Microsoft KB Archive/78244

= WD: Column Selection Lost After Formatting Characters =

Article ID: 78244

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 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q78244





SUMMARY
In Microsoft Word, if you press CTRL+SHIFT+F8 (Windows) or COMMAND+SHIFT+F8 (Macintosh) to select a column of text and then apply character formatting, the text does not remain selected after you apply the formatting.



CAUSE
When you press CTRL+SHIFT+F8 (Windows) or COMMAND+SHIFT+F8 (Macintosh), the Column Selection mode is activated, and you can use the arrow keys to select a column of text. If you apply character formatting to the selected text, the width of the characters changes. This can cause the column selection to no longer be accurate. Therefore, the text selection is lost when character formatting is applied.

NOTE: You can also perform a column selection by holding the ALT key while clicking and dragging with the left mouse button (Windows) or holding the OPTION key while clicking and dragging the mouse (Macintosh).

