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My Word 2003 program has developed a couple problems: 1) It changes style
specifications on its own periodically. 2) It eliminates drop caps I've created periodically. Any idea how to correct this? |
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1. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm.
You may also want to take turn off some AutoFormat As You Type settings, in Tools | AutoCorrect Options, AutoFormat As You Type tab. In particular, the "Define styles based on your formatting" causes trouble in association with styles. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm. 2. Does this happen with all documents or a particular one? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rich" wrote: My Word 2003 program has developed a couple problems: 1) It changes style specifications on its own periodically. 2) It eliminates drop caps I've created periodically. Any idea how to correct this? |
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"Stefan Blom" wrote: 1. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm. You may also want to take turn off some AutoFormat As You Type settings, in Tools | AutoCorrect Options, AutoFormat As You Type tab. In particular, the "Define styles based on your formatting" causes trouble in association with styles. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm. 2. Does this happen with all documents or a particular one? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rich" wrote: My Word 2003 program has developed a couple problems: 1) It changes style specifications on its own periodically. 2) It eliminates drop caps I've created periodically. Any idea how to correct this? ----------------------- I'll try your suggestion, Stefan. Thanks. I've noticed it only on one, but it may affect others as well. |
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"Rich" wrote in message
... "Stefan Blom" wrote: 1. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm. You may also want to take turn off some AutoFormat As You Type settings, in Tools | AutoCorrect Options, AutoFormat As You Type tab. In particular, the "Define styles based on your formatting" causes trouble in association with styles. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm. 2. Does this happen with all documents or a particular one? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rich" wrote: My Word 2003 program has developed a couple problems: 1) It changes style specifications on its own periodically. 2) It eliminates drop caps I've created periodically. Any idea how to correct this? ----------------------- I'll try your suggestion, Stefan. Thanks. I've noticed it only on one, but it may affect others as well. If you can reproduce problem 2 in a blank document, you may want to rename the normal.dot template (see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/...cnotblank.htm). If it happens in an existing document, treat it as corrupt. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP |
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Stefan, your suggestion worked for the style gremlins, and I thank you; but
some of the drop caps I enter still disappear. Any ideas on that? "Stefan Blom" wrote: 1. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm. You may also want to take turn off some AutoFormat As You Type settings, in Tools | AutoCorrect Options, AutoFormat As You Type tab. In particular, the "Define styles based on your formatting" causes trouble in association with styles. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm. 2. Does this happen with all documents or a particular one? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rich" wrote: My Word 2003 program has developed a couple problems: 1) It changes style specifications on its own periodically. 2) It eliminates drop caps I've created periodically. Any idea how to correct this? |
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Unfortunately not. I've never seen anything like that (which doesn't mean
much, since I hardly ever use drop caps). Do you see the problem under any specific circumstances? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rich" wrote in message ... Stefan, your suggestion worked for the style gremlins, and I thank you; but some of the drop caps I enter still disappear. Any ideas on that? "Stefan Blom" wrote: 1. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm. You may also want to take turn off some AutoFormat As You Type settings, in Tools | AutoCorrect Options, AutoFormat As You Type tab. In particular, the "Define styles based on your formatting" causes trouble in association with styles. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm. 2. Does this happen with all documents or a particular one? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rich" wrote: My Word 2003 program has developed a couple problems: 1) It changes style specifications on its own periodically. 2) It eliminates drop caps I've created periodically. Any idea how to correct this? |
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"Stefan Blom" wrote: Unfortunately not. I've never seen anything like that (which doesn't mean much, since I hardly ever use drop caps). Do you see the problem under any specific circumstances? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rich" wrote in message ... Stefan, your suggestion worked for the style gremlins, and I thank you; but some of the drop caps I enter still disappear. Any ideas on that? "Stefan Blom" wrote: 1. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm. You may also want to take turn off some AutoFormat As You Type settings, in Tools | AutoCorrect Options, AutoFormat As You Type tab. In particular, the "Define styles based on your formatting" causes trouble in association with styles. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm. 2. Does this happen with all documents or a particular one? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rich" wrote: My Word 2003 program has developed a couple problems: 1) It changes style specifications on its own periodically. 2) It eliminates drop caps I've created periodically. Any idea how to correct this? stefan, no specific circumstances. Seems to be at random. Appreciate your help. |
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You could rename the Normal template, just in case there is some corruption
involved (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...cNotBlank.htm). Beyond that, I have no more suggestions. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rich" wrote in message ... "Stefan Blom" wrote: Unfortunately not. I've never seen anything like that (which doesn't mean much, since I hardly ever use drop caps). Do you see the problem under any specific circumstances? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rich" wrote in message ... Stefan, your suggestion worked for the style gremlins, and I thank you; but some of the drop caps I enter still disappear. Any ideas on that? "Stefan Blom" wrote: 1. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm. You may also want to take turn off some AutoFormat As You Type settings, in Tools | AutoCorrect Options, AutoFormat As You Type tab. In particular, the "Define styles based on your formatting" causes trouble in association with styles. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm. 2. Does this happen with all documents or a particular one? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rich" wrote: My Word 2003 program has developed a couple problems: 1) It changes style specifications on its own periodically. 2) It eliminates drop caps I've created periodically. Any idea how to correct this? stefan, no specific circumstances. Seems to be at random. Appreciate your help. |
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"Stefan Blom" wrote: You could rename the Normal template, just in case there is some corruption involved (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...cNotBlank.htm). Beyond that, I have no more suggestions. -- How would I rename the Normal template, and what would that accomplish? I note that periodically Word asks me if I want to save changes to the normal template, when I intended to make no changes. |
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The article Stefan referred you to explains how to locate Normal.dot and
rename it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Rich" wrote in message ... "Stefan Blom" wrote: You could rename the Normal template, just in case there is some corruption involved (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...cNotBlank.htm). Beyond that, I have no more suggestions. -- How would I rename the Normal template, and what would that accomplish? I note that periodically Word asks me if I want to save changes to the normal template, when I intended to make no changes. |
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See the article I linked to. For information on document corruption, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm; and for even more on trouble-shooting in Word, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rich" wrote: "Stefan Blom" wrote: You could rename the Normal template, just in case there is some corruption involved (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...cNotBlank.htm). Beyond that, I have no more suggestions. -- How would I rename the Normal template, and what would that accomplish? I note that periodically Word asks me if I want to save changes to the normal template, when I intended to make no changes. |
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