Why does Word insert a frame when I apply a style?

[Guest]

When I am appling a stlye to the text the style is applied by the text is in
a frame. I can remove the frame but when I apply any style to any text the
style is applied but a frame is inserted around the text.

 

[Jay Freedman]

When I am appling a stlye to the text the style is applied by the text is in
a frame. I can remove the frame but when I apply any style to any text the
style is applied but a frame is inserted around the text.

At a guess, your Normal style may have a frame defined as part of it.
Since many other styles are based on Normal, that definition ripples
through (see
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/HowStylesCascade.html). The
cure is to modify the Normal style to remove the frame. Before
clicking OK in the Modify Style dialog, check the box for "Add to
template".

 

[Guest]

"Correct" - thanks Jay

At a guess, your Normal style may have a frame defined as part of it.
Since many other styles are based on Normal, that definition ripples
through (see
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/HowStylesCascade.html). The
cure is to modify the Normal style to remove the frame. Before
clicking OK in the Modify Style dialog, check the box for "Add to
template".

 

[Old Man River]

I found your post most helpful as my wife and I were suffering with this
problem and couldn't see why.

What we were trying to do was modify a style in her documents to be the same
as those in my documents (on two different computers). In comparing styles we
clicked on the Frame... item of the format menu not realising that in doing
so we were adding a Frame not just comparing settings.

Now we know it's fine but this was not an intuitive result of our actions.
The menu should say Add Frame if there is none or the dialog box should have
a "Use Frame" check box.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Indeed, the default action of the Frame dialog box (Modify Style dialog box,
Format, Frame) is to add frame formatting; this is different from the
Borders and Shading dialog box, for example, where a "None" option is
pre-selected unless you are in a paragraph (style) where borders have
already been applied.

In the future, when you just want to take a look at the settings in a dialog
box, you may want to exit the dialog box by clicking the Cancel button (or
press ESC). That way, no undesired formatting can be added.

Note that in order to see the formatting applied to text (and also to make
comparisons), you can use the Reveal Formatting task pane. Press Shift+F1 to
display it.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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