Can't change a style?

[Not Really Me]

We have some docs that we are revising and have come across some text that
is in a style that we can't seem to change.

The orignal style "CodeInText" was created with 'based on' set to default
paragraph style. Also the name in the style list on the Format->Style
dialog is preceeded by an underlined lowercase 'a', not a paragraph symbol.

If we select the paragraph done in this style and change it to something
else, say "body text", the font and size change, but the style name does
not., it stays listed as "CodeInText" when you select it.

When we use the Format->Style dialog to change it, the dialog has the
paragraph item grayed out on the Modify pull-down.

For the number of documents we need to update, it would be easiest if we
could just modify the style. Any suggestions?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The style you're describing is a character style, which has evidently been
applied on top of the paragraph style. Select the paragraph and press
Ctrl+Spacebar to remove the character style; you should then see the font
formatting for the paragraph style.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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[Not Really Me]

Excellent. Works fine.

Scott

The style you're describing is a character style, which has evidently been
applied on top of the paragraph style. Select the paragraph and press
Ctrl+Spacebar to remove the character style; you should then see the font
formatting for the paragraph style.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.