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Saturday, December 31, 2005 – Permalink – WORDRunaway Styles in 2003Put the horses back in the barn Word 2003 keeps track of direct formatting applied to a style. This can lead to what has been referred to as "runaway" styles". Pre 2003 you could find styles by using "What's This?" (Shift+F1) and pointing at the text. Word now has Format>Reveal Formatting in a task pane. (BTW, turn on the "Distinguish Style Source" option at bottom of task pane.) You can no longer update the style using the Style Box. Before, you could make a change, click on the style in the Style Box on the Formatting toolbar and receiving the Modify Style dialog. To go back to the ways things were in the good old days and help defeat runaway styles, go to Tools>Options. On the Edit tab, uncheck: " Keep track of formatting" Allows Word to keep track of your formatting as you type. This enables you to easily apply the same formatting elsewhere. and check: "Prompt to update style" Specifies that Word prompts you when you directly modify text that contains a style and then select the same style again. When prompted, you can either update the style based on recent changes or reapply the formatting of the style.
<Doug Klippert@ 6:55 AM
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