Setting word to format the whole word without marking the whole wo

[Guest]

An example:

When I used to use Word before I only had to have the marker inside a word,
press ctrl+b, and then the whole word was bold. Now this does not work. Where
is the setting for this?

/J

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It will work if you enable "When selecting, automatically select entire
word" on the Edit tab of Tools | Options, but this makes it much more
difficult to make changes to text, so I find it easier just to double-click
the word to select it before formatting. Like you, however, I miss the
former behavior. Publisher is smarter: it has separate options for "When
selecting, automatically select entire word" and "When formatting,
automatically select entire word."

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Thank you Suzanne!

It will work if you enable "When selecting, automatically select entire
word" on the Edit tab of Tools | Options, but this makes it much more
difficult to make changes to text, so I find it easier just to double-click
the word to select it before formatting. Like you, however, I miss the
former behavior. Publisher is smarter: it has separate options for "When
selecting, automatically select entire word" and "When formatting,
automatically select entire word."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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