[Stefan Blom]

Note that if users apply direct formatting, you can get rid of it by
selecting the text and pressing Ctrl+Q (clears paragraph formatting not in
style) as well as Ctrl+SpaceBar (clears font formatting not in style).

Or are you saying that the problem is with table styles only?

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"jen_writer" wrote in message
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no, the box is not checked.

thanks
Jen

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

In the Templates and Add-Ins dialog box, is the "Automatically update
document styles" option checked? If so, clear it.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"jen_writer" wrote:

Hello,
I use format styles for all of my formatting. I created a table style
and
several body/heading styles. Occasionally, I will save and close a
document,
and then when I open it up the next day, all of the tables have lost
their
formatting and/or taken on random format styles. I have to go through
and
manually reapply the table style to every table in the document.
Although it
mostly affects tables, other styles also go haywire - e.g., a body
style will
suddenly appear as a heading. I basically have to go through and
reformat the
entire document, which takes a lot of time.

Why is this happening and how can I stop it?! I did notice that on the
most
recent file it happened with, someone else had worked on the same file.
Does
that mean that if you are using styles, no one else can work on that
document? That would create a huge problem, since I've created numerous
templates using the styles....

thanks
Jen