Microsoft KB Archive/148386

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Problems Formatting Text in WordPad

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Q148386

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95

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SYMPTOMS
When you are formatting text in WordPad, you may experience one or more of the following problems:


 * When you select a section of colored text that contains more than one color and then click Font on the Format menu, the Effects area does not appear in the Font dialog box. The Effects area normally appears in the lower left corner of the Font dialog box and contains the Strikeout and Underline check boxes and the Color box.
 * When you click Font on the Format menu, the Automatic selection does not appear in the Color box.

RESOLUTION
To work around these problems, use the appropriate method:


 * To format a section of colored text that contains more than one color, format smaller sections of text that contain only one color at a time. For example, if you want to format a section of colored text that contains both black and red text, format the black text first, and then format the red text.
 * To change the text color to Automatic, select the section of text that you want to change, click the Color button on the toolbar, and then click Automatic.

NOTE: If you do not see a Color button on the toolbar, you may need to turn on the format bar. To do so, click Options on the View menu, click the Format Bar check box to select it on the Text, Rich Text, Word 6, and Write tabs, and then click OK.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Keywords : win95

Issue type :

Technology : kbWin95search kbWin95