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Word 2003: for sometimes, line headings applied are no longer displayed on the working documen, there not printed as well Instead, a new style is appearing on the styls list For instance when Heading1 is applied, then a new style "Heading, 1" appears in the style list, but no style is displayed This problem occurs only with styles, meaning I can apply any font to the text and the text displays with this font Has someone an idea where is the problem and the setup to modify I tried "Repair" and "Re install" from original CD with no effect. I remove the normal.dot for a new one no effect Thanks for your help Jac |
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Yes, "Prompt to update style" is switched on - I tried both with and without
- no effect I tried to apply the stye from the task pane, no effect- still creating a new style I remove completely Word from office -reboot - reinstall word- new normal ..dot - same problem I also noticed that Table Auto format is not working - i get "there is not sufficient memory" displayed even when no programm are loaded Is there a way to totally RESET Word parameters to default, as you install word for the first time - or what to erase to really desinstall Wrod prior to a fresh relaod Thanks for your feedback Jac "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote: How are you "applying" the style? In ToolsOptionsEdit, do you have "Prompt to update style" switched on? If you don't, and you select some text and type the name of the style you want in the Styles field on the Formatting toolbar, you will indeed create a new style with the name you typed instead of applying the closest existing style. If you apply the styles by clicking their names in the Styles and Formatting Task Pane, you will not create new styles. On 30/3/06 12:46 AM, in article , "Jac" wrote: Hi all, Word 2003: for sometimes, line headings applied are no longer displayed on the working documen, there not printed as well Instead, a new style is appearing on the styls list For instance when Heading1 is applied, then a new style "Heading, 1" appears in the style list, but no style is displayed This problem occurs only with styles, meaning I can apply any font to the text and the text displays with this font Has someone an idea where is the problem and the setup to modify I tried "Repair" and "Re install" from original CD with no effect. I remove the normal.dot for a new one no effect Thanks for your help Jac -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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Hi Jac:
I don't know what makes you think that this problem is in "Word"?? Uninstalling/re-installing/erasing Word will have no effect. There's nothing wrong with Word. The problem exists in one or more of the documents and templates you are working with. I would hazard a guess that your Windows Registry is very unwell indeed, and that is part of your problem. "Insufficient Memory" is a generic error that usually means "I can't find a piece of the software I was trying to load." Changing to a new Normal.dot will affect only documents you create in the FUTURE. Documents that already exist may have bad styles in them, and that will continue. After re-installing Word, did you re-apply the service pack? If not, that's part of the problem. You are running a mis-matched set of software modules, and that may explain the error. When you changed to a new Normal.dot, exactly how did you do that? There can be several copies of Normal.dot on a computer. If you hit the wrong one, you would not have fixed the problem. If Word was running when you did it, it would have promptly saved the old one back over the top of the new one. If Outlook was running when you did it, so was Word, so it would again have saved the "old" Normal.dot back over the top of the new one as soon as you closed Word, logged off or rebooted. To totally reset Word, go to the Help menu and look for the "Detect and Repair" item. Run it (it takes a while, be prepared to wait, and have your CD handy, it may ask for it). After that, re-apply the latest service release. One of the bugs cured by the service release is this creating of new styles. The rule is that if you have the whole paragraph selected when you apply a style, or NONE of the paragraph selected (just an insertion point in the paragraph) Word applies the style you select. If you have text selected but not the paragraph mark, Word will create a new paragraph style based on and linked to the original style and apply that instead. What the Service Release fix does is hide this so you do not "see" the new style. But that's what's happening, and it breaks the styles in your document. The ultimate fix is to turn ON "Smart Paragraph Selection", Turn OFF "Keep Track of Formatting" and show your paragraph marks while editing so you can see what you are doing. Sorry: Linked Styles (as Microsoft calls them) were always a silly idea, but they won't fix them so we have to learn to prevent them. Cheers On 1/4/06 4:39 PM, in article , "Jac" wrote: Yes, "Prompt to update style" is switched on - I tried both with and without - no effect I tried to apply the stye from the task pane, no effect- still creating a new style I remove completely Word from office -reboot - reinstall word- new normal .dot - same problem I also noticed that Table Auto format is not working - i get "there is not sufficient memory" displayed even when no programm are loaded Is there a way to totally RESET Word parameters to default, as you install word for the first time - or what to erase to really desinstall Wrod prior to a fresh relaod Thanks for your feedback Jac "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote: How are you "applying" the style? In ToolsOptionsEdit, do you have "Prompt to update style" switched on? If you don't, and you select some text and type the name of the style you want in the Styles field on the Formatting toolbar, you will indeed create a new style with the name you typed instead of applying the closest existing style. If you apply the styles by clicking their names in the Styles and Formatting Task Pane, you will not create new styles. On 30/3/06 12:46 AM, in article , "Jac" wrote: Hi all, Word 2003: for sometimes, line headings applied are no longer displayed on the working documen, there not printed as well Instead, a new style is appearing on the styls list For instance when Heading1 is applied, then a new style "Heading, 1" appears in the style list, but no style is displayed This problem occurs only with styles, meaning I can apply any font to the text and the text displays with this font Has someone an idea where is the problem and the setup to modify I tried "Repair" and "Re install" from original CD with no effect. I remove the normal.dot for a new one no effect Thanks for your help Jac -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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Hi John
Thanks for your time and your response Reinstalling Word? I did not what to do else to solve the problem, and it didnt€¦the way I did! Windows registry wrong? I am using XP Home dont know how to correct Normal.dot ? Well in Documents and settings, Applications , Microsoft Template, I rename Nomal.dot with another name (Word closed of course) After reinstalling, I check Office Update, everything is updated "Detect and Repair" has been ran and service release re-applied Smart Paragraph / Keep Track of , on or off doesnt change anythng Repair from CD also did its job Thank you anyway for your attention! Jac "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote: Hi Jac: I don't know what makes you think that this problem is in "Word"?? Uninstalling/re-installing/erasing Word will have no effect. There's nothing wrong with Word. The problem exists in one or more of the documents and templates you are working with. I would hazard a guess that your Windows Registry is very unwell indeed, and that is part of your problem. "Insufficient Memory" is a generic error that usually means "I can't find a piece of the software I was trying to load." Changing to a new Normal.dot will affect only documents you create in the FUTURE. Documents that already exist may have bad styles in them, and that will continue. After re-installing Word, did you re-apply the service pack? If not, that's part of the problem. You are running a mis-matched set of software modules, and that may explain the error. When you changed to a new Normal.dot, exactly how did you do that? There can be several copies of Normal.dot on a computer. If you hit the wrong one, you would not have fixed the problem. If Word was running when you did it, it would have promptly saved the old one back over the top of the new one. If Outlook was running when you did it, so was Word, so it would again have saved the "old" Normal.dot back over the top of the new one as soon as you closed Word, logged off or rebooted. To totally reset Word, go to the Help menu and look for the "Detect and Repair" item. Run it (it takes a while, be prepared to wait, and have your CD handy, it may ask for it). After that, re-apply the latest service release. One of the bugs cured by the service release is this creating of new styles. The rule is that if you have the whole paragraph selected when you apply a style, or NONE of the paragraph selected (just an insertion point in the paragraph) Word applies the style you select. If you have text selected but not the paragraph mark, Word will create a new paragraph style based on and linked to the original style and apply that instead. What the Service Release fix does is hide this so you do not "see" the new style. But that's what's happening, and it breaks the styles in your document. The ultimate fix is to turn ON "Smart Paragraph Selection", Turn OFF "Keep Track of Formatting" and show your paragraph marks while editing so you can see what you are doing. Sorry: Linked Styles (as Microsoft calls them) were always a silly idea, but they won't fix them so we have to learn to prevent them. Cheers On 1/4/06 4:39 PM, in article , "Jac" wrote: Yes, "Prompt to update style" is switched on - I tried both with and without - no effect I tried to apply the stye from the task pane, no effect- still creating a new style I remove completely Word from office -reboot - reinstall word- new normal .dot - same problem I also noticed that Table Auto format is not working - i get "there is not sufficient memory" displayed even when no programm are loaded Is there a way to totally RESET Word parameters to default, as you install word for the first time - or what to erase to really desinstall Wrod prior to a fresh relaod Thanks for your feedback Jac "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote: How are you "applying" the style? In ToolsOptionsEdit, do you have "Prompt to update style" switched on? If you don't, and you select some text and type the name of the style you want in the Styles field on the Formatting toolbar, you will indeed create a new style with the name you typed instead of applying the closest existing style. If you apply the styles by clicking their names in the Styles and Formatting Task Pane, you will not create new styles. On 30/3/06 12:46 AM, in article , "Jac" wrote: Hi all, Word 2003: for sometimes, line headings applied are no longer displayed on the working documen, there not printed as well Instead, a new style is appearing on the styls list For instance when Heading1 is applied, then a new style "Heading, 1" appears in the style list, but no style is displayed This problem occurs only with styles, meaning I can apply any font to the text and the text displays with this font Has someone an idea where is the problem and the setup to modify I tried "Repair" and "Re install" from original CD with no effect. I remove the normal.dot for a new one no effect Thanks for your help Jac -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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