Bold will not work unless go into format ????

[Guest]

For some unknown reason my bold quit working in Word 2000. I have even
completely deleted/removed and then reinstalled Word 2000 and it still will
not work. I previously had made a macro (F4) for Bold. I could just hit F4
to toggle it off and on. This quit working, but then all methods of getting
bold do not work. If I hit the B on the toolbar it appears to work, but as
soon as I begin to type it goes away. If I do Ctrl-B it does not recognize
it. Now, if I go to Format and then Font I can select Bold and it will
work, but again to turn it off I have to go back into Format and Font.
Again, I even reinstalled the Word 2000 from scratch and it is still doing
this - any ideas?"????/

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Do you have the bold variant of the font you're using installed? Are you by
any chance in draft view?

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Words into Type
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[Guest]

Yes, the bold is installed for the basic fonts Iam using and I am not in
draft view. It will work if I go to Format and then Font, but not with
Ctrl-B or clicking the icon on the toolbar. ???/

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Go to Tools | Customize | Keyboard... and make sure Ctrl+B is still assigned
to Bold. In Tools | Customize, you should be able to also check the button
assignment. Also look in Tools | Macro | Macros for a macro named Bold that
might be hijacking the built-in command.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

THANK YOU!!!!!! Yes, I'm yelling with joy. It was a problem with the macro
- I deleted the macro named bold and it is okay. I had a macro assigned for
the F4 key toggling bold off and on. It has been this way for a few years so
I am not sure why the problem came up now, but it is fixed. Thanks so much
- I can do my work now. Kim

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Glad we got it figured out.

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

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