how to turn of text being automatically highlighted

[ranj7]

when typing in Word, the text is automatically highlighted and cant see what i am typing. It seems as if some Auto highlight option is on...it just highlights everything and the screen is black?

can i turn this off..pls help!!

 

[Shirley Zaknich]

Trying select all your document; Then Format/Font/Font Colour = Automatic. Then go into Format/Background and select NO FILL. Hope this works, as this has never happened to me. Good Luck

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See “WD2002: A Black Bar Appears Across the Page When You Type” at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=303507

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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when typing in Word, the text is automatically highlighted and cant see

what i am typing. It seems as if some Auto highlight option is on...it just
highlights everything and the screen is black??

 

[Mike Piper]

-----Original Message-----
when typing in Word, the text is automatically

highlighted and cant see what i am typing. It seems as
if some Auto highlight option is on...it just highlights
everything and the screen is black??

can i turn this off..pls help!!
.
Something Very Similar happened to me in Office XP I am

left handed and therefore tend to hold the right hand
shift button for Upper Case and for multiple key strokes
which include shift. If you hold the right hand shift key
down for 8 seconds or more this evil function toggles on
or of. I think they call it key linking or similar and it
is in the control panel help.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I think you're talking about Sticky Keys (an Accessibility setting).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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