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Hello,

I find my problem hard to describe, because I don't really know what information to include into my description and what information will be unneccessary or even lead readers astray... so I'll give only the barest observations.

Since I have been starting to exchange files with people who are using WinWord 2007 and above or using it myself (always in the compatibility mode, we are working on .doc files not on .docx files) it has happened repeatedly that the style definition AND the assignment of styles to paragraphs has become totally messed up after saving and re-opening a file, no matter whether this happened with the same WinWord version or another one. Everything in the file seems all right as long as I am working on it, but after saving it and opening it again, it looks completely messed up. - I am not even sure whether this is a problem with WinWord 2007. It can't be a problem with a specific file, because I have encountered it with a range of different files from different sources. Neither do I suppose it to be a problem with a specific WinWord installation, because I encountered it first when I exchanged files with a WinWord 2007 user while I myself used WinWord 2002.

When I deleted unneeded (self-defined) styles the probability of finding the whole file messed up after re-opening it is especially high.

I am a WinWord user since its very inception and so far I thought that I know the program very well, but I have not the slightest clue what is going on here.

Is there anybody who has experienced something similar and can give me a hint how I may understand and fix what is happening?

Thank you very much in advance,
Marcel

P.S. If you need more specifics for an answer, please ask and I'll try my best to provide them.