Word 2000 quirk. Click at left, context menu pops up far right.

[MsOsWin]

Times New Roman 9pt. No indents, only widow/orphan checked. (Preceding = "default paragraph font" and "Normal" style )
Margin, left, right: .9", .25"
To push line length past wrap at right, use any string of text or use one huge Left-align tab at approximately 7.13".

It's necessary only to have 2:30PM pushed so all or part of 2:30PM wraps to beginning of next line (on screen). A grammatically
proper (or improper) part of string must remain before the wrap. (I corroborated this by altering window size and checking
checkbox "Wrap To Window" in Tools> Options >View. This also suggests that CRT width, and resolution/pixel setting are
irrelevant)

It's *not* necessary to have 2:30PM at the end of a [End-of-Para]
And I did not check whether quirk happens when 2:30PM occurs at any wrap past the first wrap.




Tab: 2-2:30PM


These examples act normally. Tab: -2:30PM
Tab: 2:30PM abcdefgh,h,h,h, I forget the rest.

As an extremely minor "problem" that may not exist in XP or 2003, fixing this quirk is probably not worth the bloat the fix would
incur.

 

[Beth Melton]

I'm not following you here exactly. Are you saying if you have a line
with 2:30PM and 2:30PM wraps to the next line that left-clicking on
2:30PM will invoke a context menu on the right side of the screen?

Can you provide some repro steps such as:

Problem description: (not really sure what that is??)

Document setup:
- Left margin: .9"
- Right margin: .25"
- Font: Times New Roman
- Font Size: 9 pt

Steps to reproduce

1. Add a manual Left align tab at 7.13"
2. Press Tab and type: 2:30PM
3....

If I follow the above steps then "0PM" wraps to the next line since
there is not enough room due to the manual tab stop. Is that what you
are referring to? If so then why aren't you using a Right Align tab
instead?

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[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

I wasn't able to reproduce this in Word 2000, 2002 or 2003
using the setup and text you listed in Normal view.

What update level (build) is listed in Help=>About in Word 2000?
Do you get the same results if you switch to a different printer
driver in File=>Print to use while working in Word?

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Times New Roman 9pt. No indents, only widow/orphan checked. (Preceding = "default paragraph font" and "Normal" style )
Margin, left, right: .9", .25"
To push line length past wrap at right, use any string of text or use one huge Left-align tab at approximately 7.13".

It's necessary only to have 2:30PM pushed so all or part of 2:30PM wraps to beginning of next line (on screen). A grammatically
proper (or improper) part of string must remain before the wrap. (I corroborated this by altering window size and checking
checkbox "Wrap To Window" in Tools> Options >View. This also suggests that CRT width, and resolution/pixel setting are
irrelevant)

It's *not* necessary to have 2:30PM at the end of a [End-of-Para]
And I did not check whether quirk happens when 2:30PM occurs at any wrap past the first wrap.

Tab: 2-2:30PM


These examples act normally. Tab: -2:30PM
Tab: 2:30PM abcdefgh,h,h,h, I forget the rest.

As an extremely minor "problem" that may not exist in XP or 2003, fixing this quirk is probably not worth the bloat the fix would
incur. >>
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MS Office System Products MVP

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[MsOsWin]

1st, an answer to other reply:

I wasn't able to reproduce this in Word 2000, 2002 or 2003
using the setup and text you listed in Normal view.

What update level (build) is listed in Help=>About in Word 2000?
Do you get the same results if you switch to a different printer
driver in File=>Print to use while working in Word?

on Win ME
9.0.6926 sp-3
and 6 other Office2000 patches since sp-3. Recent check showed a 7th patch, which I've downloaded, but haven't yet installed.
Regarding patch "eligibility": I use only Word and Excel with a few functional addons (excel autosave, txt convert, etc), but the
"photo-editor" also got installed, bleh

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I'm not following you here exactly. Are you saying if you have a line
with 2:30PM and 2:30PM wraps to the next line that left-clicking on
2:30PM will invoke a context menu on the right side of the screen?

yes, although removing "2-" or removing "2" preceding "2:30PM" causes context menu to popup in expected location. (as in
those next two examples)

Can you provide some repro steps such as:

Problem description: (not really sure what that is??)

you've summarized the basic description... and IMO understood amazingly well, based on my providing only text description.

Document setup:
- Left margin: .9"
- Right margin: .25"
- Font: Times New Roman
- Font Size: 9 pt

Steps to reproduce

1. Add a manual Left align tab at 7.13"
2. Press Tab and type: 2:30PM
3....


If I follow the above steps then "0PM" wraps to the next line since
there is not enough room due to the manual tab stop. Is that what you
are referring to?

that's my 3rd example

in my first example,

Tab: 2-2:30PM

wraps between
"2-"
and
"2:30PM"



2nd example

Tab: -2:30PM

wraps as the first wraps, between
"-"
and
"2:30PM"


3rd example

Tab: 2:30PM abcdefgh

wraps between
"2:30"
and
"PM"

but 2nd & 3rd context menus popped up at left side (expected)

weirdly... today, the 3rd example now pops up on right side! ha. Also, if i italicize the block, example 3 wraps at "0PM" like your
example 3 does.




possible difference yours vs mine?
widow/orphan checked in mine.

possibly the os (winme) or menu customizations influence context menu's "quirky" location. only change i know was a recent
winupdate patch.

If so then why aren't you using a Right Align tab
instead?

As usual, I found some kind of solution to obtain whatever layout i wanted.

But just that i noticed that odd menu location quirk. it doesn't affect the final printed (or screen-viewed) doc, so of low concern.
especially low concern, IMO, if quirk doesn't occur in upcoming ver of Word.