Drop caps are inserted using a frame. The frame is not part of the paragraph
style. Word does a pretty good job of protecting this frame from anything
you might do to its paragraph alone, but if you select text that includes
the drop cap (that is, includes some text both before and after the drop
cap) and reapply the style and reset the font, the drop cap will be lost
(though it will become a separate paragraph). This is pretty far-fetched and
probably not what's happening in your case, however.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Rich" wrote in message
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My drop caps mysteriously disappear.
Vos ist los?