"select text with similar formatting" not available

[fatboy]

The menu item in style pane or right click to select text with similar
formatting is greyed out and not available. Is there a setting in options or
elsewhere to bring that function back?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yes, you have to have "Keep track of formatting" checked on the Edit tab of
Tools | Options in Word 2003 and earlier. In Word 2007, the option is at
Office Button | Word Options | Advanced: Editing options.

Note that in Word 2007, you can have this option enabled without the
unwanted result of the Styles pane displaying "formatting" as quasi-styles.
If you click Options... in the Styles pane, you can select what formatting
(if any) you want displayed as styles.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org