Selection Issues with Word 2007

[Ron Ruble]

Selection Issues with Word 2007.

I have a template created by others in my company. It's full of numbered lists and sub items. I want to change the font color in a portion of the document to indicate that it is not applicable.

I can highlight the text, but whether the numbers get highlighted and the font color changed is unpredictable. Sometimes they do, sometimes not.

I've tried turning off various Smart Select options, but nothing does the trick. I can select the text, but not the numbers in some cases, and in others, the numbers are automatically selected and the formatting changed along with the list items.

I'd prefer to format numbering, but is if was consistent, I could deal with either one.

[Stefan Blom]

The list number (or bullet) will ajdust to the font formatting applied to the selection in two different cases: (1) if the number (bullet) is actually selected, which is possible in recent versions of Word, or (2) if the number is not selected but all of the text in the paragraph and the terminating paragraph mark are selected.

To show/hide paragraph marks (¶) as well as other nonprinting marks, use the ¶ button on the Home tab.