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Default Catalog of Word Overrides / Precedences

I don't know what you have in mind as the definition of an "override", but I
can assure you that in most cases it isn't that simple. What appears at any
point in a document is the result of many factors, ranging from the settings
(including defaults and your changes) in various options dialogs, to the
definitions of one or more styles, to the capabilities inherent in the
currently selected printer driver. A complete list and explanation of these
factors would amount to the complete specification for Word -- which does
exist but is Microsoft's proprietary information.

You would be better served by an understanding of how styles work
(http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html and
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/stylesms/index.html) and a study of the
settings in the Options dialog. If there's a specific behavior that you can
explain here, someone will probably be able to help.

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Bill Gruener wrote:
When I expect a behavior in Word 2007 and that behavior fails to
happen, I assume that an override must cause the unexpected behavior.
I'm thinking that if I had a list of overrides, I would be able to
troubleshoot the unexpected behavior.

My question to the community,

* How can I identify these overrides?
* Is there a list of overrides?