Office 2003/XP differences!

[Guest]

I've finally settled down with Word for Office 2003/XP, but a couple of
things bug me and I wonder if there are settings I can change.

First, the icon for 'repeat' (circular arrow) does not do some of the things
that it did in Office 2000. For instance, if I highlight a word and change
the font, I can no longer highlight other words and hit 'repeat' to change
their font similarly. Depending on what action was just performend, the
'repeat' icon actually grays-out. Also, changing paragraph formatting in
tables can't be repeated. Can the old functionalities be restored?

Also, where do you turn off the command the formats the next paragraph
_exactly_ like the one you just typed? If the first word of paragraph 1 is
bold, the first word of the next paragraph will be made bold too.

Many thanks, Jim

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Many changes made from the Formatting toolbar can't be repeated with Ctrl+Y,
F4, or Redo. The same changes can be repeated if you make them in the
corresponding dialogs (Format | Font, Format | Paragraph). The Table
Properties dialog is an abomination; you can get around a lot of its
limitations by using the old Table | Cell Height and Width dialog; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/TablePropProbs.htm

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

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[Guest]

You're right again, Suzanne;

To use redo for font formatting, instead of just changing the font in the
toolbar, I used Format/Font. THEN a redo would let me similarly change other
words I highlighted. Of course Word 2000 was easier, but this is workable.
Thanks!