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 paragraphs, each time I edit, the indent changes or the software just places a few words on a line, 'scattering the paragraph'. It is very time consuming to constantly correct this. I would be very grateful for any advice to resolve this problem. I could not find anything in 'Help' or through a Google search. Thank you.

Christine_Jefferys 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.

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Lenka_Kerumova
Iron Contributor
Jul 26, 2021
Hello Christine_Jefferys ,
I have a feeling there is an easy solution for your problem, but I really don't understand what your problems is. I think I identify two potential, different problems, but I can't say for sure. Can you give us an example of those paragraphs? Send a printscreen.
- Christine_Jefferys
  Copper Contributor
  Jul 29, 2021
  Thank you, Lenka. I think it's to do with 'word wrapping'. I use 1.5 line spacing; 3 between paragraphs. I indent quotations. When I edit a paragraph it may randomly change the font even though I have set the Style to a default template for every document and have taken off the automatic update check. Only I work on the document, but I have cut and pasted from documents created by other users. I've corrected everything painstakingly so don't have examples atm. Best wishes, Christine
  - Stefan_Blom
    MVP
    Jul 29, 2021
    Christine_Jefferys
    
    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.
Christine_Jefferys
Copper Contributor
Jul 23, 2021
It reorganises the words like this:
"The chapter is organised in three major thematic sections, “Neo-Liberal
Performance Culture”, “Redistributing Opportunity” and “Affective Justice”, which reflect key threads foregrounded in the critical literature and my theoretical framework concerning the nature of ethical school leadership in a neo-liberal context.
Throughout the section, I consider how biographical influences shaped headteachers’ discursive

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