Styles act in predictable ways, once you know how they work. That is not necessarily simple.

• Tips for Understanding Styles in Word by Shauna Kelly
• Understanding Styles in Microsoft Word
• Word Styles from the beginning – Office Watch

How the the next paragraph works depends greatly on how changes have been made and how the style is set up.


Could you save a sample document with the problem (an excerpt, perhaps, with meaningful text scrambled but with the styles that are causing problems) and attach it here so someone can look at it directly?
Attach a Sample File Demonstrating the Problem - Here's How


Some tools that can help include Reveal Formatting and the Style Inspector.

• Word's Reveal Formatting Codes
• Style Inspector

You can add these to your QAT if you want.

• Styles QAT Add-In (gives you access to many style features regardless of which ribbon tab is displayed)