Large Selection Blanks Ribbon and Some Dialog Box Settings

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

If you select 50 or more paragraphs of text in a Microsoft Word for Windows document, the Style, Font, and Points (Pts) boxes on the ribbon are blank. Similarly, if you select 20 or more rows in a table in which all columns are the same width, the values in the Table Column Width dialog box are blank.

This happens because, in order to optimize performance speed, Word does not survey large selections to determine formatting information.

MORE INFORMATION

If you click the arrow on the Font box or the Style box, all the fonts or styles will be displayed. If you click the arrow on Pts box, the box will remain empty. To achieve the desired character formatting, select a font, then type a valid point size in the Pts box.

After you select a font, the font will momentarily appear on the ribbon and then will disappear. If you enter a point size, it will disappear when you press ENTER.