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Rich text formatting gone in Excel 2007?
This is not really a programming question but I can't get rich text
formatting to work in Excel 2007. If I type "this text is bold" and bold just the word "bold", the bold icon is highlighted, but the word "bold" is not bolded. What gives? |
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Rich text formatting gone in Excel 2007?
On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:50:15 -0600, "John" wrote:
This is not really a programming question but I can't get rich text formatting to work in Excel 2007. If I type "this text is bold" and bold just the word "bold", the bold icon is highlighted, but the word "bold" is not bolded. What gives? It works fine for me in Excel 2007. Perhaps if you supply full information, I or someone else could try to duplicate your problem. --ron |
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Rich text formatting gone in Excel 2007?
I'm stumped. I'm doing everything right. Now if I select the cell with the
rich text formatting and press and F2, then I can see the RTF (bold, in this case). As soon as I press exit to take it out of edit mode, the RTf (bold) goes away. I even printed the page to see if it printed with RTF, but it didn't. Surely someone else must have this same problem? My office computer acts the same way. Some setting in options perhaps? "Ron Rosenfeld" wrote in message ... On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:50:15 -0600, "John" wrote: This is not really a programming question but I can't get rich text formatting to work in Excel 2007. If I type "this text is bold" and bold just the word "bold", the bold icon is highlighted, but the word "bold" is not bolded. What gives? It works fine for me in Excel 2007. Perhaps if you supply full information, I or someone else could try to duplicate your problem. --ron |
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Rich text formatting gone in Excel 2007?
On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:13:40 -0600, "John" wrote:
I'm stumped. I'm doing everything right. Now if I select the cell with the rich text formatting and press and F2, then I can see the RTF (bold, in this case). As soon as I press exit to take it out of edit mode, the RTf (bold) goes away. I even printed the page to see if it printed with RTF, but it didn't. Surely someone else must have this same problem? My office computer acts the same way. Some setting in options perhaps? You really need to be precise in your description of your setup, environment and your process. The only thing I know is that you are using Excel 2007, and are going through a portion of the process that seems to work on my machine. But you have provided no where near enough information for me to duplicate your setup. Here's one discrepancy: You mention pressing "exit". I have no key on my keyboard labeled "exit". Nor in the HELP section for Excel Shortcut and Function keys is there anything called "exit". So what kind of keyboard are you using? What ASCII code is your "exit" key putting out? --ron |
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Rich text formatting gone in Excel 2007?
Oops. I meant escape, not exit. Sorry.
I'm still stumped as to why RTF won't work. "Ron Rosenfeld" wrote in message ... On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:13:40 -0600, "John" wrote: I'm stumped. I'm doing everything right. Now if I select the cell with the rich text formatting and press and F2, then I can see the RTF (bold, in this case). As soon as I press exit to take it out of edit mode, the RTf (bold) goes away. I even printed the page to see if it printed with RTF, but it didn't. Surely someone else must have this same problem? My office computer acts the same way. Some setting in options perhaps? You really need to be precise in your description of your setup, environment and your process. The only thing I know is that you are using Excel 2007, and are going through a portion of the process that seems to work on my machine. But you have provided no where near enough information for me to duplicate your setup. Here's one discrepancy: You mention pressing "exit". I have no key on my keyboard labeled "exit". Nor in the HELP section for Excel Shortcut and Function keys is there anything called "exit". So what kind of keyboard are you using? What ASCII code is your "exit" key putting out? --ron |
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Rich text formatting gone in Excel 2007?
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:20:51 -0600, "John" wrote:
Oops. I meant escape, not exit. Sorry. I'm still stumped as to why RTF won't work. It's not working "BECAUSE" you are hitting the <esc key. If you do anything in the formula, and hit <esc, you are canceling your actions. Hit the <enter key. --ron |
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Rich text formatting gone in Excel 2007?
No, you don't quite follow me, Ron. After I type my text, I press enter. Then I edit the text, bold that part of the text I want bold, and press enter. I don't have rich text formatting. But if I press F2, I can see the text is bold. At that point I can press Enter or ESC, either way the RTF goes away. I tried the same maneuver on my lap and presto, I have RTF. I try it on my old computer with Excel 2000 and I have RTF, so I know how to do it. It absolutely won't work on my desktop with Excel 2007, and I have no idea why. "Ron Rosenfeld" wrote in message ... On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:20:51 -0600, "John" wrote: Oops. I meant escape, not exit. Sorry. I'm still stumped as to why RTF won't work. It's not working "BECAUSE" you are hitting the <esc key. If you do anything in the formula, and hit <esc, you are canceling your actions. Hit the <enter key. --ron |
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Rich text formatting gone in Excel 2007?
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:03:57 -0600, "John" wrote:
No, you don't quite follow me, Ron. Maybe because you are writing different things at different times. After I type my text, I press enter. Then I edit the text, bold that part of the text I want bold, and press enter. What you are writing now is different from what you wrote before. What you wrote before was: "Now if I select the cell with the rich text formatting and press and F2, then I can see the RTF (bold, in this case). As soon as I press exit to take it out of edit mode, the RTf (bold) goes away." And when I asked you what the exit key was, you wrote that it was the escape key. Now, if, in fact, you get the same result pressing <enter, as a wild guess you could try changing printers, or fonts, and make sure your video card has the current driver. Sometimes printer drivers do strange things. Sometimes it may just be the difference between using a network vs a local printer. --ron |
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