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Clearing formatting in Word 2003
I recently worked on a rather large document created by someone else and
e-mailed to me. The document contained some unusual formatting styles at random points throughout the document. I wanted to clear all of the formatting and apply "normal" 12 pt Times New Roman, single line-spacing to the entire document. So I selected the entire document, chose CLEAR FORMATTING, and thought the problem was solved, as everything seemed to revert to the "normal" settings. But when I saved the document, closed it, and came back to it a few hours later, some of the formatting had reverted back to its original non-"normal" settings. I changed the applicable sections of the text to the "normal" settings, saved the document, closed it, opened it again, and found out that the original, non-"normal" formatting had popped back up in a couple of new spots. What's going on? Although my computer is on a network with other users, I had this particular document saved on my C drive, so I don't think it would have been possible for anyone else to have sneaked in and randomly changed formatting styles throughout the document. Any ideas on what may be happening here? How do I clear formatting so that it stays cleared? Lori |
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Clearing formatting in Word 2003
Hi ?B?TG9yaQ==?=,
Well, from the description my first thought would be to check Tools/Template and Addins whether "automatically update styles" might not be activated? I recently worked on a rather large document created by someone else and e-mailed to me. The document contained some unusual formatting styles at random points throughout the document. I wanted to clear all of the formatting and apply "normal" 12 pt Times New Roman, single line-spacing to the entire document. So I selected the entire document, chose CLEAR FORMATTING, and thought the problem was solved, as everything seemed to revert to the "normal" settings. But when I saved the document, closed it, and came back to it a few hours later, some of the formatting had reverted back to its original non-"normal" settings. I changed the applicable sections of the text to the "normal" settings, saved the document, closed it, opened it again, and found out that the original, non-"normal" formatting had popped back up in a couple of new spots. What's going on? Although my computer is on a network with other users, I had this particular document saved on my C drive, so I don't think it would have been possible for anyone else to have sneaked in and randomly changed formatting styles throughout the document. Any ideas on what may be happening here? How do I clear formatting so that it stays cleared? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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