[Liz]

I've inherited some docs that appear to have unstable styles. My
understanding is the docs did contain many char styles prior to the docs
being handed-off to me. The char styles do not appear to be present when
styles are viewed from the organizer. I believe they were removed with a
macro.

The styles seem to be unstable. For example, upon opening the table is
formatted with a custom header style. Any idea what is going wrong, and how
to fix?

[Stefan Blom]

If styles are applied more or less at random, make sure to turn off the
"Define styles based on your formatting" option in the AutoCorrect dialog
box (AutoFormat As You Type tab). To open this dialog box, choose Tools |
AutoCorrect Options (Word 2003) or Office button | Word Options, Proofing
category, AutoCorrect Options button (Word 2007).

For more on AutoFormat As You Type settings, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Liz" wrote in message
...
I've inherited some docs that appear to have unstable styles. My
understanding is the docs did contain many char styles prior to the docs
being handed-off to me. The char styles do not appear to be present when
styles are viewed from the organizer. I believe they were removed with a
macro.

The styles seem to be unstable. For example, upon opening the table is
formatted with a custom header style. Any idea what is going wrong, and
how
to fix?

[Liz]

Thanks, Stefan. My "Define styles based on formatting" option is not
selected. I do note that the "Replace as you type" option is selected on the
"Auto Correct" tab and filled-in with a blue numbered format. I suspect this
is the issue. Do you know if this is a PC specific setting or doc setting?

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

If styles are applied more or less at random, make sure to turn off the
"Define styles based on your formatting" option in the AutoCorrect dialog
box (AutoFormat As You Type tab). To open this dialog box, choose Tools |
AutoCorrect Options (Word 2003) or Office button | Word Options, Proofing
category, AutoCorrect Options button (Word 2007).

For more on AutoFormat As You Type settings, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Liz" wrote in message
...
I've inherited some docs that appear to have unstable styles. My
understanding is the docs did contain many char styles prior to the docs
being handed-off to me. The char styles do not appear to be present when
styles are viewed from the organizer. I believe they were removed with a
macro.

The styles seem to be unstable. For example, upon opening the table is
formatted with a custom header style. Any idea what is going wrong, and
how
to fix?

[Stefan Blom]

AutoCorrect entries can certainly be formatted, introducing undesired
formatting in the document. But note that an auto-correction is triggered by
a specific word (or abbrevation); the entry/replacement pairs are listed on
the left of the AutoCorrect tab (under "Replace text as you type"). If you
find that the formatting is in fact added via AutoCorrect, you can delete
the undesired entry, by selecting it in the list and then clicking the
Delete button.

Formatted AutoCorrect entries are stored in normal.dot (normal.dotm if you
are using Word 2007). Unless the Normal template is shared (which is not
recommended), it applies to a single user only.

For more, see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...latesStore.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Liz" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Stefan. My "Define styles based on formatting" option is not
selected. I do note that the "Replace as you type" option is selected on
the
"Auto Correct" tab and filled-in with a blue numbered format. I suspect
this
is the issue. Do you know if this is a PC specific setting or doc setting?

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

If styles are applied more or less at random, make sure to turn off the
"Define styles based on your formatting" option in the AutoCorrect dialog
box (AutoFormat As You Type tab). To open this dialog box, choose Tools |
AutoCorrect Options (Word 2003) or Office button | Word Options, Proofing
category, AutoCorrect Options button (Word 2007).

For more on AutoFormat As You Type settings, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Liz" wrote in message
...
I've inherited some docs that appear to have unstable styles. My
understanding is the docs did contain many char styles prior to the
docs
being handed-off to me. The char styles do not appear to be present
when
styles are viewed from the organizer. I believe they were removed with
a
macro.

The styles seem to be unstable. For example, upon opening the table is
formatted with a custom header style. Any idea what is going wrong, and
how
to fix?