Microsoft KB Archive/66036

= WD: Large Selection Blanks Ribbon and Some Dialog Box Settings =

Article ID: 66036

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2.0a
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 2.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q66036



SUMMARY
If you select 50 or more paragraphs of text in a Microsoft Word for Windows document, the Style, Font, and Points (Pts) boxes on the ribbon are blank. Similarly, if you select 20 or more rows in a table in which all columns are the same width, the values in the Table Column Width dialog box are blank.

This happens because, in order to optimize performance speed, Word does not survey large selections to determine formatting information.



MORE INFORMATION
If you click the arrow on the Font box or the Style box, all the fonts or styles will be displayed. If you click the arrow on Pts box, the box will remain empty. To achieve the desired character formatting, select a font, then type a valid point size in the Pts box.

After you select a font, the font will momentarily appear on the ribbon and then will disappear. If you enter a point size, it will disappear when you press ENTER.

Additional query words: 6.0 winword word6 7.0 word95 word7 word97 1.x 2.0 nothing winword2 WD97 WD20 Formatting Drop Down

Keywords: kbformat KB66036

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