Format Painter Changes Style Format

[kevinf100k]

I am using the format painter to apply bulleted styles to text in a document.
I click on a paragraph with a bulleted style (Bullet1, for example) and
"paste" that style to another paragraph that I want to have the Bullet1
style. When I do the "paste" the paragraph that I "paste" the style to gets
the correct format, but the Bullet1 style changes and every other paragraph
that has the Bullet1 style changes as well.

Simple example - The Bullet1 style has a left indent of 0.45". Click format
painter and apply it to another paragraph. Now the Bullet1 style has a left
indent of 0.75"

This seems to be a new problem in Office/Word 2003. Never had these
problems in Office/Word 2000

 

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hi Kevin

I am using the format painter to apply bulleted styles to text in a document.
I click on a paragraph with a bulleted style (Bullet1, for example) and
"paste" that style to another paragraph that I want to have the Bullet1
style. When I do the "paste" the paragraph that I "paste" the style to gets
the correct format, but the Bullet1 style changes and every other paragraph
that has the Bullet1 style changes as well.

Simple example - The Bullet1 style has a left indent of 0.45". Click format
painter and apply it to another paragraph. Now the Bullet1 style has a left
indent of 0.75"

This seems to be a new problem in Office/Word 2003. Never had these
problems in Office/Word 2000

is there a reason you're not applying the style itself? You need to do
this one, then you may use F4 (repeat).

Working with the format painter has always seemed a bit a hit or miss
for me, exactly because I'm never really sure which part of "formatting"
(direct, character style/paragraph style based, etc.) it is transporting
at the moment.

2cents
Robert