Microsoft KB Archive/31657

Character Format Not Applied with Paragraph Style

PSS ID Number: Q31657 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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= SUMMARY =

Characters that have been directly formatted will not change format when a paragraph style from a style sheet is applied, even if the paragraph style applied includes a character format definition.

Character formatting applied through a paragraph style applies only to characters that have no previous formatting; that is, ones with the default character format.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The following is an example of this process:


 * 1) Create a paragraph in a new document.
 * 2) Format a few of the characters to be italicized.
 * 3) Go to the Gallery and create a paragraph style that defines centered alignment. With the same paragraph style highlighted, use the Format Character command to define a character format of underline for this paragraph style.
 * 4) Exit the Gallery and apply the style to the paragraph; only the characters that were not previously formatted will assume the underline format. The italicized characters will still be italicized, not underlined.

To get the character format from the paragraph style to apply to all the characters in the paragraph, do the following:


 * 1) Highlight the paragraph.
 * 2) Press ALT+X, SPACEBAR to remove any previous character formatting.

This process will cause the character format defined in the paragraph style to apply to all the characters in the paragraph.

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