Fill Block

[Mark]

What am I doing wrong. With Block Select Mode selected, and text physically selected, the Fill Block pick off of the Edit menu remains greyed out. I used it once and it worked well. Don't know what happened. I have not changed Fonts..any help or advice would be appreciated. My thanks in advance.

[Ed]

I know that text wrapping disables block select and Fill - could that be the problem?

[Mark]

Thanks for the try Ed! I should have covered that in my initial post. The Word Wrap selection from the Configure Menu is not selected. Damn, this is driving me nuts! Can anyone figure why I would be experiencing this? Could it be a flaw(i.e. opportunity for a guru) in the software?
Thanks

[Stephen]

Hello Mark,

The most likely reason for the Fill Block option being disabled, is that you are using a proportional font such as Arial. Please try changing the font to Courier New, and see if that helps.


Kind regards,

Stephen MacDonald
Helios Software Solutions
http://www.textpad.com

[Mark]

Thank you very much Stephen! That did it. I actually did try using other fonts. Guess I never picked a "right" one. Is there an easy way of distinguishing the proportional fonts from the rest? Which ones are "non" proportional? My sincere thanks to you.

[Berend]

I'm sure there is an easier way, but in Internet Explorer you can go to Tools -> Internet Options -> General -> Fonts. Under Plain Text Fonts there's a list of non-proportional fonts.

Berend