|  | Drop Cap Option Greyed | | |
| | | briank |  |
|  Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject: Drop Cap Option Greyed |  |
I am having some trouble using the drop cap option in Word 2002. I have
highlighted the first letter of the first word of the paragraph, clicked
format and cannot go any further because the drop cap command is not
available (greyed out). Any ideas of how to get this working?
TY |
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| | | Suzanne S. Barnhill | |
| | Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:45 pm Post subject: Re: Drop Cap Option Greyed | |
Are you sure it's the first letter? It's not preceded by a space or tab or
anything else?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"briank" <briank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D2865F58-E325-4D90-AD32-5A747F74FAC7@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | I am having some trouble using the drop cap option in Word 2002. I have
highlighted the first letter of the first word of the paragraph, clicked
format and cannot go any further because the drop cap command is not
available (greyed out). Any ideas of how to get this working?
TY |
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| | | briank | |
| | Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:10 pm Post subject: Re: Drop Cap Option Greyed | |
You are correct. I never realized that point but I am trying to drop cap the
first word of the 2nd paragraph. Can this be done?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
| Quote: | Are you sure it's the first letter? It's not preceded by a space or tab or
anything else?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"briank" <briank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D2865F58-E325-4D90-AD32-5A747F74FAC7@microsoft.com...
I am having some trouble using the drop cap option in Word 2002. I have
highlighted the first letter of the first word of the paragraph, clicked
format and cannot go any further because the drop cap command is not
available (greyed out). Any ideas of how to get this working?
TY
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| | | Suzanne S. Barnhill | |
| | Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:36 pm Post subject: Re: Drop Cap Option Greyed | |
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Yes. You can create a Drop Cap from any number of selected characters at the
beginning of any paragraph. The drop cap is created using a frame, so this
won't work if your text is in a text box.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"briank" <briank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B36F900C-61DA-4A1A-B782-11009C44F650@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | You are correct. I never realized that point but I am trying to drop cap
the
first word of the 2nd paragraph. Can this be done?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Are you sure it's the first letter? It's not preceded by a space or tab
or
anything else?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"briank" <briank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D2865F58-E325-4D90-AD32-5A747F74FAC7@microsoft.com...
I am having some trouble using the drop cap option in Word 2002. I have
highlighted the first letter of the first word of the paragraph,
clicked
format and cannot go any further because the drop cap command is not
available (greyed out). Any ideas of how to get this working?
TY
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| | | briank | |
| | Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: Drop Cap Option Greyed | |
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Fortunately my text is not in a frame. The page in this scenario is as
follows:
Line 1- 9 characters <enter>
Line 2 - 14 characters with expanded characters and text shading <enter>
Line 3 - <enter>
Line 4 - Paragraph with indentation
Can you identify how to drop cap the first letter of first word in my
paragraph starting on line 3?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
| Quote: | Yes. You can create a Drop Cap from any number of selected characters at the
beginning of any paragraph. The drop cap is created using a frame, so this
won't work if your text is in a text box.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"briank" <briank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B36F900C-61DA-4A1A-B782-11009C44F650@microsoft.com...
You are correct. I never realized that point but I am trying to drop cap
the
first word of the 2nd paragraph. Can this be done?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Are you sure it's the first letter? It's not preceded by a space or tab
or
anything else?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"briank" <briank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D2865F58-E325-4D90-AD32-5A747F74FAC7@microsoft.com...
I am having some trouble using the drop cap option in Word 2002. I have
highlighted the first letter of the first word of the paragraph,
clicked
format and cannot go any further because the drop cap command is not
available (greyed out). Any ideas of how to get this working?
TY
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| | | Suzanne S. Barnhill | |
| | Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:22 am Post subject: Re: Drop Cap Option Greyed | |
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Line three appears to be an empty paragraph, so how is there anything there
to make a drop cap out of? Also, if you want the first character of the
paragraph beginning on line 4 to be a drop cap, you'll have to ditch the
first-line indent (if that's what you mean by "indentation"). Word can't do
a drop cap in a paragraph with a first-line indent because it would drop
into the middle of the paragraph.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"briank" <briank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D0277056-A122-4791-AA40-056F8986460F@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | Fortunately my text is not in a frame. The page in this scenario is as
follows:
Line 1- 9 characters <enter
Line 2 - 14 characters with expanded characters and text shading <enter
Line 3 - <enter
Line 4 - Paragraph with indentation
Can you identify how to drop cap the first letter of first word in my
paragraph starting on line 3?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Yes. You can create a Drop Cap from any number of selected characters at
the
beginning of any paragraph. The drop cap is created using a frame, so
this
won't work if your text is in a text box.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"briank" <briank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B36F900C-61DA-4A1A-B782-11009C44F650@microsoft.com...
You are correct. I never realized that point but I am trying to drop
cap
the
first word of the 2nd paragraph. Can this be done?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Are you sure it's the first letter? It's not preceded by a space or
tab
or
anything else?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"briank" <briank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D2865F58-E325-4D90-AD32-5A747F74FAC7@microsoft.com...
I am having some trouble using the drop cap option in Word 2002. I
have
highlighted the first letter of the first word of the paragraph,
clicked
format and cannot go any further because the drop cap command is not
available (greyed out). Any ideas of how to get this working?
TY
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| | | briank | |
| | Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:47 am Post subject: Re: Drop Cap Option Greyed | |
| | | |
Thank you. It works gr8.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
| Quote: | Line three appears to be an empty paragraph, so how is there anything there
to make a drop cap out of? Also, if you want the first character of the
paragraph beginning on line 4 to be a drop cap, you'll have to ditch the
first-line indent (if that's what you mean by "indentation"). Word can't do
a drop cap in a paragraph with a first-line indent because it would drop
into the middle of the paragraph.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"briank" <briank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D0277056-A122-4791-AA40-056F8986460F@microsoft.com...
Fortunately my text is not in a frame. The page in this scenario is as
follows:
Line 1- 9 characters <enter
Line 2 - 14 characters with expanded characters and text shading <enter
Line 3 - <enter
Line 4 - Paragraph with indentation
Can you identify how to drop cap the first letter of first word in my
paragraph starting on line 3?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Yes. You can create a Drop Cap from any number of selected characters at
the
beginning of any paragraph. The drop cap is created using a frame, so
this
won't work if your text is in a text box.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"briank" <briank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B36F900C-61DA-4A1A-B782-11009C44F650@microsoft.com...
You are correct. I never realized that point but I am trying to drop
cap
the
first word of the 2nd paragraph. Can this be done?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Are you sure it's the first letter? It's not preceded by a space or
tab
or
anything else?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"briank" <briank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D2865F58-E325-4D90-AD32-5A747F74FAC7@microsoft.com...
I am having some trouble using the drop cap option in Word 2002. I
have
highlighted the first letter of the first word of the paragraph,
clicked
format and cannot go any further because the drop cap command is not
available (greyed out). Any ideas of how to get this working?
TY
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| | | Fredrik E. Nilsen | |
| | Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:25 pm Post subject: Re: Drop Cap Option Greyed | |
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 21:22:16 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
<sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote:
| Quote: | Word can't do drop cap in a paragraph with a first-line indent because it would drop into the middle of the paragraph.
|
Yes, it can.
--
Fredrik E. Nilsen
LINK |
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| | | Suzanne S. Barnhill | |
| | Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:41 pm Post subject: Re: Drop Cap Option Greyed | |
Well, I'm seeing that behavior today, but I certainly didn't yesterday: the
menu item was dimmed. Go figure.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"Fredrik E. Nilsen" <fenilsen.nospam@chello.no> wrote in message
news:22itb41hutgrnes9jgos8bu3cp4i8dja86@4ax.com...
| Quote: | On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 21:22:16 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote:
Word can't do drop cap in a paragraph with a first-line indent because it
would drop into the middle of the paragraph.
Yes, it can.
--
Fredrik E. Nilsen
LINK |
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| | | Fredrik E. Nilsen | |
| | Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject: Re: Drop Cap Option Greyed | |
On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:41:15 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
<sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote:
| Quote: | Well, I'm seeing that behavior today, but I certainly didn't yesterday: the
menu item was dimmed. Go figure.
|
If you insert a tab character instead of an first line indent, drop
cap is unavailable.
--
Fredrik E. Nilsen
LINK |
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