Text Box Formatting Lost When Activated
  
PSS ID Number: Q113271
Article last modified on 09-18-1994
 
4.00
 
WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Project for Windows, version 4.0
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SYMPTOMS
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In Microsoft Project, the formatting that you have applied to the text box
such as pattern, fill color, and text formatting does not appear when you
activate the text box.
 
CAUSE
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This behavior is by design in Microsoft Project. When you edit the text in
a text box, the text box fill color changes to the Window Background color
set in the Windows Control Panel, and the text color changes to the Window
Text color set in the Windows Control Panel. Text attributes such as bold,
underline, and italic do not appear. When the text box is no longer active,
the formatting you have applied appears again.
 
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Start the Windows Control Panel and double-click the Color icon. Choose
   the Color Palette button. From the Screen Element list, select Window
   Background, and under Basic colors, select Pink. Choose OK and in the
   Control Panel, choose Exit from the Settings menu.
 
2. From the Standard toolbar, select the Drawing button to display the
   Drawing Toolbar.
 
3. From the Drawing toolbar, select the Text Box button, and drag on the
   Gantt Chart to create a text box.
 
   Note that the background color in the text box is pink.
 
4. From the Format menu, choose Drawing and then choose Properties. Select
   the Line & Fill tab. Under Fill, choose the Custom option. From the
   Color list, select blue. From the Pattern list, select the solid pattern
   and choose OK.
 
5. Click on the Gantt Chart, outside the text box so the text box is not
   selected.
 
   Note that the text box is now blue.
 
6. Select the text box, and then click in the text area and begin typing.
 
   Note that the text box is now pink again.
 
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.
