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Default Outline View - Outline Level pulldown does not format text

Using Office Word 2003 SP2, MS Office Basic Edition, XP Professional.

I'm learning to use Outline View, reworking an existing document. I do not
get expected text formatting when I use the Outline Level pulldown box to
apply a level setting to text originally formatted as Body Text. To get the
formatting I want I must use the Promote to Heading 1 arrow and then Demote
arrow.

Am I missing something, or is this the way things are? Or, is it just our
own very special version of Word that works this way?

Thanks to all you MVPs! I've learned a lot from these discussion groups.
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Default Outline View - Outline Level pulldown does not format text

Are you talking about font/paragraph formatting? This is toggled by the Show
Formatting button on the Outlining toolbar.

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Using Office Word 2003 SP2, MS Office Basic Edition, XP Professional.

I'm learning to use Outline View, reworking an existing document. I do not
get expected text formatting when I use the Outline Level pulldown box to
apply a level setting to text originally formatted as Body Text. To get

the
formatting I want I must use the Promote to Heading 1 arrow and then

Demote
arrow.

Am I missing something, or is this the way things are? Or, is it just our
own very special version of Word that works this way?

Thanks to all you MVPs! I've learned a lot from these discussion groups.
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Grinny


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Default Outline View - Outline Level pulldown does not format text

Sorry, Suzanne, I should have said "style" (i.e. Heading 1, 2, 3), not
"formatting." Choosing the level from the Outline Level pull-down moves the
text to the correct indentation but does not change the text style to match
the style associated with the level. Using the promote and demote arrows
does change the style, and saves me doing it manually, which I like.
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are you talking about font/paragraph formatting? This is toggled by the Show
Formatting button on the Outlining toolbar.

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Fairhope, Alabama USA
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Default Outline View - Outline Level pulldown does not format text

The Alt+Shift+Left/Right Arrow shortcuts work in this view to Promote/Demote
to/from heading levels.

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Sorry, Suzanne, I should have said "style" (i.e. Heading 1, 2, 3), not
"formatting." Choosing the level from the Outline Level pull-down moves

the
text to the correct indentation but does not change the text style to

match
the style associated with the level. Using the promote and demote arrows
does change the style, and saves me doing it manually, which I like.
--
Grinny


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are you talking about font/paragraph formatting? This is toggled by the

Show
Formatting button on the Outlining toolbar.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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Default Outline View - Outline Level pulldown does not format text

Yes! That changes the style as well as the level. Thanks very much, Suzanne.
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The Alt+Shift+Left/Right Arrow shortcuts work in this view to Promote/Demote
to/from heading levels.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

"grinny" wrote in message
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Sorry, Suzanne, I should have said "style" (i.e. Heading 1, 2, 3), not
"formatting." Choosing the level from the Outline Level pull-down moves

the
text to the correct indentation but does not change the text style to

match
the style associated with the level. Using the promote and demote arrows
does change the style, and saves me doing it manually, which I like.
--
Grinny


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are you talking about font/paragraph formatting? This is toggled by the

Show
Formatting button on the Outlining toolbar.

--
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

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