I had no such expectation, per se. But, my first impulse when replicating an
error is to strip away as much of my own settings as I can to see if the
error still occurs. It's part of my normal routine when testing Word errors
of any kind. shrug
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"Beth Melton" wrote in message
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Okay....I guess I'm not following why you expected the issue to not occur
when you started Word using the /a switch and then selected the Prompt to
Update Style option. After all, that's what is causing the error to occur
and if it's enabled you'll encounter the bug.
Perhaps you're trying to figure out the logic behind the issue? The
underlying cause is since Live Preview does change the format of the text
in the document. and when you hover over various styles, Word "thinks" the
format for the paragraph changed, but then discovers it doesn't and throws
the error.
(FWIW, this bug was filed with all of the details quite some time ago.)
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"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
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I started Word with the /a switch, turned Prompt to Update on, then
proceeded. In Safe mode, which is different, you can't access the
Advanced settings, so it's impossible to test the bug in Safe mode.
I usually keep Prompt to Update turned off. For updating styles, I've had
RedefineStyle assigned to Ctrl+Shift+D ever since that command was
introduced back around WinWord 97 (I think... but I don't recall). The
nice thing about it is that it even works on Normal. It's a real time
saver when designing templates.
"Beth Melton" wrote in message
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Since the "Prompt to Update Styles" option is off by default how are you
reproducing it when you use the /a switch to start Word?
Personally, I leave the Prompt To Update Styles turned off since styles
are so easy to update these days.
"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
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Yep. I see it now... even happens with the /a switch. Cute.
"Beth Melton" wrote in message
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Sorry Herb, I wasn't trying to provide exact repro steps, just enough
info to see if that's what Greg was referring to. Here you go: