[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

What does "messed up" mean, exactly? Is it the formatting which is different? Or
do text characters appear all in the wrong places, for example, pushed into the
right or left side of the page, overlapping each other?

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"marcelma" wrote in message
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Hello,

I find my problem hard to describe, because I don't really know what information
to include into my description and what information will be unneccessary or even
lead readers astray... so I'll give only the barest observations.

Since I have been starting to exchange files with people who are using WinWord
2007 and above or using it myself (always in the compatibility mode, we are
working on .doc files not on .docx files) it has happened repeatedly that the
style definition AND the assignment of styles to paragraphs has become totally
messed up after saving and re-opening a file, no matter whether this happened
with the same WinWord version or another one. Everything in the file seems all
right as long as I am working on it, but after saving it and opening it again,
it looks completely messed up. - I am not even sure whether this is a problem
with WinWord 2007. It can't be a problem with a specific file, because I have
encountered it with a range of different files from different sources. Neither
do I suppose it to be a problem with a specific WinWord installation, because I
encountered it first when I exchanged files with a WinWord 2007 user while I
myself used WinWord 2002.

When I deleted unneeded (self-defined) styles the probability of finding the
whole file messed up after re-opening it is especially high.

I am a WinWord user since its very inception and so far I thought that I know
the program very well, but I have not the slightest clue what is going on here.

Is there anybody who has experienced something similar and can give me a hint
how I may understand and fix what is happening?

Thank you very much in advance,
Marcel

P.S. If you need more specifics for an answer, please ask and I'll try my best
to provide them.