[alisonm]

In the styles and format task pane, I have "styles in use" selected. When I
try to highlight all instances of a given style, "style not in use" appears,
even though I know the style is in use in the document. (I have tried opening
a blank document, typing in some text and applying a style; result is the
same.) How do I get the program to tell me how many instances there are of a
chosen style and let me highlight them?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You are misinterpreting what you're seeing: What the task pane actually says
is "Select All: Not Currently Used." It doesn't mean that the *style* isn't
in use, just the Select All feature, which is not available unless you have
"Keep track of formatting" checked on the Edit tab of Tools | Options.

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"alisonm" wrote in message
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In the styles and format task pane, I have "styles in use" selected. When
I
try to highlight all instances of a given style, "style not in use"
appears,
even though I know the style is in use in the document. (I have tried
opening
a blank document, typing in some text and applying a style; result is the
same.) How do I get the program to tell me how many instances there are of
a
chosen style and let me highlight them?

[alisonm]

Thank you! I've run into this before and solved it--I thought through
options--but I couldn't for the life of me bring up what I did. Ah, those
little check marks...

"alisonm" wrote:

In the styles and format task pane, I have "styles in use" selected. When I
try to highlight all instances of a given style, "style not in use" appears,
even though I know the style is in use in the document. (I have tried opening
a blank document, typing in some text and applying a style; result is the
same.) How do I get the program to tell me how many instances there are of a
chosen style and let me highlight them?