Microsoft KB Archive/115147

Heading Numbering Disappears When File Is Opened PSS ID Number: Q115147 Article last modified on 10-13-1994 PSS database name: WORD6

6.00 6.00a WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

When you open a Word for Windows document, numbering formatting you applied to heading paragraphs is missing. Similarly, the document does not contain any other formatting changes you applied to the heading styles. The exception is that Word DOES update heading paragraphs for which you have not modified the heading style.

= CAUSE =

This problem occurs if the Automatically Update Document Styles option was selected when the document was saved AND the NORMAL.DOT template contains no numbering information for the Heading styles.

= STATUS =

We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

= RESOLUTION =

From the File menu, choose Templates. Clear the Automatically Update Document Styles check box. This is a document-level property. You will need to do this for each document for which you want to retain the document’s styles.

= MORE INFORMATION =

When you choose Heading Numbering from the Format menu, the changes are made to the Heading styles. If the Heading styles are defined in NORMAL.DOT, they will replace the Heading style definitions in the document. The Automatically Update Document Styles feature allows you to ensure that changes that are made to the global template are reflected in the document. It is useful for documents that must conform to a standardized template.

KBCategory: kbusage KBSubcategory: kbnumbering kbformat Additional reference words: 6.00 6.00a winword

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