting to a selection of text that spans a
paragraph, Word assumes you want to change the paragraph formatting
even though you did not select the paragraph mark.
WORKAROUND
To format all of the text within a paragraph without affecting the
paragraph formatting (excluding the paragraph mark), select all but
one character of the paragraph and then apply the font formatting.
Select the remaining character and apply the same font formatting.
MORE INFORMATION
In earlier versions of Word, if you want to apply character formatting
to the paragraph mark, you must select it before you apply the font
formatting; otherwise, the paragraph mark does not take on the new
character formatting.
In Word 97, if all of the text in the paragraph is selected (excluding
the paragraph mark), character formatting changes are applied not only
to the text of the paragraph but also to the paragraph mark.
Selecting white space before or after the text has no effect on this
behavior.
REFERENCES
For more information about character formatting, click the Office
Assistant, type "character formatting," click Search, and then click
one of the topics.
For more information about paragraph formatting, click the Office
Assistant, type "troubleshooting paragraph formatting," click Search,
and then click one of the topics.
NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on
the Standard toolbar. If Word Help is not installed on your computer,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component
For more information about formatting, please see the following
articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
159941 WD97: General Information about "Auto" Features in Word 97
108501 WD: Heading Numbering Command Changes Style, Paragraph Formatting
161976 WD97: Reveal Formatting Help Tool Not Installed
123302 WD: How to Reset Character and Style Formatting in Word
97793 WD: Underline Formatting Does Not Appear at End of Line
158565 WD97: Character Format Functions Ignore Leading, Trailing Spaces
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/14/2000 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb kbualink97 kbusage KB167392 |
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