Microsoft KB Archive/195597

= WD97: Column Selection Lost After Formatting Characters =

Article ID: 195597

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q195597





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word, if you press CTRL+SHIFT+F8 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, 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.

Additional query words: vertical block selection rectangular 8.0 8.00

Keywords: kbprb KB195597

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