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AndrewB_33335
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Nov 11, 2025

"Heading" and "Body" fonts are sometimes incorrectly displaying as Times New Roman

This appears to have started with the latest update that also made table formatting go nuts. Sometimes when we open a document from SharePoint, any text that has been formatted with "Body" or "Headings" will display as TNR. The font box will show "Times New Roman (Body)". The style definition will show "Body". Under the Design tab, the font scheme shows the Heading and Body as both being "Aptos" though, which is correct.

Limited testing shows that closing Word down completely fixes it. But it's causing a lot of consternation!

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  • Make sure that on the Templates and Add-ins dialog (Developer Tab>Document Template) that the box for "Automatically update document styles" is NOT CHECKED.

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      AndrewB_33335
      Brass Contributor

      Thanks Doug, I don't think this is it because the doc is linked to the correct template in any case? And no template (even Normal) has TNR as the default font: it would either be Aptos or Calibri for older ones. I've also never seen this before, it's only happened in the last couple of weeks and I'm hearing it from multiple people around the country.

      • Even though the document is linked to a template with the correct name, that does not mean that the template on the host machine is identical to the "correct" template and, if the "Automatically update document styles" box is checked (which it normally should not be), the style definitions of the template on the host machine will be used for the document.

        If you place the cursor in text that is not in the expected font and then press CTRL+SHIFT+S, what does the  Apply Styles dialog show as the style that is in use for the selected text?

        If you click on the Modify button, what is the font setting for that style?

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