[B]

Thanks All, I think you may all be right. Firstly, how does one make sure
that you save the template to the normal template? Is it when you click " Add
to templates" in the styles format? Where do I find the normal template? If I
then show all available formatting in any document, will this style I've
added feature?

Got another strange thing that happened just now when I tried clicking " Add
to template" in a new style I created: After clicking "ok", when I opened the
style to modify again, the "save to template" was unmarked. Is this normal?
Thanks
B
"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Perhaps your colleague added direct formatting to text? Select it and press
Ctrl+SpaceBar (clears direct font formatting). Does that help?

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"B" wrote:

I've just checked and the Automatic update document style tab is not checked.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Turn off the "Automatically update document styles" option in the Templates
and Add-Ins dialog box.

To display the dialog box:

- Tools | Templates and Add-Ins (Word 2003).

- In Word 2007, click the Document Template button on the Developer tab of
the ribbon. (To display the Developer tab, check the "Show Developer tab
in the Ribbon" option in Office button | Word Options, Popular category.)

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"B" wrote in message
...
I have used some styles in my document that I have created. For some
reason,
after closing the document and opening it again, the styles have all
changed.
This doesn't always happen. If my colleague updates the document and I get
it
back the formats have changed eventhough he hasn't purposely altered the
formats. Why does this happen? How can I lock my formats so that his
changes
doesn't alter them?