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Selected Style gets updated from selected text
Usually, I select some text in a doc and then select a style to apply to the
text, and it works as (I think) it should. But sometimes, as is currently the case, I select the text, select the style to apply, and the style format gets updated to the formatting of the selected text. Can someone tell me why this happens? Does this document have some feature enabled that I don't usually? janet |
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Selected Style gets updated from selected text
Hi ?B?d29yZHNwaW5zdGVy?=,
Usually, I select some text in a doc and then select a style to apply to the text, and it works as (I think) it should. But sometimes, as is currently the case, I select the text, select the style to apply, and the style format gets updated to the formatting of the selected text. Can someone tell me why this happens? Does this document have some feature enabled that I don't usually? There is a command in Word that can do this, although I can't recall ever seeing it kick in without prompting... Which version of Word is this? The problem is just in the one document, and happens for every style? What steps do you follow to apply a style? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Selected Style gets updated from selected text
I haven't had time to test this thoroughly, but there seems to be a
difference depending on where I select the style. If I select the style from the Style combo box in the toolbar, the text gets updated. If I select the style from the Style and Format pane, the style gets updated from the text. Does that make sense? I don't think this is a setting that could get set for me. I inherited the document from an author who barely understands how to use Word, so I think he set this feature inadvertently. I'm on Word 2003, Windows XP. janet "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: There is a command in Word that can do this, although I can't recall ever seeing it kick in without prompting... Which version of Word is this? The problem is just in the one document, and happens for every style? What steps do you follow to apply a style? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Selected Style gets updated from selected text
Hi ?B?d29yZHNwaW5zdGVy?=,
Hmm. Is "Prompt to update style" activated in Tools/Options/Edit? If not, what happens differently (if anything) if you activate it? I haven't had time to test this thoroughly, but there seems to be a difference depending on where I select the style. If I select the style from the Style combo box in the toolbar, the text gets updated. If I select the style from the Style and Format pane, the style gets updated from the text. Does that make sense? I don't think this is a setting that could get set for me. I inherited the document from an author who barely understands how to use Word, so I think he set this feature inadvertently. I'm on Word 2003, Windows XP. There is a command in Word that can do this, although I can't recall ever seeing it kick in without prompting... Which version of Word is this? The problem is just in the one document, and happens for every style? What steps do you follow to apply a style? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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