Tab Display in Word 2003

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In Word 2003, I keep the ruler displayed. If I click on a specific line of
text, the tabs I've set display normally in black.

However, if I click on a group of lines which have a common set of tabs,
such as a formatted "table" (but using tabs rather than tables), the common
tabs appear, but as a faint, nearly invisible light blue. In Word 2000, the
tabs were always easy in to see black.

Is there some setting to fix this?
 
This is now the default behaviour. It is to reduce the processing/display
overhead trying to work out the tabs for multiple lines. It is rather
similar to you select a few Word and then going to Format, Font and Word
tells you all the font details: if you then select the whole document and do
a Format, Font - even though the whole document is in the same font - Word
won't attempt to show the full details.

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Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

: In Word 2003, I keep the ruler displayed. If I click on a specific line
of
: text, the tabs I've set display normally in black.
:
: However, if I click on a group of lines which have a common set of tabs,
: such as a formatted "table" (but using tabs rather than tables), the
common
: tabs appear, but as a faint, nearly invisible light blue. In Word 2000,
the
: tabs were always easy in to see black.
:
: Is there some setting to fix this?
:
: --
: PT
:
:
 
Hi PT,

Typically this means a paragraph in the selection does not have the
same manual tabs set. If the manual tab stops for all selected
paragraphs is the same then they should appear black.

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Even when they're all the same, I think things start to gray out if you
select above a certain number of paragraphs.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Beth Melton said:
Hi PT,

Typically this means a paragraph in the selection does not have the
same manual tabs set. If the manual tab stops for all selected
paragraphs is the same then they should appear black.

--
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
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Have you tried setting the Tabs manually from the Tabs, menu found on the
Format Menu?

Andre Da Costa
Jamaica W.I.
 
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