application: Microsoft Word 11.0.0
problem: strange, but after using this stupid programme for 250,000 years (it seems) I now find myself with a plain text document for which the programme will NOT let me change the size of the font. I can change the font itself, but the size remains fixed.
It can't be the programme, as other documents allow me to change font sizes, so it must be some option selected for the document itself.
ANY IDEAS?
2007-11-08 05:00:45 · 10 answers · asked by basher999 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Is it a kosher word file with .doc extension? Try Save as... and select Save as type ... Word document.
Try Select all -> Copy -> Open a new Word doc -> Paste.
Have you tried to change a selected block of text to a different style, with a different font size (e.g. a Heading style)?
2007-11-08 05:13:59 · answer #1 · answered by Andrew L 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are options which allow you to lock the font, size, margins, etc. in documents. Sounds like whoever made that one locked the font size or used a font with restricted sizes.
Try copying the text out of Word and into a Notepad document. That will remove all formatting, fonts, restrictions, etc. Then copy it from Notepad back into a new Word document. You should be able to change the size after that.
2007-11-08 05:09:20 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nicely im not rather confident yet once you're utilising an older version of microsoft word then that normally happens. whilst it does basically save, go out, and wait some seconds and then open it lower back. could artwork if it does not basically reset the settings
2016-09-28 14:30:14 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U know what all of microsoft i use is just the system, the rest of it i already changed, I wouldn't be able to use it for 250,000 years i would kill myself before
2007-11-08 05:13:04 · answer #4 · answered by Lost In Space 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah i got this the other day- just when i didn't need it.
I sent it to a friend who couldn't undo it either.
I printed it off, set fire to the document and did a small, vodka fuelled, voodoo ceremony. When I came too, word was behaving itself again!
2007-11-08 05:11:21 · answer #5 · answered by Icarus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Save the file as *.rtf . File> Save As rtf. For info, this removes all info re editing / macros, removes all the rubbish. Then, re-open the RTF file, save as .doc.
2007-11-08 08:54:40 · answer #6 · answered by johncob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't come across this unless its been protected to enable you to read but not modify. In this case, I should imagine if you Save As with another name, you will then be able to alter it as you wish.
2007-11-08 05:42:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
change the font...
i discovered this when editing a clients supplied copy... he's used restricted fonts... and its a pain, as they are often undeitable...
2007-11-08 05:05:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you used the program for 250,000 yrs I would of thought you could fix it blindfolded?
2007-11-08 05:08:41 · answer #9 · answered by chutechchu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hit your computer with a spade.
2007-11-08 05:03:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋