Note that the style separator was introduced in Word 2002. If the
document is opened in an earlier release, that could explain why the
separator doesn't always work correctly. Also, there is a "Disable
features not supported by version" option in ToolsOptionsSave tab.
If the document is opened on several different computers, make sure
they all have that option cleared.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"brightz" wrote in message
...
I am using the style separator to format some long documents that
used a
character styles. About 50% of the the style separator that I have
inserted
turn to "regular paragraph returns: on save.

Is this feature a little buggy? I can find little about it
anywhere.

I know how to use the style separator and in new documents it seems
fine. I
have copied the text to new documents- same thing-
thanks in advance
lori