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Style problems in Word 07
In Office Word 07 (Windows Vista), I cannot find a way to solve a formatting
problem I’m having. When I highlight a paragraph to change its style, the whole document changes to the style I chose for the selected paragraph. Also, If I change a paragraph’s word-font size or color, the whole document changes according to the style in the selected paragraph. I opened Microsoft Vista’s “Modify Style” box, but, unlike in Windows XP, there was no checkbox for “Automatically Update”. I also clicked on the Office Button and selected “Word Options”, and the “Popular” on the “enable live preview” was already checked. Furthermore, none of the “Styles” box selections solves the problem. Any suggestions? |
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Style problems in Word 07
I'm not sure what you mean by "Windows Vista" Modify Style dialog box. The
only difference between the dialog boxes for Windows XP and Windows Vista are the control menu buttons and that's an appearance only. It could be that you are viewing a Character style or the Normal style, they don't have the Automatically Update option. You may need to find the underlying Paragraph style. View the Styles task pane (click the Dialog Box Launcher in the Styles group) and at the bottom click Style Inspector. It should show you the Paragraph style and Character style that is in use. Then click the arrow next to the Paragraph Style and click Modify and see if the Automatically Update option is selected. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Mal" wrote in message ... In Office Word 07 (Windows Vista), I cannot find a way to solve a formatting problem I'm having. When I highlight a paragraph to change its style, the whole document changes to the style I chose for the selected paragraph. Also, If I change a paragraph's word-font size or color, the whole document changes according to the style in the selected paragraph. I opened Microsoft Vista's "Modify Style" box, but, unlike in Windows XP, there was no checkbox for "Automatically Update". I also clicked on the Office Button and selected "Word Options", and the "Popular" on the "enable live preview" was already checked. Furthermore, none of the "Styles" box selections solves the problem. Any suggestions? |
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Thanks for your reply, Beth.
I looked in the Styles task pane, which I think is named Change Styles on the ribbon, but couldn’t find Style Inspector. Mal "Beth Melton" wrote: I'm not sure what you mean by "Windows Vista" Modify Style dialog box. The only difference between the dialog boxes for Windows XP and Windows Vista are the control menu buttons and that's an appearance only. It could be that you are viewing a Character style or the Normal style, they don't have the Automatically Update option. You may need to find the underlying Paragraph style. View the Styles task pane (click the Dialog Box Launcher in the Styles group) and at the bottom click Style Inspector. It should show you the Paragraph style and Character style that is in use. Then click the arrow next to the Paragraph Style and click Modify and see if the Automatically Update option is selected. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Mal" wrote in message ... In Office Word 07 (Windows Vista), I cannot find a way to solve a formatting problem I'm having. When I highlight a paragraph to change its style, the whole document changes to the style I chose for the selected paragraph. Also, If I change a paragraph's word-font size or color, the whole document changes according to the style in the selected paragraph. I opened Microsoft Vista's "Modify Style" box, but, unlike in Windows XP, there was no checkbox for "Automatically Update". I also clicked on the Office Button and selected "Word Options", and the "Popular" on the "enable live preview" was already checked. Furthermore, none of the "Styles" box selections solves the problem. Any suggestions? |
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Style problems in Word 07
Change Styles is for switching Quick Style Sets, Theme Colors, and Theme
Fonts. What you want is just below the Change Styles button, the dialog box launcher. It's the little button with the arrow. You can also press Alt+Ctrl+Shift+S to display the Styles task pane. Once displayed, you'll see the Styles Inspector at the bottom, the middle button with the magnifying glass. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Mal" wrote in message ... Thanks for your reply, Beth. I looked in the Styles task pane, which I think is named Change Styles on the ribbon, but couldn't find Style Inspector. Mal "Beth Melton" wrote: I'm not sure what you mean by "Windows Vista" Modify Style dialog box. The only difference between the dialog boxes for Windows XP and Windows Vista are the control menu buttons and that's an appearance only. It could be that you are viewing a Character style or the Normal style, they don't have the Automatically Update option. You may need to find the underlying Paragraph style. View the Styles task pane (click the Dialog Box Launcher in the Styles group) and at the bottom click Style Inspector. It should show you the Paragraph style and Character style that is in use. Then click the arrow next to the Paragraph Style and click Modify and see if the Automatically Update option is selected. "Mal" wrote in message ... In Office Word 07 (Windows Vista), I cannot find a way to solve a formatting problem I'm having. When I highlight a paragraph to change its style, the whole document changes to the style I chose for the selected paragraph. Also, If I change a paragraph's word-font size or color, the whole document changes according to the style in the selected paragraph. I opened Microsoft Vista's "Modify Style" box, but, unlike in Windows XP, there was no checkbox for "Automatically Update". I also clicked on the Office Button and selected "Word Options", and the "Popular" on the "enable live preview" was already checked. Furthermore, none of the "Styles" box selections solves the problem. Any suggestions? |
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Style problems in Word 07
Thanks, Beth. My use of Microsoft Windows terminology is faulty, obviously.
It may be the chief reason my posts confuse you. I'll try you latest suggestions. Wish me luck.... Mal "Mal" wrote: Thanks for your reply, Beth. I looked in the Styles task pane, which I think is named Change Styles on the ribbon, but couldn’t find Style Inspector. Mal "Beth Melton" wrote: I'm not sure what you mean by "Windows Vista" Modify Style dialog box. The only difference between the dialog boxes for Windows XP and Windows Vista are the control menu buttons and that's an appearance only. It could be that you are viewing a Character style or the Normal style, they don't have the Automatically Update option. You may need to find the underlying Paragraph style. View the Styles task pane (click the Dialog Box Launcher in the Styles group) and at the bottom click Style Inspector. It should show you the Paragraph style and Character style that is in use. Then click the arrow next to the Paragraph Style and click Modify and see if the Automatically Update option is selected. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Mal" wrote in message ... In Office Word 07 (Windows Vista), I cannot find a way to solve a formatting problem I'm having. When I highlight a paragraph to change its style, the whole document changes to the style I chose for the selected paragraph. Also, If I change a paragraph's word-font size or color, the whole document changes according to the style in the selected paragraph. I opened Microsoft Vista's "Modify Style" box, but, unlike in Windows XP, there was no checkbox for "Automatically Update". I also clicked on the Office Button and selected "Word Options", and the "Popular" on the "enable live preview" was already checked. Furthermore, none of the "Styles" box selections solves the problem. Any suggestions? |
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Style problems in Word 07
Considering most of the terminology is new in Word 2007, I think you're
doing fine. :-) Good luck!! Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Mal" wrote in message news Thanks, Beth. My use of Microsoft Windows terminology is faulty, obviously. It may be the chief reason my posts confuse you. I'll try you latest suggestions. Wish me luck.... Mal "Mal" wrote: Thanks for your reply, Beth. I looked in the Styles task pane, which I think is named Change Styles on the ribbon, but couldn't find Style Inspector. Mal "Beth Melton" wrote: I'm not sure what you mean by "Windows Vista" Modify Style dialog box. The only difference between the dialog boxes for Windows XP and Windows Vista are the control menu buttons and that's an appearance only. It could be that you are viewing a Character style or the Normal style, they don't have the Automatically Update option. You may need to find the underlying Paragraph style. View the Styles task pane (click the Dialog Box Launcher in the Styles group) and at the bottom click Style Inspector. It should show you the Paragraph style and Character style that is in use. Then click the arrow next to the Paragraph Style and click Modify and see if the Automatically Update option is selected. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Mal" wrote in message ... In Office Word 07 (Windows Vista), I cannot find a way to solve a formatting problem I'm having. When I highlight a paragraph to change its style, the whole document changes to the style I chose for the selected paragraph. Also, If I change a paragraph's word-font size or color, the whole document changes according to the style in the selected paragraph. I opened Microsoft Vista's "Modify Style" box, but, unlike in Windows XP, there was no checkbox for "Automatically Update". I also clicked on the Office Button and selected "Word Options", and the "Popular" on the "enable live preview" was already checked. Furthermore, none of the "Styles" box selections solves the problem. Any suggestions? |
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