I'm organizing a bunch of text that I pasted into a document by adding
headers to separate the topics. The heading text is already there as body
text; I just want to promote it. But, it doesn't quite work ...

The details. The body text is 12 point Times New Roman. Heading 3 is Bold,
12 point Arial. I separate the bit that I want to promote into its own
paragraph and hit alt-shift-left, which nicely promotes it. Unfortunately,
it promotes it to Heading 3 + Times New Roman. (Note, heading 3 is the
prevailing heading level at this point in the document). I really want plain
old Heading 3 the way I defined it.

Ctl-Alt-3 promotes the Body Text to an unadulterated Heading 3.

OK, I can try to remember to use Ctl-Alt-3 instead, but it's possible that
there is some obscure option hidden away somewhere that will make it behave
the way I'd prefer. Plus, I can't quite puzzle out why someone would make
alt-shift-left behave that way on purpose.

Oh - Word 2003 on Windows XP.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks,
Ed

Yes, no, no, as it turns out. Body Text (the style) inherits TNR from
Normal. The text I was promoting was specified as pure, unadulterated Body
Text, no TNR or other typeface added.

In the great scheme of things, this is a minor quirk, but like so many of
Word's quirks, I find it to be truly annoying while I'm in the thick of
editing.

Thanks,

Ed

"Cindy M." wrote:

> Hi =?Utf-8?B?ZW1lbA==?=,
>
> > I'm organizing a bunch of text that I pasted into a document by adding
> > headers to separate the topics. The heading text is already there as body
> > text; I just want to promote it. But, it doesn't quite work ...
> >
> > The details. The body text is 12 point Times New Roman. Heading 3 is Bold,
> > 12 point Arial. I separate the bit that I want to promote into its own
> > paragraph and hit alt-shift-left, which nicely promotes it. Unfortunately,
> > it promotes it to Heading 3 + Times New Roman. (Note, heading 3 is the
> > prevailing heading level at this point in the document). I really want plain
> > old Heading 3 the way I defined it.
> >
> > Ctl-Alt-3 promotes the Body Text to an unadulterated Heading 3.
> >
> > OK, I can try to remember to use Ctl-Alt-3 instead, but it's possible that
> > there is some obscure option hidden away somewhere that will make it behave
> > the way I'd prefer. Plus, I can't quite puzzle out why someone would make
> > alt-shift-left behave that way on purpose.
> >
> > Oh - Word 2003 on Windows XP.
> >
> What happens if you press Ctrl+Spacebar on that Heading 3 + Times New Roman
> result?
>
> Is the body text formatted with a STYLE? Or are you just calling it body text?
> Has the TNR been applied to this "body text" directly? I get the feeling the
> answer to these questions are: No, yes, yes - and that the promotion is
> "inheriting" the TNR for this reason. If that's the case, create a style for the
> body text (or use Word's built-in style). Make sure the font name and size are
> defined as part of the style. Remove any direct style formatting (select, then
> Ctrl+Spacebar).
>
> Cindy Meister
> INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
> http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
> http://www.word.mvps.org
>
> This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply
> in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)
>
>

Hi Ed -

Ctrl+Alt+3 is the shortcut specifically assigned to Heading 3, whereas
Shift+Alt+LeftArrow is [generically] assigned to the OutlinePromote command.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 6/8/08 1:04 PM, in article
CDBEB548-3CF8-4936-A495-(E-Mail Removed), "emel"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Yes, no, no, as it turns out. Body Text (the style) inherits TNR from
> Normal. The text I was promoting was specified as pure, unadulterated Body
> Text, no TNR or other typeface added.
>
> In the great scheme of things, this is a minor quirk, but like so many of
> Word's quirks, I find it to be truly annoying while I'm in the thick of
> editing.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed
>
> "Cindy M." wrote:
>
>> Hi =?Utf-8?B?ZW1lbA==?=,
>>
>>> I'm organizing a bunch of text that I pasted into a document by adding
>>> headers to separate the topics. The heading text is already there as body
>>> text; I just want to promote it. But, it doesn't quite work ...
>>>
>>> The details. The body text is 12 point Times New Roman. Heading 3 is Bold,
>>> 12 point Arial. I separate the bit that I want to promote into its own
>>> paragraph and hit alt-shift-left, which nicely promotes it. Unfortunately,
>>> it promotes it to Heading 3 + Times New Roman. (Note, heading 3 is the
>>> prevailing heading level at this point in the document). I really want
>>> plain
>>> old Heading 3 the way I defined it.
>>>
>>> Ctl-Alt-3 promotes the Body Text to an unadulterated Heading 3.
>>>
>>> OK, I can try to remember to use Ctl-Alt-3 instead, but it's possible that
>>> there is some obscure option hidden away somewhere that will make it behave
>>> the way I'd prefer. Plus, I can't quite puzzle out why someone would make
>>> alt-shift-left behave that way on purpose.
>>>
>>> Oh - Word 2003 on Windows XP.
>>>
>> What happens if you press Ctrl+Spacebar on that Heading 3 + Times New Roman
>> result?
>>
>> Is the body text formatted with a STYLE? Or are you just calling it body
>> text?
>> Has the TNR been applied to this "body text" directly? I get the feeling the
>> answer to these questions are: No, yes, yes - and that the promotion is
>> "inheriting" the TNR for this reason. If that's the case, create a style for
>> the
>> body text (or use Word's built-in style). Make sure the font name and size
>> are
>> defined as part of the style. Remove any direct style formatting (select,
>> then
>> Ctrl+Spacebar).
>>
>> Cindy Meister
>> INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
>> http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
>> http://www.word.mvps.org
>>
>> This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or
>> reply
>> in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)
>>
>>

I've tended to use Alt-Shift-Left as a lazy-man's way to avoid paying
attention to the prevailing heading level. I hit shift-alt-left and get
whatever is 'current'.

I suppose I've taken the trouble to post to the forum so that I can be lazy.
Ironic, eh? ;-)

Thanks,

Ed

"CyberTaz" wrote:

> Hi Ed -
>
> Ctrl+Alt+3 is the shortcut specifically assigned to Heading 3, whereas
> Shift+Alt+LeftArrow is [generically] assigned to the OutlinePromote command.
>
> HTH |:>)
> Bob Jones
> [MVP] Office:Mac