When I wrote "at random" I was actually thinking of the Footer style. I
sometimes see it applied to paragraphs outside of the footer area (body
text, footnotes) in documents I receive from students (and colleagues). I
could be wrong, but it does seem to be less of a problem with Word 2007 than
with previous versions.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
In my (limited) experience, it may mean "Apply a style whose formatting
more or less matches the formatting you've applied." But when I had
Footer-style paragraphs turning up in tables, I *knew* it was not my
doing!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
Good point.

Indeed, "Define styles..." actually means "Apply style more or less at
random." sigh

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
In addition to what Stefan has said, make sure that "Define styles based
on your formatting" is not checked in Tools | AutoCorrect Options |
AutoFormat As You Type.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"HelenaB" wrote in message
...
When I open a Word 2003 document the table formatting changes because a
paragraph style has been applied as a table style. This paragraph style
has
not been used to format the text within the table cells, another style
is
used for this. The paragraph style has not been used anywhere in the
document
although it is one of the styles available within the document. The
table
is
formatted with Table Grid.

I can see the spurious style in Reveal Formatting. I can remove the
style
and revert back to the correct table style by pressing Ctrl + Q (Reset
Para).

I have tried removing the spurious paragraph style only for Word to
pick
up
another style. This is entirely random.

Could someone tell me why this could be happening.

Thanks
HelenaB