Drop caps

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Drop caps are inserted using a frame. The frame is not part of the paragraph
style. Word does a pretty good job of protecting this frame from anything
you might do to its paragraph alone, but if you select text that includes
the drop cap (that is, includes some text both before and after the drop
cap) and reapply the style and reset the font, the drop cap will be lost
(though it will become a separate paragraph). This is pretty far-fetched and
probably not what's happening in your case, however.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
Drop caps are inserted using a frame. The frame is not part of the paragraph
style. Word does a pretty good job of protecting this frame from anything
you might do to its paragraph alone, but if you select text that includes
the drop cap (that is, includes some text both before and after the drop
cap) and reapply the style and reset the font, the drop cap will be lost
(though it will become a separate paragraph). This is pretty far-fetched and
probably not what's happening in your case, however.

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

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I don't think that's the cause. Usually the changes I make are not even on the same pages as the dropped drop caps.
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What version of Word is this? Unless you've reported this repeatedly, we've
seen several reports of this problem lately, and I'm wondering if it's
something new in Word 2007.

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on the same pages as the dropped drop caps.
 
Word 2003. Not 2007.
RFD

Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
What version of Word is this? Unless you've reported this repeatedly, we've
seen several reports of this problem lately, and I'm wondering if it's
something new in Word 2007.

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

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on the same pages as the dropped drop caps.
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I use Word 2003. (2nd transmission because I failed to ask for a reply on
the 1st one)
RFD
 
Well, I'm stumped then.

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Fairhope, Alabama USA

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