Disable Linked Styles

[Guest]

Please tell me the purpose of the Disable Linked Styles check box that
appears at the bottom of the Styles task pane. I cannot figure out what it
does; I've tried working with styles with the check box clicked and not
clicked and cannot find any differences.

Please help; it's crucial I figure this out asap!

 

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hi CMC

Please tell me the purpose of the Disable Linked Styles check box that
appears at the bottom of the Styles task pane. I cannot figure out what it
does; I've tried working with styles with the check box clicked and not
clicked and cannot find any differences.

A "linked style" is what Word (IIRC in versions 2002 and some unpatched
2003) creates when you select some text but not an entire paragraph and
assign a paragraph style to it. Word then applies the font properties of
the style to the selection and creates ("on the fly") a character style
linkd back to the original paragraph style. In above versions, a casual
user might end up with a couple of these styles (and "stylename char
char char ..." as a stylename).

Cindy Meister has a short code if you need to get rid of these styles:
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/MyFavTip.htm#CharStyl.

HTH
Robert

 

[Guest]

Thank you! I should have clarified th at I'm working with Word 2007 b2R and
want to know what happens when I disable linked styles (i.e., check the box
at the bottom of the Styles pane in Word 2007).

I've tried creating a paragraph, applying a character style to just one
word, then clicking elswhere in the paragraph and changing the paragraph
style. Some parts of the character style also update which makes sense given
the explanation of liinked styles. However, when I deselect "disable linked
styles," and repeat the above process with the character/paragraph style
combo, I get the exact same result. In other words, I can't see any
difference between checked and unchecked.

Can you tell me a way to test the difference between disable and not
disabled?

 

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Thank you! I should have clarified th at I'm working with Word 2007 b2R and
want to know what happens when I disable linked styles (i.e., check the box
at the bottom of the Styles pane in Word 2007).

I haven't tested with that version, hopefully somebody else has a
suggestion.

Regards
Robert