Stop selecting whole line when select first character?

Hi,

I can select the 2nd character in a line by itself, but if I try to
select just the 1st character in the line, Word "helpfully" selects
the entire line.

Is there some way to turn off or work around that behavior?

Thanks,
JF

Alan
Tue Aug 14 18:49:18 CDT 2007

Oops, my goof.

The "regular line of text" I was trying to select the first character
of, was not really a "regular line of text". Actually it was still a
hyper-link. It looked like regular text, because I had done
CTRL+spacebar to remove the styling from it, but underneath it was
still a hyper-link.

So is there some way to just select the first character of a
hyper-link?

Thanks,
JF

>Hi,
>
>I can select the 2nd character in a line by itself, but if I try to
>select just the 1st character in the line, Word "helpfully" selects
>the entire line.
>
>Is there some way to turn off or work around that behavior?
>
>Thanks,
>JF

Suzanne
Tue Aug 14 23:30:47 CDT 2007

There are some Compatibility Options dealing with selection of fields (Tools
| Options | Compatibility).

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<Alan Cobb> wrote in message
news:dpf4c3d76t3nruqdp5k0acvu90isotb1c3@4ax.com...
> Oops, my goof.
>
> The "regular line of text" I was trying to select the first character
> of, was not really a "regular line of text". Actually it was still a
> hyper-link. It looked like regular text, because I had done
> CTRL+spacebar to remove the styling from it, but underneath it was
> still a hyper-link.
>
> So is there some way to just select the first character of a
> hyper-link?
>
> Thanks,
> JF
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I can select the 2nd character in a line by itself, but if I try to
> >select just the 1st character in the line, Word "helpfully" selects
> >the entire line.
> >
> >Is there some way to turn off or work around that behavior?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >JF
>

CyberTaz
Wed Aug 15 00:03:52 CDT 2007

Place the insertion point _near_ the hyperlink then press the appropriate
arrow key to move the insertion point next to the character. Hold Shift &
press the arrow key again for each consecutive character to be selected.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 8/14/07 7:49 PM, in article dpf4c3d76t3nruqdp5k0acvu90isotb1c3@4ax.com,
"Alan Cobb" <Alan Cobb> wrote:

> Oops, my goof.
>
> The "regular line of text" I was trying to select the first character
> of, was not really a "regular line of text". Actually it was still a
> hyper-link. It looked like regular text, because I had done
> CTRL+spacebar to remove the styling from it, but underneath it was
> still a hyper-link.
>
> So is there some way to just select the first character of a
> hyper-link?
>
> Thanks,
> JF
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I can select the 2nd character in a line by itself, but if I try to
>> select just the 1st character in the line, Word "helpfully" selects
>> the entire line.
>>
>> Is there some way to turn off or work around that behavior?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> JF
>