Microsoft KB Archive/31439

Word: Glossary Entry Changing Point Size When Inserted

PSS ID Number: Q31439 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SUMMARY =

If a glossary entry is created in the Normal style point size (for example, 12 point), saved to the glossary, then inserted in a document where the Normal style point size has been changed (for example, to 10 point), the glossary entry’s point size will change to the new Normal style point size.

This change usually occurs with glossary entries created in the Normal style point size. The change also has been observed to happen to glossary entries created in the non-Normal point size.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The following are two workarounds for this problem:

  Make the glossary entry a graphic, as follows:   Select the glossary entry.   Press COMMAND+OPTION+D. (This procedure copies the selected text to the Clipboard as a graphic.)   Choose Paste from the Edit menu.   Choose Glossary from the Edit menu, type a name, and click Define.    Create the glossary entry in a Normal style point size other than the desired point size.   Redefine the Normal style to be a different point size than the desired point size for your glossary entry. </li>  Select the glossary entry. </li>  Manually apply the desired point size from the Font menu or the Character dialog box under the Format menu. </li>  Choose Glossary from the Edit menu, type a name, and click Define. </li></ol> </li></ol>

If you are experiencing this problem with more than one type size in a glossary entry (for example, all 10- and 12-point type changes to the new Normal style point size) then removing the Word Settings file from the System Folder may reduce the problem so that only one type size changes.

To eliminate the remaining problem with the single type size, you must use one of the workarounds presented above.

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