WD: Reapplying Paragraph Style Removes Character Style (105718)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95 7.0a
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
- Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q105718 SYMPTOMS
If you format a paragraph using paragraph and character styles, apply
manual formatting to the paragraph, and then reapply the paragraph
style, Microsoft Word may remove the character style formatting.
Word removes the character style formatting if the text is actually
selected in the paragraph when you redefine or reapply the paragraph
style. Word does not remove any character style formatting from
unselected text.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use either of the following methods:
- Use the Style command on the Format menu to reapply or modify the
paragraph style. When you reapply it using the Apply button in the
Format Style dialog box, Word does not replace the character styles
with the paragraph style.
-or-
- Before you redefine or reapply a style using the Style list on the
Formatting toolbar, make sure the text that contains character
style formatting is not selected.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem
and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.
MORE INFORMATION
If you change the formatting in a paragraph and then reapply the
style, a prompt appears asking if you want to redefine the style or
return the paragraph to the original style formatting. Regardless of
which option you select, Word replaces the character style formatting
with paragraph style formatting for any text that is selected in the
paragraph.
In any unselected word, Word does not replace the character styles. If
a portion of a word is selected (or if the insertion point is in a
word that is formatted with a character style), Word replaces the
character style for that word, but not for unselected words.
NOTE: Word 2.x for Windows treats direct character formatting in a
similar manner, except that Word 2.x does not replace character
formatting if you only position the insertion point in the word
without actually selecting it.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/16/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbformat kblayout KB105718 |
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