Tab Display in Word 2003

[PT]

In Word 2003, I keep the ruler displayed. If I click on a specific line of
text, the tabs I've set display normally in black.

However, if I click on a group of lines which have a common set of tabs,
such as a formatted "table" (but using tabs rather than tables), the common
tabs appear, but as a faint, nearly invisible light blue. In Word 2000, the
tabs were always easy in to see black.

Is there some setting to fix this?

 

[TF]

This is now the default behaviour. It is to reduce the processing/display
overhead trying to work out the tabs for multiple lines. It is rather
similar to you select a few Word and then going to Format, Font and Word
tells you all the font details: if you then select the whole document and do
a Format, Font - even though the whole document is in the same font - Word
won't attempt to show the full details.



: In Word 2003, I keep the ruler displayed. If I click on a specific line
of
: text, the tabs I've set display normally in black.
:
: However, if I click on a group of lines which have a common set of tabs,
: such as a formatted "table" (but using tabs rather than tables), the
common
: tabs appear, but as a faint, nearly invisible light blue. In Word 2000,
the
: tabs were always easy in to see black.
:
: Is there some setting to fix this?
:
: --
: PT
:
:

 

[Beth Melton]

Hi PT,

Typically this means a paragraph in the selection does not have the
same manual tabs set. If the manual tab stops for all selected
paragraphs is the same then they should appear black.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Even when they're all the same, I think things start to gray out if you
select above a certain number of paragraphs.

Hi PT,

Typically this means a paragraph in the selection does not have the
same manual tabs set. If the manual tab stops for all selected
paragraphs is the same then they should appear black.

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[Andre Da Costa]

Have you tried setting the Tabs manually from the Tabs, menu found on the
Format Menu?

Andre Da Costa
Jamaica W.I.

 

[Beth Melton]

Yeah that makes sense!

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