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From time to time I run into the same sort of problem.

I use document templates (even though they are inexplicably hidden in File / Options / Add-ins / change-the-dropdown-or-you'll-never-find-them ).

The specific template in use does have "automatically apply updates" checked.

I have a bulleted paragraph style, nb, with a left indent of 0.25 inch and a 0.25 inch hanging indent. When I close my document and reopen it, nb paragraphs show up with a 2.75 left indent, which makes them awfully hard to read in a table.

I go into the Style pane and modify nb, so that everything looks the way I want it to. When I save, close, and reopen, the 2.75 left indent reappears.

While writing this comment, I have gone through the entire cycle: reopened my document to find that Word has failed to preserve my changes; reimposed them by modifying the style from the style panel; saving the document; reopening it once again. Same failure.

I used to regard templates and styles as Word's chief virtues. They have become increasingly unreliable and endlessly frustrating. The document in question was part of work I submitted as part of a job application. If after nearly 30 years of working with Word (I started with the demo of Word 1.0 for DOS) I can't rely on it to do what I intend, I might as well use Google docs.

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

Since this involves a bulleted paragraph style it might be a completely
different issue. For all numbered and bulleted paragraphs (or paragraph
styles), you MUST specify the indentation using the Adjust List Indents
command. To find the command (Word 2007 or later), first click to select the
actual list symbol (bullet or number); Word selects all symbols belonging to
the same list. Then right-click and select Adjust List Indents.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




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From time to time I run into the same sort of problem.

I use document templates (even though they are inexplicably hidden in File
/ Options / Add-ins / change-the-dropdown-or-you'll-never-find-them ).

The specific template in use does have "automatically apply updates"
checked.

I have a bulleted paragraph style, nb, with a left indent of 0.25 inch and
a 0.25 inch hanging indent. When I close my document and reopen it, nb
paragraphs show up with a 2.75 left indent, which makes them awfully hard
to read in a table.

I go into the Style pane and modify nb, so that everything looks the way I
want it to. When I save, close, and reopen, the 2.75 left indent
reappears.

While writing this comment, I have gone through the entire cycle: reopened
my document to find that Word has failed to preserve my changes; reimposed
them by modifying the style from the style panel; saving the document;
reopening it once again. Same failure.

I used to regard templates and styles as Word's chief virtues. They have
become increasingly unreliable and endlessly frustrating. The document in
question was part of work I submitted as part of a job application. If
after nearly 30 years of working with Word (I started with the demo of
Word 1.0 for DOS) I can't rely on it to do what I intend, I might as well
use Google docs.