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Style Characters Not Working in .RTF
Hi,
I am using Word 2000. I have created character styles (bold, italics, underline) and applied a shortcut key to each. I also created a customized toolbar and added each style command to it. I copied Word's icon from the formatting toolbar to add to my customized toolbar. (B for Bold, I for italics and U for underline). I create a new document and all new buttons work fine and apply the styles. However, I open an agreement saved as an RTF and copy (through the Organizer) the character styles to the RTF agreement. I apply the shortcut and the styles don't work. They don't work. No styles are applied to the text. I then attempt to create the styles in the RTF agreement and assign shortcut keys to be available in the RTF agreement and was unsuccessful. The styles would apply. I'm obviously missing something and am not doing something I should be. Do styles behave differently in an RTF? What about shortcut key assignments - do they follow the style when copied through the organizer as well? Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks so much! Michele |
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Style Characters Not Working in .RTF
Hi Michele,
The RTF file format can't store keyboard shortcuts or toolbar assignments. If you created the pairs in a global template or Normal.dot you might get the functionality to use in the RTF document. I am using Word 2000. I have created character styles (bold, italics, underline) and applied a shortcut key to each. I also created a customized toolbar and added each style command to it. I copied Word's icon from the formatting toolbar to add to my customized toolbar. (B for Bold, I for italics and U for underline). I create a new document and all new buttons work fine and apply the styles. However, I open an agreement saved as an RTF and copy (through the Organizer) the character styles to the RTF agreement. I apply the shortcut and the styles don't work. They don't work. No styles are applied to the text. I then attempt to create the styles in the RTF agreement and assign shortcut keys to be available in the RTF agreement and was unsuccessful. The styles would apply. I'm obviously missing something and am not doing something I should be. Do styles behave differently in an RTF? What about shortcut key assignments - do they follow the style when copied through the organizer as well? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Style Characters Not Working in .RTF
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Cindy M -WordMVP- wrote: The RTF file format can't store keyboard shortcuts or toolbar assignments. Plus: you wouldn't get shortcuts by copying the styles alone, would you? 2cents ..bob ...Word-MVP -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / X Against HTML / \ in e-mail & news |
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Style Characters Not Working in .RTF
"Robert M. Franz (RMF)" wrote in message ...
Hi all Cindy M -WordMVP- wrote: The RTF file format can't store keyboard shortcuts or toolbar assignments. Plus: you wouldn't get shortcuts by copying the styles alone, would you? 2cents .bob ..Word-MVP Hello Cindy and Bob ~ Thank you so much for the information. Since I've posted the question, we have learned that if we create both the style/keyboard shortcut in the Normal.dot and copy the style three times - we do get the functionality of both in the .rtf Thanks again and have a great weekend! Michele |
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