Hi Charles,
The user opens a template which creates a document based on that template.
The document is one page in length.
After some testing I can re-create the problem. Within the new document
based on the template I can press "ctrl + B" and I can type bold text. I
press "ctrl + b" and I can remove the bold text.
The fun ( so to speak) starts when you reach the bottom of the first page
and you move onto a newly created page (page 2. Created because the end of
the first page is reached. No macros are used to create the second page).
Now when I press "Ctrl + b" to turn on bold text the bold button stays on
for about half a second and the turns its self off? This continually happens
unless I type text before the bold button turns its self off and then bold
text will remain on.
The same is true when I want to turn bold text off on page 2. I press "Ctrl
+ b" and the bold turns off for about half a second then turns its self back
on. This continually happens unless I type very quickly after pressing "Ctrl
+ B" and then I can type non bold text.
I have a good work around from Cooz but it is a little confusing as to why
this is happining. Testing the form in MS Office 97 the bold function works
as it should (the problem also relates to other text format options such as
Italics, font colour, underlinning). It is as though I cannot change the
font type unless I type really quickly (on page 2. Page one font changes can
be applied easliy)!
??
Pablo
"Charles Kenyon" wrote:
> "in a template"
> Any chance we are talking about a protected online form here? The behavior
> you describe is what Word does in text fields in such a form. This has been
> true as long as I have been using such forms. For more about online forms,
> follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
> Chapman's series of articles.
>
> The way to use templates is to create new documents based on the template,
> not to open and edit them.
> --
> Charles Kenyon
>
> Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
>
> Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
> Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
>
> See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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> "pablo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am not sure where to start looking on this problem a user has contacted
> > me
> > about. They are using MS Word 2003.
> >
> > They are using a template and entering text into the template. The
> > problem
> > is that when the user is typing text and selects "Ctrl + B" for bold text
> > the
> > bold text will not stay on? Clicking the bold button will not allow the
> > bold text to be typed either. Basically the bold button will appear on
> > and
> > then immediately appear off. It is as though the font style cannot be
> > altered to allow bold text.
> >
> > Where should I start looking?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Pablo
> >
>
>
>
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