Hi Paul,

I've seen paragraph styles get linked to some random character style for no
apparent reason at all, so I'd check for that possibility.

In the VBA editor (Alt+F11), immediate window (Ctrl+G), type
? ActiveDocument.Styles("Directors Name Char").LinkStyle

You might check the same for the numbered style. Both should return
"Normal".
If each returns the name of the other, they are linked.

If the styles are linked, the problem should go away after you unlink them:
ActiveDocument.Styles("Directors Name
Char").LinkStyle=ActiveDocument.Styles(wdStyleNorm al)

(It should be enough to do that for the character style)

I have never discovered reproducible steps for this bug, but I've seen it
happen in many, many documents.

It seems Microsoft wants to blur the distinction between paragraph styles
and character styles on purpose, so linked styles seem to be with us for
good... or for worse.

:-( Klaus