Q148386: Problems Formatting Text in WordPad

Article: Q148386
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): win95
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you are formatting text in WordPad, you may experience one or more of the
following problems:

- When you select a section of colored text that contains more than one color
  and then click Font on the Format menu, the Effects area does not appear in
  the Font dialog box. The Effects area normally appears in the lower left
  corner of the Font dialog box and contains the Strikeout and Underline check
  boxes and the Color box.

- When you click Font on the Format menu, the Automatic selection does not
  appear in the Color box.

RESOLUTION
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To work around these problems, use the appropriate method:

- To format a section of colored text that contains more than one color, format
  smaller sections of text that contain only one color at a time. For example,
  if you want to format a section of colored text that contains both black and
  red text, format the black text first, and then format the red text.

- To change the text color to Automatic, select the section of text that you
  want to change, click the Color button on the toolbar, and then click
  Automatic.

  NOTE: If you do not see a Color button on the toolbar, you may need to turn on
  the format bar. To do so, click Options on the View menu, click the Format
  Bar check box to select it on the Text, Rich Text, Word 6, and Write tabs,
  and then click OK.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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Keywords          : win95 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : 95

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