Keyboard Shortcuts for Justification Andrea 12/10/2008 5:41:01 PM This is a weird little bug.... Ever since I installed Word 2003 the justification/tabs/etc. have worked like this: If I select center justification, type my line, and hit enter, the cursor is still in the center of the next line. But I can easily move it back to the left margin, not by using the mouse to change the justification again, but by simply hitting backspace. Similarly, if I am typing paragraphs with the first line indented by .05, and hit enter, the cursor on the next line is automatically at .05. But again, I can move it back to the left margin by just hitting backspace and not having to go into the paragraph formatting menu. BUT, for some reason, when I turned my computer on yesterday, this simple "backspace" shortcut is not working. Now, when I hit backspace from a line that is center justified, it moves me, not to the left margin, but to the right side of the previous line. Similarly, if my cursor on a new line is at ..05 and I hit backspace, I move up to the previous line, not the left margin. I'm not sure what setting I could have changed to eliminate the backspace shortcut but it is making me crazy. Any thoughts/advice?

Re: Keyboard Shortcuts for Justification "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> 12/10/2008 6:13:34 PM Go to Tools > AutoCorrect Options > AutoFormat As You Type and restore the check mark on "Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces". -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Andrea wrote: [Quoted Text] > This is a weird little bug.... > Ever since I installed Word 2003 the justification/tabs/etc. have > worked like this: If I select center justification, type my line, > and hit enter, the cursor is still in the center of the next line. > But I can easily move it back to the left margin, not by using the > mouse to change the justification again, but by simply hitting > backspace. Similarly, if I am typing paragraphs with the first line > indented by .05, and hit enter, the cursor on the next line is > automatically at .05. But again, I can move it back to the left > margin by just hitting backspace and not having to go into the > paragraph formatting menu. > > BUT, for some reason, when I turned my computer on yesterday, this > simple "backspace" shortcut is not working. Now, when I hit > backspace from a line that is center justified, it moves me, not to > the left margin, but to the right side of the previous line. > Similarly, if my cursor on a new line is at .05 and I hit backspace, > I move up to the previous line, not the left margin. I'm not sure > what setting I could have changed to eliminate the backspace shortcut > but it is making me crazy. Any thoughts/advice?

Re: Keyboard Shortcuts for Justification Andrea 12/10/2008 7:03:01 PM Thank you! That was making me nuts. I never go into that menu, so I don't know how that box got unckecked in the first place. "Jay Freedman" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Go to Tools > AutoCorrect Options > AutoFormat As You Type and restore the > check mark on "Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces". > > -- > Regards, > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so > all may benefit. > > Andrea wrote: > > This is a weird little bug.... > > Ever since I installed Word 2003 the justification/tabs/etc. have > > worked like this: If I select center justification, type my line, > > and hit enter, the cursor is still in the center of the next line. > > But I can easily move it back to the left margin, not by using the > > mouse to change the justification again, but by simply hitting > > backspace. Similarly, if I am typing paragraphs with the first line > > indented by .05, and hit enter, the cursor on the next line is > > automatically at .05. But again, I can move it back to the left > > margin by just hitting backspace and not having to go into the > > paragraph formatting menu. > > > > BUT, for some reason, when I turned my computer on yesterday, this > > simple "backspace" shortcut is not working. Now, when I hit > > backspace from a line that is center justified, it moves me, not to > > the left margin, but to the right side of the previous line. > > Similarly, if my cursor on a new line is at .05 and I hit backspace, > > I move up to the previous line, not the left margin. I'm not sure > > what setting I could have changed to eliminate the backspace shortcut > > but it is making me crazy. Any thoughts/advice? > > >