Formatting number of text boxes at once

Hiya,

I have a very long document, 90 pages of which are full of text boxes (15
text boxes to a page -a colleagues idea of a 'form').

I have now inherited this document and the text within the text boxes does
not (now) match the corporate image - i.e. it should all be Arial 10pt not
Times New Roman 12pt. I have to change it. However, if I select more than
one text box at a time (shift - left mouse-click) the option to change the
font and font size is greyed out. Is there a way of doing this? I really
dont want to spend days doing each text box individually.

Many thanks for any help or pointer to a resource, Shaun

Have you tried doing just this: Ctrl+A and change the font and point size
(through Format | Font if necessary)? Whenever you select more than a
certain amount of text, many of the formatting options are blanked, but they
are still usable.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Shawk" wrote in message
...
Hiya,

I have a very long document, 90 pages of which are full of text boxes (15
text boxes to a page -a colleagues idea of a 'form').

I have now inherited this document and the text within the text boxes does
not (now) match the corporate image - i.e. it should all be Arial 10pt not
Times New Roman 12pt. I have to change it. However, if I select more
than
one text box at a time (shift - left mouse-click) the option to change the
font and font size is greyed out. Is there a way of doing this? I really
dont want to spend days doing each text box individually.

Many thanks for any help or pointer to a resource, Shaun

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Have you tried doing just this: Ctrl+A and change the font and point size
(through Format | Font if necessary)? Whenever you select more than a
certain amount of text, many of the formatting options are blanked, but
they
are still usable.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Shawk" wrote in message
...
Hiya,

I have a very long document, 90 pages of which are full of text boxes (15
text boxes to a page -a colleagues idea of a 'form').

I have now inherited this document and the text within the text boxes
does
not (now) match the corporate image - i.e. it should all be Arial 10pt
not
Times New Roman 12pt. I have to change it. However, if I select more
than
one text box at a time (shift - left mouse-click) the option to change
the
font and font size is greyed out. Is there a way of doing this? I
really
dont want to spend days doing each text box individually.

Many thanks for any help or pointer to a resource, Shaun




Hi Suzanne,

Thanks for the reply but that selects just the text outside the text boxes
and not that inside which also has to be changed - unless I'm missing
something?

Cheers, Shaun

I guess you're right. That being the case, I think you'd have to have a
macro to change the font. Alternatively, you should be able to use Find and
Replace to find all the text in a given style (including that in text boxes)
and apply the Default Paragraph Font (assuming that that has been changed to
Arial 10 pt).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Shawk" wrote in message
t...

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Have you tried doing just this: Ctrl+A and change the font and point
size
(through Format | Font if necessary)? Whenever you select more than a
certain amount of text, many of the formatting options are blanked, but
they
are still usable.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Shawk" wrote in message
...
Hiya,

I have a very long document, 90 pages of which are full of text boxes
(15
text boxes to a page -a colleagues idea of a 'form').

I have now inherited this document and the text within the text boxes
does
not (now) match the corporate image - i.e. it should all be Arial 10pt
not
Times New Roman 12pt. I have to change it. However, if I select more
than
one text box at a time (shift - left mouse-click) the option to change
the
font and font size is greyed out. Is there a way of doing this? I
really
dont want to spend days doing each text box individually.

Many thanks for any help or pointer to a resource, Shaun




Hi Suzanne,

Thanks for the reply but that selects just the text outside the text boxes
and not that inside which also has to be changed - unless I'm missing
something?

Cheers, Shaun

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
I guess you're right. That being the case, I think you'd have to have a
macro to change the font. Alternatively, you should be able to use Find
and
Replace to find all the text in a given style (including that in text
boxes)
and apply the Default Paragraph Font (assuming that that has been changed
to
Arial 10 pt).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.


I'll have a look at that. Thanks again, Shaun

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
I guess you're right. That being the case, I think you'd have to have a
macro to change the font. Alternatively, you should be able to use Find
and
Replace to find all the text in a given style (including that in text
boxes)
and apply the Default Paragraph Font (assuming that that has been changed
to
Arial 10 pt).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Shawk" wrote in message
t...

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Have you tried doing just this: Ctrl+A and change the font and point
size
(through Format | Font if necessary)? Whenever you select more than a
certain amount of text, many of the formatting options are blanked, but
they
are still usable.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Shawk" wrote in message
...
Hiya,

I have a very long document, 90 pages of which are full of text boxes
(15
text boxes to a page -a colleagues idea of a 'form').

I have now inherited this document and the text within the text boxes
does
not (now) match the corporate image - i.e. it should all be Arial 10pt
not
Times New Roman 12pt. I have to change it. However, if I select more
than
one text box at a time (shift - left mouse-click) the option to change
the
font and font size is greyed out. Is there a way of doing this? I
really
dont want to spend days doing each text box individually.

Many thanks for any help or pointer to a resource, Shaun




Hi Suzanne,

Thanks for the reply but that selects just the text outside the text
boxes
and not that inside which also has to be changed - unless I'm missing
something?

Cheers, Shaun




Suzanne,

Many thanks for your help. I have used 'find' 'replace' before but had no
idea I could use it to find and replace formatting (fonts etc). It works a
treat and I'm very grateful.

Shaun