Meaning of 'Char' designation in Style Name?

[Greg]

Keith,

As differenct from a Paragraph Style, Character styles
only affect font attributes (e.g., bold, italic, etc.).
It sounds like you have your options (probably under
Tools>Edit but I am not at a Word2002 machine to verify)
set to keep track of formatting. This causes Word to
create new style definitions based on your directly
applied formatting. Meaning if you apply a bacic Heading
Style and then bold it, Word will create a new Heading
style will bold character formatting.

HTH

 

[Keith Brickey]

Greg,

Thanks for your help. My Tool/options/edit/keep track of formatting button
is NOT selected. Any idea how I can prevent Word from adding all of these
'Char' styles to my document?

Thanks,

Keith

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Applying SP1 is supposed to cut down on this, but the main thing to be aware
of is that a Char style is created whenever you apply a paragraph style to
selected text. Before applying a style (unless you intend to apply it to
just a portion of a paragraph), make sure your selection is either a single
point or the entire paragraph.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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