can someone explain how i get drop caps to work if they are greyed out in my
word program 2003?
Thanks and cheers
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Do you have text selected?
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"Cool Blue" <Cool Blue[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D9F4A48C-B307-43F6-B42D-1CA4A0BB85D1[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text] > can someone explain how i get drop caps to work if they are greyed out in
> my
> word program 2003?
> Thanks and cheers
>
>
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Select the letter to drop?
On Oct 7, 3:57 pm, Cool Blue <Cool B...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
[Quoted Text] > can someone explain how i get drop caps to work if they are greyed out in my
> word program 2003?
> Thanks and cheers
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Do you have text selected?
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "Cool Blue" <Cool Blue[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D9F4A48C-B307-43F6-B42D-1CA4A0BB85D1[ at ]microsoft.com...
> > can someone explain how i get drop caps to work if they are greyed out in
> > my
> > word program 2003?
> > Thanks and cheers
> >
> >
>
>
> Yes.
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"Reitanos" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Select the letter to drop?
>
> On Oct 7, 3:57 pm, Cool Blue <Cool B...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > can someone explain how i get drop caps to work if they are greyed out in my
> > word program 2003?
> > Thanks and cheers
>
> done that
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Is the letter the first letter of a new paragraph?
Terry
"Cool Blue" <CoolBlue[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4520CF14-5EF2-4E44-8452-80F47DAF835C[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text] >
>
> "Reitanos" wrote:
>
>> Select the letter to drop?
>>
>> On Oct 7, 3:57 pm, Cool Blue <Cool B...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote:
>> > can someone explain how i get drop caps to work if they are greyed out
>> > in my
>> > word program 2003?
>> > Thanks and cheers
>>
>> done that
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One last posibility. Check what view mode you are in. If you are in the
Outline mode, then Drop Cap is ALWAYS disabled. To change the View mode,
choose NORMAL from the VIEW menu.
"Terry Farrell" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Is the letter the first letter of a new paragraph?
>
> Terry
>
> "Cool Blue" <CoolBlue[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4520CF14-5EF2-4E44-8452-80F47DAF835C[ at ]microsoft.com...
> >
> >
> > "Reitanos" wrote:
> >
> >> Select the letter to drop?
> >>
> >> On Oct 7, 3:57 pm, Cool Blue <Cool B...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > can someone explain how i get drop caps to work if they are greyed out
> >> > in my
> >> > word program 2003?
> >> > Thanks and cheers
> >>
> >> done that
>
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Sorry about the duplicate response :)
It should be available when you click anywhere in a paragraph, unless
that paragraph is in a table or a text box.
On Oct 7, 4:57 pm, Reitanos <reitanos...[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Select the letter to drop?
>
> On Oct 7, 3:57 pm, Cool Blue <Cool B...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> > can someone explain how i get drop caps to work if they are greyed out in my
> > word program 2003?
> > Thanks and cheers
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On one of my other PCs (WinXP Pro, Office 2007) I created a word document
(docx - compatibility mode). When I open the document (docx - compatibility
mode) on my Vista Ultimate system (Office 2007) I cannot select any of the
text with my cursor. If I go back to the WinXP system all seems to function
normally. On my Vista system I also noticed that I cannot click in the
vertical scroll bar area. I also noticed that I can use the arrow keys to
move around in the document. When I open a PowerPoint or Excel file I don't
have this cursor issue. When I close Word I'm informed that it has stopped
working.
I just attempted to create a new test document on the Vista system and I see
the same issues as with the other document. Therefore I don't think it has
anything to do with the document.
I was going to attempt a repair, as you can do in 2003, but I could not find
the darn option. OK now I found it, MS has renamed the darn function and put
it in a different place (thank you MS for making word so much better, ops do
I sound bitter, sorry). When I open the options window I cannot use the
mouse or arrow keys to select Resources or anything in the Nav pane but I
can use the mouse in the right-half of the window.
I'm in the process of moving to the Vista system and I'm not sure just when
the word issue appeared but originally all was OK.
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Ops, I posted this incorrectly. It should not be a reply. I reposted - sorry
"jgt" <jgt[ at ]cableone.net> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > On one of my other PCs (WinXP Pro, Office 2007) I created a word document
> (docx - compatibility mode). When I open the document (docx -
> compatibility mode) on my Vista Ultimate system (Office 2007) I cannot
> select any of the text with my cursor. If I go back to the WinXP system
> all seems to function normally. On my Vista system I also noticed that I
> cannot click in the vertical scroll bar area. I also noticed that I can
> use the arrow keys to move around in the document. When I open a
> PowerPoint or Excel file I don't have this cursor issue. When I close Word
> I'm informed that it has stopped working.
>
> I just attempted to create a new test document on the Vista system and I
> see the same issues as with the other document. Therefore I don't think it
> has anything to do with the document.
>
> I was going to attempt a repair, as you can do in 2003, but I could not
> find the darn option. OK now I found it, MS has renamed the darn function
> and put it in a different place (thank you MS for making word so much
> better, ops do I sound bitter, sorry). When I open the options window I
> cannot use the mouse or arrow keys to select Resources or anything in the
> Nav pane but I can use the mouse in the right-half of the window.
>
> I'm in the process of moving to the Vista system and I'm not sure just
> when the word issue appeared but originally all was OK.
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Sounds like a corrupted Word DataKey. Run Regedit, navigate down to DATA and
delete it. When Word is restarted, it will automatically recreate the keys.
Word DataKey
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\version number\Word\Data
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Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
"jgt" <jgt[ at ]cableone.net> wrote in message
news:008DD621-F54A-4EC7-BB6E-585B62F00F80[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text] > On one of my other PCs (WinXP Pro, Office 2007) I created a word document
> (docx - compatibility mode). When I open the document (docx -
> compatibility mode) on my Vista Ultimate system (Office 2007) I cannot
> select any of the text with my cursor. If I go back to the WinXP system
> all seems to function normally. On my Vista system I also noticed that I
> cannot click in the vertical scroll bar area. I also noticed that I can
> use the arrow keys to move around in the document. When I open a
> PowerPoint or Excel file I don't have this cursor issue. When I close Word
> I'm informed that it has stopped working.
>
> I just attempted to create a new test document on the Vista system and I
> see the same issues as with the other document. Therefore I don't think it
> has anything to do with the document.
>
> I was going to attempt a repair, as you can do in 2003, but I could not
> find the darn option. OK now I found it, MS has renamed the darn function
> and put it in a different place (thank you MS for making word so much
> better, ops do I sound bitter, sorry). When I open the options window I
> cannot use the mouse or arrow keys to select Resources or anything in the
> Nav pane but I can use the mouse in the right-half of the window.
>
> I'm in the process of moving to the Vista system and I'm not sure just
> when the word issue appeared but originally all was OK.
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