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leaha21 - 06 Apr 2006 11:59 GMT

I use Word 2000 and the ctrl-b short cut and the Bold button on the toolbar
no longer work. They work in Excel. Tried assigning other keys for this short
cut, but they do not work any longer. Does anyone know how to fix this?

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Herb Tyson [MVP] - 07 Apr 2006 04:13 GMT

Do the other buttons in Word, for italics and underlining, still work? Or
have they stopped working as well?

You might try the steps shown here:

http://www.officearticles.com/word/steps_to_troubleshooting_microsoft_word.htm

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>I use Word 2000 and the ctrl-b short cut and the Bold button on the toolbar
> no longer work. They work in Excel. Tried assigning other keys for this
> short
> cut, but they do not work any longer. Does anyone know how to fix this?

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leaha21 - 08 Apr 2006 13:29 GMT

I have not noticed any other buttons/shortcuts not working. Just this one.
Will try uninstalling and installing word to see if this helps. Thanks.

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> Do the other buttons in Word, for italics and underlining, still work? Or
> have they stopped working as well?
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> > short
> > cut, but they do not work any longer. Does anyone know how to fix this?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 08 Apr 2006 15:35 GMT

Uninstalling/reinstalling is very unlikely to make any difference since it
won't overwrite Normal.dot or your Registry entries. I would suggest instead
that you:

1. Open Tools | Customize and click Keyboard...

2. In the Format category, select Bold and make sure that Ctrl+B is still
assigned as the shortcut. If it is not, assign it.

3. If it is, select any other command and try to assign Ctrl+B as the
shortcut; you'll get information about what command Ctrl+B is assigned to.
If this is anything other than Bold, then you need to unassign it from the
other command.

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> I have not noticed any other buttons/shortcuts not working. Just this one.
> Will try uninstalling and installing word to see if this helps. Thanks.
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> > You might try the steps shown here:

http://www.officearticles.com/word/steps_to_troubleshooting_microsoft_word.htm

> > >I use Word 2000 and the ctrl-b short cut and the Bold button on the toolbar
> > > no longer work. They work in Excel. Tried assigning other keys for this
> > > short
> > > cut, but they do not work any longer. Does anyone know how to fix this?

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leaha21 - 08 Apr 2006 18:43 GMT

I have tried assigning, un-assigning, re-assigning ctrl-b for bold as well as
other key combinations. NOTHING WORKS. Also the B button in the toolbar at
the top does not work. If I click on it, it stays down, but as soon as I
type, it automatically comes up. If I have highlighted words, the button
cannot be selected. I have assigned some other font change to ctrl-b. nothing
works.

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> Uninstalling/reinstalling is very unlikely to make any difference since it
> won't overwrite Normal.dot or your Registry entries. I would suggest instead
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> this?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 08 Apr 2006 19:09 GMT

If the text were not *printing* bold, I would say that either the font
didn't have a bold variant or the variant was missing or damaged, but
usually Word will display text as bolded even without a bold variant; it
just doesn't print any differently. Is the document protected in any way?

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> I have tried assigning, un-assigning, re-assigning ctrl-b for bold as well as
> other key combinations. NOTHING WORKS. Also the B button in the toolbar at
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> > > > You might try the steps shown here:

http://www.officearticles.com/word/steps_to_troubleshooting_microsoft_word.htm

> > > > >I use Word 2000 and the ctrl-b short cut and the Bold button on the
> > toolbar
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> > > > > cut, but they do not work any longer. Does anyone know how to fix
> > this?

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leaha21 - 08 Apr 2006 19:35 GMT

Now you have lost me. What do you mean by variant or document protected. This
is just a regular word document, using times roman. I have been using this
document/template for months and months. Have changed nothing and it just all
of a sudden stopped allow bold unless I use the menu. Then it will toggle the
bold on and off, but only using the menu. Just cannot use shortcut or toolbar
button.

If you can tell me about variant and protected and how to check for this, I
will try.

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> If the text were not *printing* bold, I would say that either the font
> didn't have a bold variant or the variant was missing or damaged, but
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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 08 Apr 2006 21:48 GMT

As I said, I don't think the bold variant is relevant here, but you do
realize that in addition to Times New Roman, you also have installed TNR
Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic? These variants are used by Word when you
apply bold, italic, or bold and italic formatting.

If the Tools menu shows Unprotect Document, then the document is protected.
If it shows Protect Document, then that's not the issue.

What almost certainly *is* the issue, given the further information you have
provided, is that the document is corrupt. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm

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> Now you have lost me. What do you mean by variant or document protected. This
> is just a regular word document, using times roman. I have been using this
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> > > > > > You might try the steps shown here:

http://www.officearticles.com/word/steps_to_troubleshooting_microsoft_word.htm

> > > > > > >I use Word 2000 and the ctrl-b short cut and the Bold button on the
> > > > toolbar
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> > > > > > > cut, but they do not work any longer. Does anyone know how to fix
> > > > this?

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leaha21 - 09 Apr 2006 00:00 GMT

Okay, we are making progress. I got rid of my normal.dot and it created a new
one so I can now bold using ctrl-b. So thank you for that. However, I am
having troubles keeping the macros that I create. The one is easy to
recreate, the other is fairly big. Only suggestions or should I start another
thread.

Thanks for your help in my bold problem.

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> As I said, I don't think the bold variant is relevant here, but you do
> realize that in addition to Times New Roman, you also have installed TNR
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Charles Kenyon - 09 Apr 2006 00:06 GMT

If you renamed your normal.dot, you can copy the macro from the old one to
the new using the vba Editor or the Organizer. See
http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step instructions
on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations including
AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, etc.

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> Okay, we are making progress. I got rid of my normal.dot and it created a
> new
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leaha21 - 09 Apr 2006 00:21 GMT

Okay, I think I got it. Thanks to everyone for their help. I have definitely
learn a lot. Hopefully things will be smooth sailing for now. I am confuse on
a couple of items, but right now I don't think my brain can handle any more.

Thanks again for all you help. Your guys are lifesavers.

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> If you renamed your normal.dot, you can copy the macro from the old one to
> the new using the vba Editor or the Organizer. See
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> >> fix
> >> > > > > this?

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leaha21 - 09 Apr 2006 00:24 GMT

Sorry doing second reply. I got my old macros back and redid my toolbars and
made my shortcut keys, now the ctrl-b problem is back. Could it have anything
to do with add/deleting buttons on the toolbars, or the macros that I created
and got from my old file?

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> If you renamed your normal.dot, you can copy the macro from the old one to
> the new using the vba Editor or the Organizer. See
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> >> fix
> >> > > > > this?

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leaha21 - 09 Apr 2006 00:27 GMT

Me again. Answered my own question. Had a macro called 'bold' that I had
created but was not using. Deleted it, ctrl b works. Thanks, got me thinking
and solving some of my own problems.

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> If you renamed your normal.dot, you can copy the macro from the old one to
> the new using the vba Editor or the Organizer. See
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> >> fix
> >> > > > > this?

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