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From: Rick_McCormack@mindlink.bc.ca (Rick McCormack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Cutting and pasting in Word
Message-ID: <6022@mindlink.bc.ca>
Date: 26 May 91 12:16:11 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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The WORD manual sez that the Cmd-[-] and Cmd-[+] create sub and superscripts
based on the normal style, using a font 1 size lower than the font in effect
before you used the command (Warning! Tangled syntax!), AND that this applies
only to TEXT  THAT IS NOT ALREADY in the sub or super-script format.

Reading between the (closely leaded) lines, I would say that the regular
imported text is taking its new size from the new documents style "normal", and
the subscripts are retaining their original font size because that is a
"character style" imposed on them in the original document.

I can think of a few work arounds: if you want the imported text in its
original 12+10 format, create a new style in the document to which you are
importing and "make it so!"  OR if you want the imported text at 14+12, save
the desired text into a temporarty file as text with no line breaks and give it
the "plain for text" styling, then import it into the document and use Cmd-[-]
on the appropriate subscrip items.

MAYBE some combination of the two above approaches will work more efficiently,
BUT I am pretty sure that the simplest approach, which is to go to each
existing subscript in the imported text and using the Cmd-[-] will NOT bring
the EXISTING subscripts to 12pt -- altho' you could try the Cmd-shift-[>]
(larger font size command) on the hi-lited subscripts

QUESTION: When are we gonna get either (a) the ability to hilite several
discontiguous blocks and change them with one command, or (b) an ability like
Word Perfects to searchAndReplace on ANY character, paragraph or document
style???? C'mon MickeySoft -- get with the program -- ANY PROGRAM!
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