WD97: Column Selection Lost After Formatting Characters
Article ID: 195597
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q195597
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word, if you press CTRL+SHIFT+F8 to select a column of text
and then apply character formatting, the text does not remain selected
after you apply the formatting.
CAUSE
When you press CTRL+SHIFT+F8, the Column Selection mode is activated, and
you can use the arrow keys to select a column of text. If you apply
character formatting to the selected text, the width of the characters
changes. This can cause the column selection to no longer be accurate.
Therefore, the text selection is lost when character formatting is
applied.
NOTE: You can also perform a column selection by holding the ALT key while
clicking and dragging with the left mouse button.
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