Alt A in Word 2007

[LizzyC]

Is it just me or does Alt A no longer select the whole of the document
in Word 2007. In previous versions of Word Alt A would select the
whole document including headers and footers. Now it appears to only
select the main text of a document.

Any ideas how I can select the whole of the document?

Thanks

 

[Summer]

It is CTRL A select all.

 

[LizzyC]

I don't know how far back you're going, but it definitely doesn't do so in
Word 2003. Alt+A is unnassigned - in fact, it opens the Table menu as the
"a" is the underscored character in that menu name. Are you sure you don't
mean Control+A (which still doesn't select H/F)?
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Bob Jones
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Whoops I do mean Control A. Do these things so automatically!. I am
still using Word 2000 but testing 2007 - missed 2003 out completely so
unaware as to what Contrl A did there. It definately selects the H&F
in 2000

 

[Guest]

Lizzy:

In my copy of Word 2000, Ctrl+A does not select the Headers and Footers in
any view. If yours does, you're a luck girl, indeed.

What makes you think your H&F are being selected?

Bear

 

[CyberTaz]

I don't know how far back you're going, but it definitely doesn't do so in
Word 2003. Alt+A is unnassigned - in fact, it opens the Table menu as the
"a" is the underscored character in that menu name. Are you sure you don't
mean Control+A (which still doesn't select H/F)?

 

[LizzyC]

Lizzy:

In my copy of Word 2000, Ctrl+A does not select the Headers and Footers in
any view. If yours does, you're a luck girl, indeed.

What makes you think your H&F are being selected?

Bear
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Windows XP, Word 2000







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I know it works as Control A then paste into a new document pastes in
the body of the document and the headers and footers. What I wanted to
do in 2007 was select a whole document (including H&F) and then insert
into a quick part. I have had to put the H&F in the body of the
document to achieve this. Any ideas of other work rounds?

 

[Guest]

Lizzy:

When you use Ctrl+A you're selecting the section break marks in the body of
the document, and they're providing the content of the header and footer when
you paste into a new document.

When you select the last paragraph in a single-section document, you get the
header and footer content from the "invisible" section break that's in the
last paragraph mark.

To reassure yourself that you are in fact getting the section information
when you Ctrl+A and Ctrl+C, try doing that and pasting in to a new, blank
document. If the H/F shows up there, then you know it's that you just can't
paste the section info into the quick part.

Maybe you could try inserting a section break at the end of your material,
and ensuring that you are in fact selecting that section mark by inspection
before you do the copy.

Failing that, maybe you can't paste section information into a quick part.
(I'm sorry but I don't know what those are -- I use Word 2000, not 2007.)

Bear