Style changes when you press Enter

E

Elizabeth

I am using Word 97. When I change the font to something other than the
Normal.dot template default and then press Enter, it reverts back to the
default. If I center text, for example, the style changes to Heading
automatically and the font changes when you press Enter.

How can I set my font and have it not change on me? I have read the threads
on the changing of headings and styles, and "automatically update" is not
checked.

Thanks,
Elizabeth
 
J

Jay Freedman

I am using Word 97. When I change the font to something other than the
Normal.dot template default and then press Enter, it reverts back to the
default. If I center text, for example, the style changes to Heading
automatically and the font changes when you press Enter.

How can I set my font and have it not change on me? I have read the threads
on the changing of headings and styles, and "automatically update" is not
checked.

Thanks,
Elizabeth
Click to expand...

In Tools > AutoCorrect > AutoFormat As You Type, uncheck "Define
styles based on your formatting". As explained in the third and fourth
paragraphs of
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm, when that
option is enabled, Word applies built-in styles that it thinks are
similar to the direct formatting you just applied. It usually guesses
wrong...
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

To add to what Jay said, the "Style for following paragraph" for heading
styles is Normal, so when you press Enter you get a default Normal
paragraph.
 
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