Re: style pane shows unwanted styles when word re-opened

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They use Word 2000, 'read only'.
I do sometimes amend in this version before I bring it back into W2007.


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Which version of Word is being used by the "other" users? Do they edit the
files or just read them?

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"MicehlleLeo NZ" wrote in message
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Hi I checked I had done all the things you suggest by redoing them, and it
was all fine until I opened a document that was W2000, (originally w2007
and
then saved as 2003 to send to others). Somehow this one recorrupted by
normal
template.
When I open the style manager the 'hide until used' are all in bold, and I
have to reselect tehm before they are hidden.

I have resaved the file that seems to be causing the problem, cleaned it
up
(individually deleting 'char styles, and reselcting styles to hide), and
cleaned up my normal template again, doublechecking the 'all documents' is
chosen for everything I do.
So far so good. I have restarted and still good, and I'll keep away from
the
file with teh bugs in it.

I'd be really pleased to hear if anyone else recreates this bug, and if it
gets fixed I'd like to know, cos our full workplace isn''t going to W2007
for
another 6 months and it will be a very big nuisance if i can't easily keep
style settings when saving files between versions.

thanks
Michelle

So seems some of the stlye manager choices get lost when saving w2007 to
w2000 and back again.


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

"MicehlleLeo NZ" wrote in message
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1)Having come back from the Christmas break, when I open documents,
close
them, and then reopen them, the style pane shows styles that hare
marked
'hide until used' in the style manager.
If I remark them as 'hide until used they behave while the document is
open, but not once it is saved and reopened.

Did you remember to click the "New documents based on this template"
radio
button in the Manage Styles dialog box? This should add the setting to
the
attached template, which is normal.dotm assuming that you are working in
a
so-called blank document.

If the template doesn't seem to be saving properly, open it as a
document,
for example by searching for the file in Windows (be sure to search
hidden
files and folders), right-clicking the icon and choosing Open from the
context menu. After you've made the necessary changes, save and close the
file.

Once you've successfully made the change, it will apply to any future
documents created from the template.

Another thing to consider: If you are on a network, the administrator
might
be deleting (or replacing) the template each time you log in. If this is
what is happening, try talking to the administrator--hopefully, he or she
will listen to reason...


2)Also when resaving a word 2003 doc as 2007 I get new styles appearing
called 'heading 1 Char' heading 2 char' etc -which I find very
concerning
as
char was an old glitch associated with tables in word 2003 and I was
hoping
not to strike it again in 2007
Michelle

The "char" styles are difficult to deal with. See if Cindy Meister's
macro
will be helpful; you'll find it at
http://homepage.hispeed.ch/cindymeister/MyFavTip.htm#CharStyl ("Removing
'Char' Styles from a document").

And, since you are using Word 2007, be sure to check the "Disable Linked
Styles" option in the Styles task pane.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


















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