Styles and formatting

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In Word 2003, when I click on a paragraph level for the style I am using,
Word won't display the selected level. It stays on level 4, no matter what
level I choose. I created this style, and it worked fine until yesterday; now
it won't work. Has anyone had this happen and been able to fix it?
 
Teree B said:
In Word 2003, when I click on a paragraph level for the style I am using,
Word won't display the selected level. It stays on level 4, no matter what
level I choose. I created this style, and it worked fine until yesterday; now
it won't work. Has anyone had this happen and been able to fix it?
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Hi Teree,

Where do you "click on a paragraph level"?

If it's some button with a "4" on it, it's likely the "ShowHeading4" command which will show you all heading levels (outline levels) up to level 4.

If your style doesn't show after you click the button, check if the style has an outline level 4 or below ("Edit Style" dialog, Format > Paragraph > Outline level). If that's between outline level 1 and outline level 4, you could look whether you have applied an outline level manually: Go into some paragraph that should show, and check "Menu >Format > Paragraph > Outline level".

Regards,
Klaus
 
The current styles and formatting appear on the right side of the screen, and
the currently applied paragraph formatting appears also in the "styles and
formatting" box on the top of the screen. I have defined a number of
paragraph levels, labelled for my document. When I try to select, for
example, TC_Text_1, Word still shows TC_Text_4; it won't reformat or let me
select the style I want for the paragraph. I tried the Office repair route;
nothing changed.
 
OK, now at least it's clear where you are clicking.

Are you sure TC_Text_4 is defined as a paragraph style?

If it's a character style, it could be applied on top of any paragraph style (say TC_Text_1).
Select the paragraph and use Ctrl+Spacebar: That would remove a character style (and any manual formatting... unfortunately).

To see what's happening, you can also use the "Reveal formatting" task pane, and/or display the style area in Normal view (Tools > Options > View: set it to, say, 2 inches).

Paragraph styles should have a ¶ to the right in the "Styles and formatting" task pane, character styles a small ª .
If there's nothing, it's not a style but some manual formatting.

Regards,
Klaus
 
It's a paragraph style, and it worked fine for the first 2/3 of this
document, which I have been working on for weeks. It suddenly stopped
working. Very weird. The portions of the document previously saved have
retained all the formatting, but I can't apply it to new sections.
 
Weird! You have tried Ctrl+Q before applying the style?

In your old post you said you couldn't change paragraphs in that style to another style, now you write that you can't apply it to new "sections" (paragraphs?). You have problems with both?

Maybe open the VBA editor (Alt+F11), go into the immediate window (Ctrl+G) and type or paste

? ActiveDocument.Styles("TC_Text4").LinkStyle

(hit the Enter key at the end of the line)

If that shows anything but "Normal", a style link might be the problem.

You could mail me a problematic sample, though it may take a few days for me to reply.

Regards,
Klaus
 
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