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Format Painter, Highlight Not Available in Macro Window

Article ID: 134903

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q134903

SYMPTOMS

You can use the Format Painter to copy character formatting from a document window to a macro window. In addition, if you activate the Highlight tool in a document window, you can switch to a macro window and apply highlighting to your text. In contrast, when a macro window is active, you cannot use the Format Painter tool or the Highlight tool. Clicking either button will display the following message in the status bar:

This command is not available because a macro window is active.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 7.0 word95 word7 winword

Keywords: kbhighlight kbformat KB134903