Lissa, One more approach is possible. Because F8 now displays a dialog with the last-applied style (linear or nestable) already highlighted, if you have a series of things to italicize, all but the first can be italicized by highlighting the text, then pushing F8 Enter. - Peter -----Original Message----- From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Sullivan Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 8:06 PM To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [duxhelp] Re: Apply last style Lissa, I should add that if you a program such as Macro Express, which can lurk for keys while DBT is running and turn them into key sequences, then you can get this job done yourself pretty easily. Map your preferred shortcut into a macro that enters F8 italic Enter - Peter -----Original Message----- From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Melissa Hirshson Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 7:59 PM To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [duxhelp] Re: Apply last style Ah, I see, I think. It's a bit counterintuitive: I go to the menu and I see "apply style" and "apply last style," so I assumed that I could apply any style that was in the above style list (in this case, italics). Is there any way to "quickly" turn highlighted text into italics in a dxp file? Thanks. Lissa Peter Sullivan wrote: > Lissa, > > I don't find a problem here. Shift-F8 works only for linear (aka > paragraph) styles. And "last" means the style in the paragraph before > this one -- not whatever you most recently applied elsewhere in the > document. So it won't work on the first paragraph of a document. > > Does that help? If not, please let me know specifically what you're > finding. > > - Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Melissa Hirshson > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 1:07 PM > To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [duxhelp] Apply last style > > Hi, > > Shift-F8 (apply last style) doesn't seem to work. > > Lissa > > * * * > * This message is via list duxhelp at freelists.org. > * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with > * unsubscribe > * as the subject to <duxhelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also > * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription > * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive > * is also located there. > * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com > * * * > > > * * * > * This message is via list duxhelp at freelists.org. > * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with > * unsubscribe > * as the subject to <duxhelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also > * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription > * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive > * is also located there. > * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com > * * * > > * * * * This message is via list duxhelp at freelists.org. * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with * unsubscribe * as the subject to <duxhelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive * is also located there. * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com * * * * * * * This message is via list duxhelp at freelists.org. * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with * unsubscribe * as the subject to <duxhelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive * is also located there. * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com * * * * * * * This message is via list duxhelp at freelists.org. * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with * unsubscribe * as the subject to <duxhelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive * is also located there. * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com * * *