Word 2007 Font Bug ?

[Al]

Try this,

place the cursor between two words anywhere in a line of text (do not block
any text) then use the Home Ribbon to change first the font and then the font
size as if you were going to type new text in a different font.

The font automatically reverts back to the same font of text that was
previously shown

I think this is a bug and will report it to Microsoft unless someone can
convince me that Word 2007 now behaves this way by default - users should be
warned if that is the case.

Thanks
Al

 

[Tony Jollans]

And then go back and change the font and the size reverts - looks like a bug
to me.

 

[Terry Farrell]

There two basic types of direct formatting in Word: character formatting and
Paragraph formatting. To change paragraph formatting you need to select a
paragraph (or most importantly the selection must include the end of
paragraph mark - the pilcrow). To change character formatting, you must
select a character.

What you are trying to do is change the font format as though it is a toggle
switch such as Ctrl+I (toggles on Italics) or Ctrl+B (toggles on Bold) for
the following characters type until you toggle off (by repeating the Ctrl+I
or Ctrl+B toggle).

Font formatting doesn't work like a toggle: you need to have selected a
character or paragraph for the font to change.

 

[Robert]

Hi,
It works as you expect if you change either font type or font size, not
both.
If you change both together, only your last change (of type or size) is
kept.

Now if you are careful to type a space character after the last word that
was typed, and select it, you can change both font type and font size
together. It will "stick".

A bit quirky, but MS often works in mysterious ways...
Cheers,
Robert

 

[Al]

Word 2002 did not behave this way - this is a step backwards for 2007
Not sure about Word 2003 but I suspect it behaves the same as 2002 - maybe
someone can confirm that

Thanks

 

[Tony Jollans]

This has nothing to do with paragraph formatting, nor has it anything to do
with toggling. As long as Word has direct formatting, it is perfectly
reasonable to want to set it in advance of typing and that is what has
always been the case to date - and far better than the alternative of
having to type one character, select it, set the formatting, collapse the
selection, and carry on typing.

This is a change in behaviour in Word 2007 and whilst, as with so many
undocumented things, it is impossible to clearly say that it is a bug it
certainly looks like one.

 

[Al]

Thank-you

I have placed a call to Premier Support to report this bug and will post
their answer here as soon as I get one.

Al

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Al,

As a workaround, while they're looking at it ,
if you use the Font name choice plus the Grow/shrink font buttons both changes (Font name and font size) do seem to stick.

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Thank-you

I have placed a call to Premier Support to report this bug and will post
their answer here as soon as I get one.

Al >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Al]

Thanks - that is good to know

Hopefully Microsoft will address this issue a future Service Pack - in the
meantime a TechNet article would be nice as well.

Al

 

[bocaraton]

This has to be a bug because while it does not work as described, it works if
you right click then make the changes in the popup menu. See the screen
recording below

http://www.utipu.com/app/invited/id/9e88e9f1efd64773820bdfcfffa59139

 

[Al]

Thank-you for that impressive demo

What tool did you use to make it?

Al

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Al,

Recording tips/bug demos etc is what the http://UtipU.com site is all about. You can download the recorder from the site. There
are several how to videos in the 'Watch' tab there and some interesting ones on using Word including others recorded by
John/bocaraton such as this one at
http://uptipu.com/app/id/1866

Interestingly, in regards to the 'no text selected' issue in Word 2007 sometimes using the minitoolbar (right click) the workaround
works, but not always.

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Thank-you for that impressive demo

What tool did you use to make it?

Al>>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*