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You're right. One more special rule to remember ;-)
Klaus "Margaret Aldis" wrote: Hi Klaus =20 I've just tested this again to be absolutely sure - applying a = paragraph=20 style over a paragraph with majority (even 100%) character style = formatting=20 doesn't remove the character style on my system (Word 2003). I'm = pretty=20 certain it has been like this since 97 or 2000, because I remember=20 explaining it to someone while working up some company templates at = least 4=20 years ago. =20 Of course, if you only select part of a paragraph and apply the = paragraph=20 style, you do override the character style with the = paragraph-as-character=20 style (aka the built-in linked char style). =20 -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org =20 =20 "Klaus Linke" wrote in message=20 ... Hi Margaret, Stu, =20 I don't think it works that way, unfortunately. You loose character = styles=20 just as easily as manual character formatting :-( If more than 50% of the characters are formatted (manually or with a=20 character style), the formatting will be removed by applying the = paragraph=20 style. It's a terrible nuisance, and there should be an option to turn = off=20 this AutoFormatting. =20 Word2003 has introduced link styles (also known as Char styles). But I = hate=20 them, and usually try desperately to get rid of them. The idea is to create a character style, and link that character style = to a=20 paragraph style. The paragraph style's font formatting will be defined = by=20 the character style, and the character style will no longer appear in = the=20 list of styles. If you apply a paragraph style to a part of a = paragraph,=20 Word will apply the linked character style behind the scenes. Seems to me that this just complicates matters without any benefit at = all.=20 I've never in 10 years (working with Word almost daily) felt the need = to=20 apply a paragraph style to part of a paragraph, so it seems like a = solution=20 to a problem that nobody has. =20 BTW, one stupid gotcha to look out if you try Alt+Shift+Left/Right: It = won't=20 work on the very first paragraph, probably because Word wants to teach = you=20 that yu can't have a level 2 paragraph without a level 1 paragraph = above it. =20 Regards, Klaus =20 =20 =20 "Margaret Aldis" wrote: If you explicitly want to clear out all font formatting, then select = the whole para, apply the para style, and then press Ctrl-space (default paragraph font). That will remove all direct font formatting and all character style formatting. The best way of stopping Word ever changing font formatting without = your asking is to use character styles rather than direct formatting - = even if you have the whole paragraph in Strong style, say, that won't be = removed (compare to when the whole para is in bold direct formatting - if you = select the whole para the bold will be overwritten by the style font.) You are also safe from Word being "smart" if you don't select any = text=20 when applying the style, and if you only use direct formatting for the odd = word or two - not for bolding whole paragraphs. -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org wrote in message oups.com... My main problem in doing it this way is that sometimes I WANT that action to apply the styles real formatting in various parts of the = para (eg. if it started out in some other style), while othertimes I WANT the existing formatting preserved (eg. bolded text). I think Word is tyring to be smart in guessing what I'm wanting in each case, but = I've yet to be convinced. =20 =20 |
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