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Word creating its own styles by adding to mine
Word keeps chaning 2 of my styles that I assigned.
For instance, one style I created is called "Services Performed" (has Arial, 8 pt, bold, small caps, etc.) Word keeps changing it to "Services Performed + Not Bold + Not Small Caps" !!! Why!? Then when I delete the new style Word created using my original one, it goes back to the correct one! Thanks, EK |
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Word creating its own styles by adding to mine
These are not styles but "formatting." You can eliminate them by clearing
the "Keep track of formatting" box on the Edit tab of Tools | Options. This is Word's way of nudging you to create a new style when you add direct formatting to styles consistently. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Dana H" wrote in message ... Word keeps chaning 2 of my styles that I assigned. For instance, one style I created is called "Services Performed" (has Arial, 8 pt, bold, small caps, etc.) Word keeps changing it to "Services Performed + Not Bold + Not Small Caps" !!! Why!? Then when I delete the new style Word created using my original one, it goes back to the correct one! Thanks, EK |
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Wow thanks, well that solved part of the problem, it's not creating the new
formatting names in the Styles and Formatting box, but the text is still not holding the format I wanted even though when I click on the text, it is pointing to the correct one in the Styles and Formatting box. I have to click on the text and re-click the format I want manually... Any ideas? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: These are not styles but "formatting." You can eliminate them by clearing the "Keep track of formatting" box on the Edit tab of Tools | Options. This is Word's way of nudging you to create a new style when you add direct formatting to styles consistently. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Dana H" wrote in message ... Word keeps chaning 2 of my styles that I assigned. For instance, one style I created is called "Services Performed" (has Arial, 8 pt, bold, small caps, etc.) Word keeps changing it to "Services Performed + Not Bold + Not Small Caps" !!! Why!? Then when I delete the new style Word created using my original one, it goes back to the correct one! Thanks, EK |
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Depends on what you're trying to do:
1. If you're trying to reset a paragraph to the formatting defined by the style, use Ctrl+Spacebar (with text selected) to reset the character formatting and Ctrl+Q to reset the paragraph formatting. 2. If you're trying to update the style to the current formatting, then either choose "Update to Match Selection" in the Styles and Formatting task pane or reselect the style in the Style dialog *after* checking the box for "Prompt to update style" on the Edit tab of Tools | Options; the latter will cause Word to produce a dialog asking what you want to do. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Dana H" wrote in message ... Wow thanks, well that solved part of the problem, it's not creating the new formatting names in the Styles and Formatting box, but the text is still not holding the format I wanted even though when I click on the text, it is pointing to the correct one in the Styles and Formatting box. I have to click on the text and re-click the format I want manually... Any ideas? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: These are not styles but "formatting." You can eliminate them by clearing the "Keep track of formatting" box on the Edit tab of Tools | Options. This is Word's way of nudging you to create a new style when you add direct formatting to styles consistently. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Dana H" wrote in message ... Word keeps chaning 2 of my styles that I assigned. For instance, one style I created is called "Services Performed" (has Arial, 8 pt, bold, small caps, etc.) Word keeps changing it to "Services Performed + Not Bold + Not Small Caps" !!! Why!? Then when I delete the new style Word created using my original one, it goes back to the correct one! Thanks, EK |
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This sounds like its related to the problem I have been having.
My problem happens when I copy/paste text that contains paragraphs and choose the Keep Text Only option when pasting. After I paste the text and later go and modify the style (named Chapter Text) Word will create new formatting based on the style such as Chapter Text: + First Line: 0.5" and apply it to the existing text that had the Chapter Text style applied to it instead of applying the modifications to it. The original style exists with the correct changes but instead of applying the changes to the text it just assigns this new style formatting to it. I have automatically update turned off on the style. The style is not based on any other style. This happens to me on both my desktop and my laptop computer running Word 2003 on Windows XP. Some things I noticed: 1. It only happens to text that I copied/pasted that contains paragraphs. Text that was manually typed into the document will not have the problem happen when it's style is modified. 2. If I choose Apply Style or Formatting when Pasting instead of Keep Text Only it WILL NOT happen. 3. If I immediately save the document after choosing Keep Text Only then modify the style it WILL NOT happen. 4. It only seems happens when I modify anything under the Paragraph elements (Line Spacing, Paragraph Indent, etc) to the style. Modifying Font for example will not cause the problem. 5. It does not seem to happen to any of Word's default style such as "Normal" I know that I can just reapply the original formatting to the text after I paste but my issue is I have a VBA project that has a user form to change the look of a book's chapter text that modifies the style and this is occurring when using that form as well which makes it seem that it is a bug in my program. However it is also happening outside my program in a new Word document and modifying styles manually. Is there anyway to tell Word to never create new formatting or do you have any ideas how to prevent this from happening? Thanks! Kimberly AKA Berlie On Oct 19, 5:59 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Depends on what you're trying to do: 1. If you're trying to reset a paragraph to theformattingdefined by the style, use Ctrl+Spacebar (with text selected) to reset the characterformattingand Ctrl+Q to reset the paragraphformatting. 2. If you're trying to update the style to the currentformatting, then either choose "Update to Match Selection" in theStylesandFormattingtask pane or reselect the style in the Style dialog *after* checking the box for "Prompt to update style" on the Edit tab of Tools | Options; the latter will causeWordto produce a dialog asking what you want to do. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAWordMVP FAQ site:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Dana H" wrote in ... Wow thanks, well that solved part of the problem, it's not creating the new formattingnames in theStylesandFormattingbox, but the text is still not holding the format I wanted even though when I click on the text, it is pointing to the correct one in theStylesandFormattingbox. I have to click on the text and re-click the format I want manually... Any ideas? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: These are notstylesbut "formatting." You can eliminate them by clearing the "Keep track offormatting" box on the Edit tab of Tools | Options. This isWord'sway of nudging you to create a new style when you add direct formattingtostylesconsistently. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA WordMVP FAQ site:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Dana H" wrote in message ... Wordkeeps chaning 2 of mystylesthat I assigned. For instance, one style I created is called "Services Performed" (has Arial, 8 pt, bold, small caps, etc.) Wordkeeps changing it to "Services Performed + Not Bold + Not Small Caps" !!! Why!? Then when I delete the new styleWordcreated using my original one, it goes back to the correct one! Thanks, EK- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text - |
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