Microsoft KB Archive/63296

Copying/Deleting Text to Glossary When Using Column Select

PSS ID Number: Q63296 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Microsoft Word version 5.00 will not display the message “Enter glossary name…” when you attempt to transfer text to the glossary using the Copy or Delete command if column selection (SHIFT+F6) is used to highlight the text. Instead, Word will copy or delete the selected text directly to scrap; you can only retrieve it by pressing INS while the selected text is in scrap.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The following is a possible workaround:


 * 1) Highlight the text using column select and delete it using the DEL key or the Copy or Delete command.
 * 2) Open a second window and press INS to insert the text from the scrap into the second window.
 * 3) Press SHIFT+F10 to highlight the text in the second window and use the Copy or Delete command to insert the text into the glossary.

In Word 5.50, the only way to copy information to the Glossary is to highlight the text, choose Edit Glossary, and define the Glossary entry. However, when column select is turned on, you cannot define a Glossary entry. Instead, use the following workaround:


 * 1) Highlight the text in column select mode and choose Edit Copy or Edit Cut to put the selected text into scrap.
 * 2) Open a new file window, insert the text from scrap, highlight the text, and define the Glossary entry.

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