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footer style applying itself in document and numbering
In many of the legal documents that I generate, our office name and address
are on the lefthand margin at the top of the first page; in others, the name of the state is on the left side, the name of the county is flush on the right side, and then a double space down to another line of text that's formatted the same (left margin, and flush right margin). (I generally work only in "normal" style.) At least half of the time, the first line of the text, after I have added the second line of text, switches to the "footer" style. The second and subsequent lines stay "normal." The other problem I have is that when I use automatic numbering (and I have to redefine the levels to include a word in front of the number), after I finish typing the paragraph which contains the auto number command, switches from normal to "footer." If I try to switch it back to normal, the number command is deleted and all I have is a paragraph of text. I have tried drafting new documents from a blank document, rather than using an old document as a form, but it doesn't make any different. It doesn't happen every time, just most of them. Is it possible that in the case of the numbering, all the default numbering has gotten a "footer" style command embedded in it? (This also happens even when I reset the number style and then customize it.) What else is going on? -- /becka |
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footer style applying itself in document and numbering
The default style in a new footer is the Footer style. You would be well
advised to use it. If you don't want to lose numbering when pressing Enter, try using Shift+Enter to insert a line break for the blank line. Better still, instead of using an empty paragraph, use Space Before/After. You can apply 12 points Space Before (the rough equivalent of a blank line) using Ctrl+0. It is always preferable to use styles linked to numbering formats rather than applying numbering to the Normal style. If you're seeing Footer style in the document body, it's probably because you still have "Define styles based on my formatting" checked on the AutoFormat As You Type tab of Tools | AutoCorrect Options. -- 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. "Becka831" wrote in message ... In many of the legal documents that I generate, our office name and address are on the lefthand margin at the top of the first page; in others, the name of the state is on the left side, the name of the county is flush on the right side, and then a double space down to another line of text that's formatted the same (left margin, and flush right margin). (I generally work only in "normal" style.) At least half of the time, the first line of the text, after I have added the second line of text, switches to the "footer" style. The second and subsequent lines stay "normal." The other problem I have is that when I use automatic numbering (and I have to redefine the levels to include a word in front of the number), after I finish typing the paragraph which contains the auto number command, switches from normal to "footer." If I try to switch it back to normal, the number command is deleted and all I have is a paragraph of text. I have tried drafting new documents from a blank document, rather than using an old document as a form, but it doesn't make any different. It doesn't happen every time, just most of them. Is it possible that in the case of the numbering, all the default numbering has gotten a "footer" style command embedded in it? (This also happens even when I reset the number style and then customize it.) What else is going on? -- /becka |
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