Alteration of behavior in the Styles and Formatting function?

[Eric G]

Word 2003 SP2

XPP SP2











Hello,



I've just overhauled my templates, and in general they all work fine, including all my numbering styles and macros.

But, in the process I must have changed some setting outside of the templates, and I can't find out which setting I played around with.

Previously, when I, in a document, manually changed an applied, pre-defined style, and clicked the style in the drop-down box on the toolbar, and wanted to re-apply the pre-defined style, I always got a warning message about if I wanted to update the style, or re-apply the previously pre-defined style. But, this message does not appear any more, the pre-defined style is applied without further ado, and that's it.

I don't know if this really is bad as it is my experience that styles should be altered in the Styles and Formatting side-bar, and nowhere else. But, I'm still curious as to the setting that controls this function.

Also, I've noticed that in the Style drop-down box on the toolbar, an applied style that is altered in any way, like applying bold, is displayed with the style name plus "+ Bold". Where does this setting (to display the extra information) come from?

Grateful for any suggestion, even if the question is really trivial.

Best regards,







Eric G

Stockholm Sweden

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There are two Options settings involved here:

1. Tools | Options | Edit: "Prompt to update style" should be checked to get
the behavior you want.

2. Tools | Options | Edit: "Keep track of formatting" should be cleared to
avoid the display of "formatting" along with styles.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Word 2003 SP2

XPP SP2











Hello,



I've just overhauled my templates, and in general they all work fine,
including all my numbering styles and macros.

But, in the process I must have changed some setting outside of the
templates, and I can't find out which setting I played around with.

Previously, when I, in a document, manually changed an applied, pre-defined
style, and clicked the style in the drop-down box on the toolbar, and wanted
to re-apply the pre-defined style, I always got a warning message about if I
wanted to update the style, or re-apply the previously pre-defined style.
But, this message does not appear any more, the pre-defined style is applied
without further ado, and that's it.

I don't know if this really is bad as it is my experience that styles should
be altered in the Styles and Formatting side-bar, and nowhere else. But, I'm
still curious as to the setting that controls this function.

Also, I've noticed that in the Style drop-down box on the toolbar, an
applied style that is altered in any way, like applying bold, is displayed
with the style name plus "+ Bold". Where does this setting (to display the
extra information) come from?

Grateful for any suggestion, even if the question is really trivial.

Best regards,







Eric G

Stockholm Sweden

 

[Eric G]

Suzanne,

Right on the spot as usual. Many thanks for your assistance, I just missed
that little tick mark. (Strange that just one little tick can make such a
difference!)

Best regards,


Eric G
Stockholm, Sweden

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Glad I could help.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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