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Formatting affecting more than selected text
MS Word 2010. I have a strange formatting problem.
I must have changed a paragraph or style setting, perhaps by mistake. Whenever I try to apply a style to one specific character (bold, for ex.), the style applies not only to that character but also the two characters AFTER it. If I bold the last character of a word, then the first character of the NEXT word then bolds. Sometimes it happens in the word PREVIOUS to my character selection. I have never seen this before in 12 years of MS Word usage. What did I do? |
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You should be highlighting the character you want to be bold (and nothing else). Once you do that Word will create a new style with "+ Bold" added to the original style (that will appear in the Styles menu). Doing so should not affect the other text.
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How do I see what the full style elements listing is of the selected text?
An additional clue: If I select one character, apply bold, the selection takes it upon itself to expand to 3 characters and bolds all three. This only happens with bold. If I select one character and apply italic or underline, only the selected character is affected. strange that. |
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Let's go back to the beginning first...to understand 'styles' there are multiple links such as http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/stylesms.html that will define styles and how they are used. Typically, styles are not used to bold or underline one particular character within a paragraph...the style applies to the whole paragraph.
It would behove you to take a look at the link provided (and other links available within that link) to learn more about styles and other MSWord attributes. |
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OK, thank you for the interest Jim. Let's back up a bit.
I believe I understand how to use styles for paragraph formatting. My task is: I had been successfully bolding certain characters in certain words through CTRL+B keystrokes. I did not see new styles being created to reflect that, but alright, I do not know how Word handles bold in individual characters. As I tried to explain, if I have the sentence: See Spot run. If I wanted to bold the letter t, I selected just the letter to apply CTRL+B for the desired result: See Spot run. However, what has been happening to me is that I select just the letter t, apply bold, and the selection EXPANDS to create this result: See Spot run. I was only speculating that I had messed up a style setting. This same thing, the expansion of the selection to include 3 characters, also sometimes happens when I try to apply a true MS Word Style. But to be clear, it happens with CTRL+B, but not CTRL+I or CTRL+U. |
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This is not a style; if you have checked something under "Select formatting to show as styles:" that formatting will show up in the styles pane. It can be applied like a style. I don't think this distinction makes a difference. I suspect it only shows up if you have told Word to keep track of formatting under the advanced editing options. |
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When really weird behavior shows up in Word I suspect an Add-In. Try opening Word in Safe mode and see if you get the same behavior. If not, write back and I'll see if I can suggest things you could do. If you are in a hurry, see “How to troubleshoot problems that occur when you start or use Word 2010, Word 2007, Word 2003, or Word 2002” at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921541. |
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What a great forum!
Charles, I started Word in safe mode, and I the quirky BOLD behavior is now gone. Thanks! I would never have suspected an Add-in, and I haven't installed (intentionally) an addin for at least a year. But you are definitely on to something here. |
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