Microsoft KB Archive/113271

Text Box Formatting Lost When Activated

PSS ID Number: Q113271 Article last modified on 09-18-1994

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WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

In Microsoft Project, the formatting that you have applied to the text box such as pattern, fill color, and text formatting does not appear when you activate the text box.

= CAUSE =

This behavior is by design in Microsoft Project. When you edit the text in a text box, the text box fill color changes to the Window Background color set in the Windows Control Panel, and the text color changes to the Window Text color set in the Windows Control Panel. Text attributes such as bold, underline, and italic do not appear. When the text box is no longer active, the formatting you have applied appears again.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
  Start the Windows Control Panel and double-click the Color icon. Choose the Color Palette button. From the Screen Element list, select Window Background, and under Basic colors, select Pink. Choose OK and in the Control Panel, choose Exit from the Settings menu.   From the Standard toolbar, select the Drawing button to display the Drawing Toolbar.   From the Drawing toolbar, select the Text Box button, and drag on the Gantt Chart to create a text box. Note that the background color in the text box is pink.   From the Format menu, choose Drawing and then choose Properties. Select the Line & Fill tab. Under Fill, choose the Custom option. From the Color list, select blue. From the Pattern list, select the solid pattern and choose OK.   Click on the Gantt Chart, outside the text box so the text box is not selected. Note that the text box is now blue.   Select the text box, and then click in the text area and begin typing. Note that the text box is now pink again. 

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