Click Style box to confirm formatting camlad 12/7/2008 10:40:01 PM I am accustomed to changing the formatting of a style, other than Normal, by changing one paragraph and then clicking in the Style box. This brought up a dialog box asking if the change to be confirmed or to revert back to the previous formatting. I have just installed 2003 on a new computer and this does not happen – I cannot find where to change the default setting so it does – please help.

Re: Click Style box to confirm formatting "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/7/2008 10:55:02 PM On the Edit tab of Tools | Options, check the box for "Prompt to update style." Also, note that if you have the Styles and Formatting task pane open, you can modify a paragraph and then click the arrow beside the style name and choose Update to Match Selection. This is a more powerful tool than you might imagine. Say you have created formatting that you now realize you would like to use for Heading 1. You can select the paragraph that you have formatted and then choose Update to Match Selection for the Heading 1 style instead of the style of the selected paragraph, and Heading 1 will be updated to match your formatted paragraph. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "camlad" <camlad[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:34B3109D-C4A1-4FEF-99CC-7FA7E31520F7[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I am accustomed to changing the formatting of a style, other than Normal, >by > changing one paragraph and then clicking in the Style box. This brought up > a > dialog box asking if the change to be confirmed or to revert back to the > previous formatting. > > I have just installed 2003 on a new computer and this does not happen - I > cannot find where to change the default setting so it does - please help. > >

Re: Click Style box to confirm formatting camlad 12/7/2008 11:33:01 PM Gosh - that was quick. I am in UK and had closed down when I realised I did not say 'Return' after clicking in the Style box. I found your answer but it does not do what I was used to. Nowadays Word picks up the change and shows two styles, Heading 1 and Heading 1 + Before: 9pts. What happened in the past is that the dialog box default was to keep the changes and so all one did was to change one paragraph and the click in the Style box and press Return twice and all paragraphs of that style were changed. I prefer not to have the space wasting Formatting task pane open. Where am I going wrong please. Thans and good night at 1130hrs Camlad "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: [Quoted Text] > On the Edit tab of Tools | Options, check the box for "Prompt to update > style." Also, note that if you have the Styles and Formatting task pane > open, you can modify a paragraph and then click the arrow beside the style > name and choose Update to Match Selection. > > This is a more powerful tool than you might imagine. Say you have created > formatting that you now realize you would like to use for Heading 1. You can > select the paragraph that you have formatted and then choose Update to Match > Selection for the Heading 1 style instead of the style of the selected > paragraph, and Heading 1 will be updated to match your formatted paragraph. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > http://word.mvps.org > > "camlad" <camlad[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:34B3109D-C4A1-4FEF-99CC-7FA7E31520F7[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I am accustomed to changing the formatting of a style, other than Normal, > >by > > changing one paragraph and then clicking in the Style box. This brought up > > a > > dialog box asking if the change to be confirmed or to revert back to the > > previous formatting. > > > > I have just installed 2003 on a new computer and this does not happen - I > > cannot find where to change the default setting so it does - please help. > > > > > > >

Re: Click Style box to confirm formatting "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/7/2008 11:46:58 PM On the Edit tab of Tools | Options, clear the check box for "Keep track of formatting," and you won't get that "Heading 1 + Before: 9pts" nonsense. I don't ordinarily use the S&F task pane, but it is incredibly useful when you're going through a document style-tagging a lot of text because it stays open. Especially if you have a limited number of styles in use (so that they can all be displayed without scrolling), this is much easier than having to continually drop down the Styles list. You can select which styles you want visible by using the dialog that opens when you choose Custom for Show: in the tax pane. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "camlad" <camlad[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A0263D7E-96C8-4250-85E5-7FA639DFAA1E[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Gosh - that was quick. I am in UK and had closed down when I realised I > did > not say 'Return' after clicking in the Style box. I found your answer but > it > does not do what I was used to. Nowadays Word picks up the change and > shows > two styles, Heading 1 and Heading 1 + Before: 9pts. > > What happened in the past is that the dialog box default was to keep the > changes and so all one did was to change one paragraph and the click in > the > Style box and press Return twice and all paragraphs of that style were > changed. > > I prefer not to have the space wasting Formatting task pane open. > > Where am I going wrong please. > > Thans and good night at 1130hrs > > Camlad > > > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > >> On the Edit tab of Tools | Options, check the box for "Prompt to update >> style." Also, note that if you have the Styles and Formatting task pane >> open, you can modify a paragraph and then click the arrow beside the >> style >> name and choose Update to Match Selection. >> >> This is a more powerful tool than you might imagine. Say you have created >> formatting that you now realize you would like to use for Heading 1. You >> can >> select the paragraph that you have formatted and then choose Update to >> Match >> Selection for the Heading 1 style instead of the style of the selected >> paragraph, and Heading 1 will be updated to match your formatted >> paragraph. >> >> -- >> Suzanne S. Barnhill >> Microsoft MVP (Word) >> Words into Type >> Fairhope, Alabama USA >> http://word.mvps.org >> >> "camlad" <camlad[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:34B3109D-C4A1-4FEF-99CC-7FA7E31520F7[ at ]microsoft.com... >> >I am accustomed to changing the formatting of a style, other than >> >Normal, >> >by >> > changing one paragraph and then clicking in the Style box. This brought >> > up >> > a >> > dialog box asking if the change to be confirmed or to revert back to >> > the >> > previous formatting. >> > >> > I have just installed 2003 on a new computer and this does not happen - >> > I >> > cannot find where to change the default setting so it does - please >> > help. >> > >> > >> >> >> >

Re: Click Style box to confirm formatting camlad 12/8/2008 8:07:02 AM Thanks for: [Quoted Text] > I don't ordinarily use the S&F task pane, but it is incredibly useful when > you're going through a document style-tagging a lot of text because it stays > open. Especially if you have a limited number of styles in use (so that they > can all be displayed without scrolling) What I really want is to to be able to do what I could before: Make a change to a paragraph. Click in the Style box and press 'Return' which brought up a 'Modify style' dialog box with 'Update the style to reflect the changes' as the default. Clicking Return confirmed the change and all similar paragraphs were automatically changed. That still happens on my old desktop running 2000 and the Mac with 2008 but not with this laptop and 2003! Very frustrating - apologies for being tedious, but do you have any ideas? Camlad

Re: Click Style box to confirm formatting "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/8/2008 3:10:40 PM What you are describing is exactly the result I get with the "Prompt to update style" box checked on the Edit tab of Tools | Options. I don't know why you're not seeing that. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "camlad" <camlad[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A10735B8-482A-4D7B-A274-2EE1EFC53813[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Thanks for: > >> I don't ordinarily use the S&F task pane, but it is incredibly useful >> when >> you're going through a document style-tagging a lot of text because it >> stays >> open. Especially if you have a limited number of styles in use (so that >> they >> can all be displayed without scrolling) > > What I really want is to to be able to do what I could before: > > Make a change to a paragraph. > Click in the Style box and press 'Return' which brought up a 'Modify > style' > dialog box with 'Update the style to reflect the changes' as the default. > Clicking Return confirmed the change and all similar paragraphs were > automatically changed. > > That still happens on my old desktop running 2000 and the Mac with 2008 > but > not with this laptop and 2003! > > Very frustrating - apologies for being tedious, but do you have any ideas? > > Camlad > > >