Re: Alteration of behavior in the Styles and Formatting function?

Glad I could help.

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"Eric G" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Suzanne,
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> Right on the spot as usual. Many thanks for your assistance, I just missed
> that little tick mark. (Strange that just one little tick can make such a
> difference!)
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> Best regards,
>
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> Eric G
> Stockholm, Sweden
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> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > There are two Options settings involved here:
> >
> > 1. Tools | Options | Edit: "Prompt to update style" should be checked to
> > get
> > the behavior you want.
> >
> > 2. Tools | Options | Edit: "Keep track of formatting" should be cleared
to
> > avoid the display of "formatting" along with styles.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
> > so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "Eric G" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:eN0rETd7FHA.3760@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Word 2003 SP2
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> > XPP SP2
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> > Hello,
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> > I've just overhauled my templates, and in general they all work fine,
> > including all my numbering styles and macros.
> >
> > But, in the process I must have changed some setting outside of the
> > templates, and I can't find out which setting I played around with.
> >
> > Previously, when I, in a document, manually changed an applied,
> > pre-defined
> > style, and clicked the style in the drop-down box on the toolbar, and
> > wanted
> > to re-apply the pre-defined style, I always got a warning message about
if
> > I
> > wanted to update the style, or re-apply the previously pre-defined
style.
> > But, this message does not appear any more, the pre-defined style is
> > applied
> > without further ado, and that's it.
> >
> > I don't know if this really is bad as it is my experience that styles
> > should
> > be altered in the Styles and Formatting side-bar, and nowhere else. But,
> > I'm
> > still curious as to the setting that controls this function.
> >
> > Also, I've noticed that in the Style drop-down box on the toolbar, an
> > applied style that is altered in any way, like applying bold, is
displayed
> > with the style name plus "+ Bold". Where does this setting (to display
the
> > extra information) come from?
> >
> > Grateful for any suggestion, even if the question is really trivial.
> >
> > Best regards,
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> > Eric G
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> > Stockholm Sweden
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