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Caption style: problem with alignment
I have my "Caption" style customised with Alignment = Centered, however
whenever I insert a new caption, even though its style is Caption as it should be, its alignment is Left, and only if I reapply the style to it will the aligment become Centered. I therefore have to reapply the style manually every single time I insert a caption. Any help? |
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Caption style: problem with alignment
I can't reproduce the issue you are describing. If I modify the Caption
style to include center alignment that formatting is preserved as I insert captions. Note that if you want to change the defaults you'll have to add the modified style to the attached template as well. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "wildetudor" wrote in message ... I have my "Caption" style customised with Alignment = Centered, however whenever I insert a new caption, even though its style is Caption as it should be, its alignment is Left, and only if I reapply the style to it will the aligment become Centered. I therefore have to reapply the style manually every single time I insert a caption. Any help? |
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Caption style: problem with alignment
Hi, and thanks for your reply.
I thought that if I modify a style within one document, the style's new settings will be evident when I apply it to selections. But being that Captions is a built-in style, things might work a bit differently. I'm not sure what you mean by attached template - do you mean I have to save the modified Captions style into Normal.dotm? "Stefan Blom" wrote: I can't reproduce the issue you are describing. If I modify the Caption style to include center alignment that formatting is preserved as I insert captions. Note that if you want to change the defaults you'll have to add the modified style to the attached template as well. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "wildetudor" wrote in message ... I have my "Caption" style customised with Alignment = Centered, however whenever I insert a new caption, even though its style is Caption as it should be, its alignment is Left, and only if I reapply the style to it will the aligment become Centered. I therefore have to reapply the style manually every single time I insert a caption. Any help? |
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"wildetudor" wrote in message
... Hi, and thanks for your reply. I thought that if I modify a style within one document, the style's new settings will be evident when I apply it to selections. But being that Captions is a built-in style, things might work a bit differently. Modifications to a style should immediately reflect in existing paragraphs where that style is applied. If that doesn't happen, direct formatting may be applied to those paragraphs. You can use Ctrl+Q to clear any direct formatting (or, as you have noticed, you can reapply the style). This works the same way for built-in and custom styles. I'm not sure what you mean by attached template - do you mean I have to save the modified Captions style into Normal.dotm? The attached template is the template listed under "Document template" in the Templates and Add-Ins dialog box; if you didn't explicitly choose another template when you created your document, the attached template will be normal.dotm. The "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box can be used to transfer a style to the attached template. Alternatively, you can explicitly copy the style (to any document or template) by using the Organizer dialog box. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Stefan Blom" wrote: I can't reproduce the issue you are describing. If I modify the Caption style to include center alignment that formatting is preserved as I insert captions. Note that if you want to change the defaults you'll have to add the modified style to the attached template as well. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "wildetudor" wrote in message ... I have my "Caption" style customised with Alignment = Centered, however whenever I insert a new caption, even though its style is Caption as it should be, its alignment is Left, and only if I reapply the style to it will the aligment become Centered. I therefore have to reapply the style manually every single time I insert a caption. Any help? |
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Caption style: problem with alignment
Hi, thanks again for replying.
The attached template is the template listed under "Document template" in the Templates and Add-Ins dialog box; if you didn't explicitly choose another template when you created your document, the attached template will be normal.dotm. The "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box can be used to transfer a style to the attached template. Alternatively, you can explicitly copy the style (to any document or template) by using the Organizer dialog box. I see what you mean. The new definition of the style had not been linked to any templates, as it is only in the current document that I want this particular formatting for captions. Modifications to a style should immediately reflect in existing paragraphs where that style is applied. If that doesn't happen, direct formatting may be applied to those paragraphs. Indeed it should, but in the case of the Caption style, the alignment setting seems to be ignored. Interestingly enough, all other format settings for the style work - for instance, I have set the font under the Caption style to be italicised, and this *is* reflected when I apply the style, but the Alignment=Centered setting is not, and the caption stays aligned Left. Very strange. |
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"wildetudor" wrote in message
... Hi, thanks again for replying. The attached template is the template listed under "Document template" in the Templates and Add-Ins dialog box; if you didn't explicitly choose another template when you created your document, the attached template will be normal.dotm. The "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box can be used to transfer a style to the attached template. Alternatively, you can explicitly copy the style (to any document or template) by using the Organizer dialog box. I see what you mean. The new definition of the style had not been linked to any templates, as it is only in the current document that I want this particular formatting for captions. Modifications to a style should immediately reflect in existing paragraphs where that style is applied. If that doesn't happen, direct formatting may be applied to those paragraphs. Indeed it should, but in the case of the Caption style, the alignment setting seems to be ignored. Interestingly enough, all other format settings for the style work - for instance, I have set the font under the Caption style to be italicised, and this *is* reflected when I apply the style, but the Alignment=Centered setting is not, and the caption stays aligned Left. Very strange. Does this error occur when you *insert* a caption via the Caption dialog box as well? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP |
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