[Dana H]

Hi, I have researched, tested, read and cannot find the answer to this...
I have a template I created that merges from a database into a word
document. Word keeps changing one 2 of my styles to its own variations of
them (adds 2 styles using SOME of the things I wanted)! The rest of the field
styles in the document do not change, they stay exactly how I made them. In
order for me to fix it, I have to reassign the style manually (and I delete
Word's creations). I compared another style I use (that works fine) very
similar to one of those that change, and cannot find any major differences
why one works and the other doesnt.

This NEVER happened in the older version of word (I am in 2003 sp2) and I
know it's a Word issue. I feel maybe when I got upgraded recently, something
is set default that I don't need or not set that I do need. Different people
on different machines are having the same issue I am with the same document.
I use the .rtf. I have even tried saving as a .doc and then back to .rtf as
someone suggested but still not keeping my style.

One thing I did notice different from the style I assigned that (besides the
fonts it won't keep) Paragraph (on the Modify Style menu, Style Type box) is
shaded out, and the one Word creates and changes on me, is showing Paragraph.

I tried unchecking/checking the Autoformat style boxes, etc. and Word still
changing it. Please help, I am stuck!

Thanks