A Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) forum. OfficeFrustration

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » OfficeFrustration forum » Microsoft Word » Page Layout
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read  

In Word 2007, left-align now acts as a toggle?



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old May 11th, 2010, 03:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Rick[_28_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 19
Default In Word 2007, left-align now acts as a toggle?

Can someone confirm: in Word 2003 I used to ensure that text was left-
aligned by selecting it and pressing Ctrl-L. Now in Word 2007 if text
is already left-aligned, then when I press Ctrl-L it then formats the
text to full justification. I'm not sure that I like Ctrl-L acting as
a toggle since it assumes that you already know what kind of alignment
you have before pressing it!
  #2  
Old May 11th, 2010, 03:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Stefan Blom[_3_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 4,556
Default In Word 2007, left-align now acts as a toggle?

I can confirm your observation. In Word 2007, Ctrl+L (assigned to the LeftPara
command) toggles between left- aligned and justified.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Rick" wrote in message
...
Can someone confirm: in Word 2003 I used to ensure that text was left-
aligned by selecting it and pressing Ctrl-L. Now in Word 2007 if text
is already left-aligned, then when I press Ctrl-L it then formats the
text to full justification. I'm not sure that I like Ctrl-L acting as
a toggle since it assumes that you already know what kind of alignment
you have before pressing it!





  #3  
Old May 11th, 2010, 03:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Jay Freedman
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 9,488
Default In Word 2007, left-align now acts as a toggle?

Rick,

I can confirm that this is a change in behavior -- although not something I
noticed until you mentioned it. I don't like it, either.

Fortunately, there's a simple fix:

- Press Alt+F8 to open the Macros dialog.
- Set the "Macros in" dropdown to "Word commands".
- Select the LeftPara command in the list.
- Change the "Macros in" dropdown to "Normal.dotm (global template)".
- Click the Create button.
- When the macro editor window appears, just close it.
- The next time you exit from Word, if you're asked whether to save changes
in Normal.dotm, say yes.

This creates a macro that runs when you press Ctrl+L or click the
left-alignment button on the ribbon, and the macro unconditionally sets the
alignment to Left without toggling.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Rick wrote:
Can someone confirm: in Word 2003 I used to ensure that text was left-
aligned by selecting it and pressing Ctrl-L. Now in Word 2007 if text
is already left-aligned, then when I press Ctrl-L it then formats the
text to full justification. I'm not sure that I like Ctrl-L acting as
a toggle since it assumes that you already know what kind of alignment
you have before pressing it!



  #4  
Old May 11th, 2010, 04:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Rick[_28_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 19
Default In Word 2007, left-align now acts as a toggle?

Yup, that does it. Thanks much.

So you don't have to specify Ctrl-L as the 'trigger key' for this
macro? It just automatically redirects any press of Ctrl-L from what
it is by default to this macro instead.

Excellent.

On May 11, 10:38*am, "Jay Freedman" wrote:
Rick,

I can confirm that this is a change in behavior -- although not something I
noticed until you mentioned it. I don't like it, either.

Fortunately, there's a simple fix:

- Press Alt+F8 to open the Macros dialog.
- Set the "Macros in" dropdown to "Word commands".
- Select the LeftPara command in the list.
- Change the "Macros in" dropdown to "Normal.dotm (global template)".
- Click the Create button.
- When the macro editor window appears, just close it.
- The next time you exit from Word, if you're asked whether to save changes
in Normal.dotm, say yes.

This creates a macro that runs when you press Ctrl+L or click the
left-alignment button on the ribbon, and the macro unconditionally sets the
alignment to Left without toggling.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP * * * *FAQ:http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.



Rick wrote:
Can someone confirm: in Word 2003 I used to ensure that text was left-
aligned by selecting it and pressing Ctrl-L. *Now in Word 2007 if text
is already left-aligned, then when I press Ctrl-L it then formats the
text to full justification. *I'm not sure that I like Ctrl-L acting as
a toggle since it assumes that you already know what kind of alignment
you have before pressing it!- Hide quoted text -


- Show quoted text -


 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 10:29 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 OfficeFrustration.
The comments are property of their posters.