Style clarity

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Alexandra Torrens
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Style clarity

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I wish that H&M did a better job at showing what style you are about to type in. Most of the time it's a no-brainer, however in some situations just looking at the ribbon won't necessarily tell you if you are going to be typing in that style. For example, say you have a bold word in the middle of plain text. If you use backspace to delete it, when you delete the last letter, the B in the ribbon is still highlighted, BUT if you start typing, it will be in the plain text.
I wish that the style ribbon showed what style the next letter you type will be in.
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Re: Style clarity

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Alexandra Torrens wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2020 8:36 pmIf you use backspace to delete it, when you delete the last letter, the B in the ribbon is still highlighted, BUT if you start typing, it will be in the plain text. I wish that the style ribbon showed what style the next letter you type will be in.
That is actually exactly how it already behaves, the display changes as soon as you delete the last bold letter with Backspace. What version and build of Help+Manual are you using, and what Windows version?
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Alexandra Torrens
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Re: Style clarity

Unread post by Alexandra Torrens »

We are a bit behind, it's true. I keep bugging the sys admin to update, but it hasn't happened yet. I'm glad that when we eventually get the new version, it'll be fixed, as it's been a pet peeve of mine.

Currently I'm on Windows 10 and using 7.3.4 version.
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