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EDITING IN WORD
I am editing a doctoral thesis which involves returning to the work and fine tuning it multiple times. I have set up bespoke style settings and turned off 'automatic update'. However, on some parag...
Note that if the font changes as you press Enter at the end of a paragraph, the reason could be that the style you are using is set to apply a different style (and that style may define a different font). Look at the "Style for following paragraph" setting in the Modify Style dialog box.
Beyond that situation, when the font changes unexpectedly, a default font hasn't been specified properly. How did you change the font initially? Often, changing the font in the Font dialog box (press Ctrl+D if you are running Word for Windows) and then clicking the Set As Default button will be very efficient.
Thank you, Lenka_Kerumova, this advice is like gold. I will now work with my documents in this way all the time. How do you delete styles? I keep setting a default style (Style 2) as my normal template but this is unstable. Will only pasting unformatted text resolve this problem? Thanks, again!
Hello Christine_Jefferys ,
there is this very simple macro:
How to clear unused syles in MS Word 2016? - Microsoft Community
It will delete all styles not used in the document, with the exception of built-in styles.
I put it on the quick ribbon as an icon, and I swear by it. It is a part of my troubleshooting routine any time I am fixing an odd document.
I noticed some companies that provide add-ins to Word have a kind of a similar macro as part of their troubleshooting too - not surprised. Documents prone to crashing often have hundreds of unused styles, especially those "char" ones.
Glad to be of help.
- Thank you Lenka_Kerumova. Once again, your advice has been invaluable. I am sorry for the delay in replying.
