Altered highlight behavior after XP upgrade

[Lee]

click in the left margin in any version of Word.
In Word2002, the line is also selected if you click to the right of the text
(even a little bit to the right... not only in the right margin).

Klaus:

I jumped from Word 2000 to XP and don't recall that behavior. I was always
able to click anywhere to the right and get to the last character on the
line.

Regardless, the fact that the cursor gets stuck there is indicative of a
real problem.

 

[Lee]

This sounds more and more like a graphics driver conflict now. Try

downloading the newest CERTIFIED (WHQL) driver and installing it.

Terry:

Not sure what CERTIFIED (WHQL) means. I have the very latest NVidia drivers
for my specific card.

Incidentally (for Klaus): Just cranked up my Windows ME machine with Word
2000: Clicking anywhere in the white space right of any line puts the cursor
on the last character on the line. I'm certain this is was the case with
Office XP under XP Home as well.

 

[Lee]

Now that is a symptom that the Control Key may be sticky on your keyboard.

Borrow another keyboard and try that.

Switched keyboards...no change.

 

[Graham Mayor]

I have been following this thread with interest and from what has gone
before may I make the following observations:

1. If you click in the white space to the RIGHT of the text, the cursor
should drop at the end of the nearest line to the right of the last
character on the line.
2. If you click in the white space at the LEFT of the line, the cursor
changes to an arrowhead and the adjacent line is selected.
3. Word 2002 introduced Asian language support including writing from right
to left - I wonder if Asian language support is the problem here?
4. Most Word problems are the result of external influences and not the core
program. Do make sure that you rename normal.dot, remove any orphan temp
files, remove any add-ins and backup then delete the registry data key. If
this does not correct the problem, you can always replace the originals.

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[TF]

If that's v 53.03, it is WHQL certified.

Terry

: > This sounds more and more like a graphics driver conflict now. Try
: > downloading the newest CERTIFIED (WHQL) driver and installing it.
:
: Terry:
:
: Not sure what CERTIFIED (WHQL) means. I have the very latest NVidia
drivers
: for my specific card.
:
: Incidentally (for Klaus): Just cranked up my Windows ME machine with Word
: 2000: Clicking anywhere in the white space right of any line puts the
cursor
: on the last character on the line. I'm certain this is was the case with
: Office XP under XP Home as well.
:
:

 

[TF]

Right to left text enabled: that's a good thought.

Terry

: I have been following this thread with interest and from what has gone
: before may I make the following observations:
:
: 1. If you click in the white space to the RIGHT of the text, the cursor
: should drop at the end of the nearest line to the right of the last
: character on the line.
: 2. If you click in the white space at the LEFT of the line, the cursor
: changes to an arrowhead and the adjacent line is selected.
: 3. Word 2002 introduced Asian language support including writing from
right
: to left - I wonder if Asian language support is the problem here?
: 4. Most Word problems are the result of external influences and not the
core
: program. Do make sure that you rename normal.dot, remove any orphan temp
: files, remove any add-ins and backup then delete the registry data key.
If
: this does not correct the problem, you can always replace the originals.
:
: --
: <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<>
: Graham Mayor - Word MVP
: E-mail (e-mail address removed)
: Web site www.gmayor.com
: Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word
: <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<>
:
:
: Lee wrote:
: > To clarify: If we're talking about the same thing, it's the same as
: > when you
: >> click in the left margin in any version of Word.
: >> In Word2002, the line is also selected if you click to the right of
: >> the text (even a little bit to the right... not only in the right
: >> margin).
: >>
: >
: > Klaus:
: >
: > I jumped from Word 2000 to XP and don't recall that behavior. I was
: > always able to click anywhere to the right and get to the last
: > character on the line.
: >
: > Regardless, the fact that the cursor gets stuck there is indicative
: > of a real problem.
:
:

 

[Lee]

I have been following this thread with interest and from what has gone
before may I make the following observations:

1. If you click in the white space to the RIGHT of the text, the cursor
should drop at the end of the nearest line to the right of the last
character on the line.

Correct, and as per Word-Help, but in my case it doesn't. The cursor turns
to an arrow at both the left and right ends of the line (the latter if the
cursor is anywhere beyond the last character.)

2. If you click in the white space at the LEFT of the line, the cursor
changes to an arrowhead and the adjacent line is selected.
Correct.

3. Word 2002 introduced Asian language support including writing from right
to left - I wonder if Asian language support is the problem here?

I didn't install it, and inserting paragraph right-to-left or left-to-right
marker doesn't change anything.

4. Most Word problems are the result of external influences and not the core
program. Do make sure that you rename normal.dot, remove any orphan temp
files, remove any add-ins and backup then delete the registry data key. If
this does not correct the problem, you can always replace the originals.

I did the first two, but I don't think I have add-ins and am reluctant to
fiddle with the registry.

 

[Lee]

If that's v 53.03, it is WHQL certified.

No resemblance to the numbers I have. However: In poking around I think I
might have a problem with those drivers, and should probably get them
straightened out before

 

[Klaus Linke]

3. Word 2002 introduced Asian language support including
writing from right to left - I wonder if Asian language support
is the problem here?

Bingo! In my case, support for Arab was responsible. After disabling that in
"Microsoft Office Tools > MS Office XP language settings", the line isn't
selected any more when clicking to the right of some text.

Thanks!
Klaus

 

[Lee]

Bingo! In my case, support for Arab was responsible. After disabling that in
"Microsoft Office Tools > MS Office XP language settings", the line isn't
selected any more when clicking to the right of some text.

Sounds great...except that the language settings option doesn't appear in my
list of Microsoft Office Tools. I assume that this is because I didn't
install support for other languages, so I don't know how I got stuck with
that behavior. Any ideas on how I can access that setting? Or should I
install language support and then try to turn this thing off?

 

[Lee]

Partial success.

I installed Language Settings, then disabled Arabic. Now when I click in
white space to the right, the line is not selected, and the cursor moves to
the last character on the line, which is correct.

However, the other problem remains: If I hit END while on a line with a
space at the end, the cursor goes to the end of the line but left-arrow will
not move the cursor. HOME and Ctrl-Back-arrow work, but left-arrow has no
effect.