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Char Behind Style Name
Why does Word sometimes add the letters "Char" behind a style after I've
used it in a document? Example: I'm using a style named silly,s. After I use it for awhile it now displays as silly, s, char. What causes that and how can I avoid it. |
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Char Behind Style Name
Word is creating a new style for you (yuk!). It is creating a character style
based on your paragraph style. See these articles for more information: Article to make Word STOP creating styles for you... http://www.officearticles.com/word/r...oft_wor d.htm Article on understanding styles... http://www.officearticles.com/tutori...oft_word.ht m -- ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "A DeLew" wrote: Why does Word sometimes add the letters "Char" behind a style after I've used it in a document? Example: I'm using a style named silly,s. After I use it for awhile it now displays as silly, s, char. What causes that and how can I avoid it. |
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Char Behind Style Name
In Word 2007, check "Disable Linked Styles" at the bottom of the styles
pane. I'd very, very much recommend that every user does that. It should be the default, but that fight was probably lost in the Beta. In Word 2002/2003, you don't have much of a chance to avoid them. Just about every Word document will contain Char styles, though the'll usually be hidden from you. You only see them in certain circumstances, such as when the document has been saved in an older version. Regards, Klaus "Anne Troy" wrote: Word is creating a new style for you (yuk!). It is creating a character style based on your paragraph style. See these articles for more information: Article to make Word STOP creating styles for you... http://www.officearticles.com/word/r...oft_wor d.htm Article on understanding styles... http://www.officearticles.com/tutori...oft_word.ht m -- ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "A DeLew" wrote: Why does Word sometimes add the letters "Char" behind a style after I've used it in a document? Example: I'm using a style named silly,s. After I use it for awhile it now displays as silly, s, char. What causes that and how can I avoid it. |
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Char Behind Style Name
I've been looking at the Char styles in documents created at work. It seems
that most of them stem from not selecting a complete paragraph when applying a paragraph style when more than one paragraph is being updated. A simple example is that if the user wants to format a normal style single paragraph, with the cursor anywhere in the paragraph, they click on the style button and it updates. If there is more than one paragraph, they make a selection that includes parts of both paragraphs and then press the style button. This seems to update both paragraphs but because only part of one of the paragraphs was selected, it creates a new style with the Char suffix. Most annoying! But at least I have the templates write protected so that the CHAR styles don't get propagated. Terry Farrell "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... In Word 2007, check "Disable Linked Styles" at the bottom of the styles pane. I'd very, very much recommend that every user does that. It should be the default, but that fight was probably lost in the Beta. In Word 2002/2003, you don't have much of a chance to avoid them. Just about every Word document will contain Char styles, though the'll usually be hidden from you. You only see them in certain circumstances, such as when the document has been saved in an older version. Regards, Klaus "Anne Troy" wrote: Word is creating a new style for you (yuk!). It is creating a character style based on your paragraph style. See these articles for more information: Article to make Word STOP creating styles for you... http://www.officearticles.com/word/r...oft_wor d.htm Article on understanding styles... http://www.officearticles.com/tutori...oft_word.ht m -- ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "A DeLew" wrote: Why does Word sometimes add the letters "Char" behind a style after I've used it in a document? Example: I'm using a style named silly,s. After I use it for awhile it now displays as silly, s, char. What causes that and how can I avoid it. |
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