Outline View - Outline Level pulldown does not format text

[grinny]

Using Office Word 2003 SP2, MS Office Basic Edition, XP Professional.

I'm learning to use Outline View, reworking an existing document. I do not
get expected text formatting when I use the Outline Level pulldown box to
apply a level setting to text originally formatted as Body Text. To get the
formatting I want I must use the Promote to Heading 1 arrow and then Demote
arrow.

Am I missing something, or is this the way things are? Or, is it just our
own very special version of Word that works this way?

Thanks to all you MVPs! I've learned a lot from these discussion groups.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Are you talking about font/paragraph formatting? This is toggled by the Show
Formatting button on the Outlining toolbar.

 

[grinny]

Sorry, Suzanne, I should have said "style" (i.e. Heading 1, 2, 3), not
"formatting." Choosing the level from the Outline Level pull-down moves the
text to the correct indentation but does not change the text style to match
the style associated with the level. Using the promote and demote arrows
does change the style, and saves me doing it manually, which I like.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The Alt+Shift+Left/Right Arrow shortcuts work in this view to Promote/Demote
to/from heading levels.

 

[grinny]

Yes! That changes the style as well as the level. Thanks very much, Suzanne.