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Style separators and export as .pdf
Which version of Word are you running?
Here, using Word 2021 for Windows, the style separator works as expected when I convert via File > Save As > Browse and choose PDF for file type. See the screen shot below (the original Word document is on the left and the resulting PDF is on the right, opened in Adobe Reader).
I use Word 365 - with the latest updates.
Interestingly, if I do it the same as you it works. It may be connected that my figures are actually embedded into a table, and so is the respective legend that uses the style separator. Style separators outside of tables work perfectly fine...
In addition, when I export the file as PDF with markups, it also works as it should (but you get all the comments)
I actually found a solution by non-selecting "Export Document Properties" - although I'm not sure if that causes other issues...
Thanks for the follow-up.
I am not seeing an issue with table cells either.
However, it is known that style separators and tables are a bit tricky. For example, you can't easily insert a style separator into a table cell using the Ctrl+Alt+Enter shortcut; you'd have to insert it elsewhere and then copy and paste it into the table.
- In general, after a reboot, it works now without changing anything... Super weird.
Stefan_BIom
Indeed, my workaround was to insert a line break, then go back to that line break and use "Ctrl+Alt+Enter" - that actually worked. So I did not need to copy it around
Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP
The option was not selected.I'm glad it is working now. Sometimes, you just can't explain exactly what was the underlying cause...