No visible selection in shaded paragraphs in Word 2008

[mdhills]

I'm having some problems with shading in Word 2008 when I'm in "Print
Layout" view.

If I select a portion of a paragraph and apply shading, everything
works as expected.

If I select an entire paragraph (e.g., triple click) and then apply a
shading, there is no hilighting visible if I then try to select any
letters or words in the paragaph on the same line.
- If I select the entire paragraph, the hilighting is then shown
correctly
- If I try to select across lines in the paragraph, the shading is
then shown correctly (and will rubberband appropriately)

Interestingly, if I select a shade a subset of a paragraph, and later
shade the entire paragraph, selection hilighting works as expected.

Anyone know if this is being investigated?

Matt
MacOSX 10.4.10 on macbook pro

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Matt/Matt

Matt: Nice pickup! That's a fairly obscure bug

The Microsoft engineer in charge of graphics is also named Matt, and he's
copied on this reply

So "Yes", someone from Microsoft is indeed investigating this now...

Cheers

I'm having some problems with shading in Word 2008 when I'm in "Print
Layout" view.

If I select a portion of a paragraph and apply shading, everything
works as expected.

If I select an entire paragraph (e.g., triple click) and then apply a
shading, there is no hilighting visible if I then try to select any
letters or words in the paragaph on the same line.
- If I select the entire paragraph, the hilighting is then shown
correctly
- If I try to select across lines in the paragraph, the shading is
then shown correctly (and will rubberband appropriately)

Interestingly, if I select a shade a subset of a paragraph, and later
shade the entire paragraph, selection hilighting works as expected.

Anyone know if this is being investigated?

Matt
MacOSX 10.4.10 on macbook pro

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[Curt Laird (MSFT)]

Hi John, Matt, and Matt:
We have confirmed this to be an issue that will need to be addressed in an
update. Unfortunately, there isn't a workaround for it at the moment.

Sorry for the trouble.



Curt

Hi Matt/Matt

Matt: Nice pickup! That's a fairly obscure bug

The Microsoft engineer in charge of graphics is also named Matt, and he's
copied on this reply

So "Yes", someone from Microsoft is indeed investigating this now...

Cheers

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