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Hello,
I have a document that has been set up using styles. All has been fine,
but this morning, I opened the document map so I could jump down to
another part of the document, and noticed that there were far more
"Heading 1" styled paragraphs than there should have been.
When I looked more closely, I noticed that Word has picked random
paragraphs throughout the document, and got it into its head that these
are Headings. If I click on them in the document map, Word takes me to
them as though they were headings.
What's really weird is that the actual text is still marked up in the
Normal style. It has the same visual formatting as before, and if I
click in some of this supposed Heading 1, the drop-down on the toolbar
shows it as Normal. If I choose Format->Styles, the drop-down there also
shows it as Normal.
One major problem that this is causing is that the auto-generated table
of contents is now full of all sorts of stuff that shouldn't be there.
Anyone any idea what has happened, and (more to the point) how I fix it?
I have been working on this document for over three years, and I really
can't face the thought of going through and checking every one of these
changes by hand. There are hundreds of pages here. I have no idea why
this suddenly happened this morning. I haven't touched the styles in
ages, and this change seems to have affected the entire document, not
just the small section where I was working today.
TIA for any help
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Alan Silver
(anything added below this line is nothing to do with me)
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See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/DocumentMap.htm
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Alan Silver" <alan-silver[ at ]nospam.thanx.invalid> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > Hello,
>
> I have a document that has been set up using styles. All has been fine,
> but this morning, I opened the document map so I could jump down to
> another part of the document, and noticed that there were far more
> "Heading 1" styled paragraphs than there should have been.
>
> When I looked more closely, I noticed that Word has picked random
> paragraphs throughout the document, and got it into its head that these
> are Headings. If I click on them in the document map, Word takes me to
> them as though they were headings.
>
> What's really weird is that the actual text is still marked up in the
> Normal style. It has the same visual formatting as before, and if I
> click in some of this supposed Heading 1, the drop-down on the toolbar
> shows it as Normal. If I choose Format->Styles, the drop-down there also
> shows it as Normal.
>
> One major problem that this is causing is that the auto-generated table
> of contents is now full of all sorts of stuff that shouldn't be there.
>
> Anyone any idea what has happened, and (more to the point) how I fix it?
> I have been working on this document for over three years, and I really
> can't face the thought of going through and checking every one of these
> changes by hand. There are hundreds of pages here. I have no idea why
> this suddenly happened this morning. I haven't touched the styles in
> ages, and this change seems to have affected the entire document, not
> just the small section where I was working today.
>
> TIA for any help
>
> --
> Alan Silver
> (anything added below this line is nothing to do with me)
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In article <eRw1soorHHA.5028[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Suzanne S. Barnhill
<sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> writes
[Quoted Text]
Thanks for that very useful and somewhat worrying article! What I don't
understand is why Word never did this before. As I said, I've been
working on this doc for years, and I use the doc map a lot. I wonder why
it waited until today to add the autostyles.
It's a shame the document map is so badly broken, I find it really
useful for moving around a long document. The outline idea works OK, but
I don't find it as quick and easy as the doc map. Still, looks like I
better get used to it eh?
Thanks again
--
Alan Silver
(anything added below this line is nothing to do with me)
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I *think* if you disable "Define styles based on my formatting," you reduce
the risk of damage by Document Map.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Alan Silver" <alan-silver[ at ]nospam.thanx.invalid> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > In article <eRw1soorHHA.5028[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Suzanne S. Barnhill > <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> writes > >See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/DocumentMap.htm> > Thanks for that very useful and somewhat worrying article! What I don't > understand is why Word never did this before. As I said, I've been > working on this doc for years, and I use the doc map a lot. I wonder why > it waited until today to add the autostyles. > > It's a shame the document map is so badly broken, I find it really > useful for moving around a long document. The outline idea works OK, but > I don't find it as quick and easy as the doc map. Still, looks like I > better get used to it eh? > > Thanks again > > -- > Alan Silver > (anything added below this line is nothing to do with me)
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In article <#2y3jKtsHHA.1212[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Suzanne S. Barnhill
<sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> writes
[Quoted Text] >I *think* if you disable "Define styles based on my formatting," you reduce
>the risk of damage by Document Map.
OK, thanks for the tip. Where do I find this option? I looked under
options, and I looked in the styles bit, but I couldn't see where this
was.
Thanks a lot
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Alan Silver
(anything added below this line is nothing to do with me)
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It's on the AutoFormat As You Type tab of Tools | AutoCorrect Options (see
also http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm).
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.
"Alan Silver" <alan-silver[ at ]nospam.thanx.invalid> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > In article <#2y3jKtsHHA.1212[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Suzanne S. Barnhill
> <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> writes
> >I *think* if you disable "Define styles based on my formatting," you
reduce
> >the risk of damage by Document Map.
>
> OK, thanks for the tip. Where do I find this option? I looked under
> options, and I looked in the styles bit, but I couldn't see where this
> was.
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> --
> Alan Silver
> (anything added below this line is nothing to do with me)
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In article <#b8tP70sHHA.508[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, Suzanne S. Barnhill
<sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> writes
[Quoted Text]
Thanks
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Alan Silver
(anything added below this line is nothing to do with me)
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