Bullets Pasted Between Documents Don't Take on Destination Styles

Stefan Blom · #1 04-09-2012, 11:48 AM

In a quick test, it appears to work correctly for me. I'm wondering if direct formatting is present in the pasted paragraphs... If you select a pasted bulleted paragraph and press Ctrl+Q, does that fix the formatting?

mwildem · #2 04-09-2012, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Stefan Blom

In a quick test, it appears to work correctly for me. I'm wondering if direct formatting is present in the pasted paragraphs... If you select a pasted bulleted paragraph and press Ctrl+Q, does that fix the formatting?

Stefan, thank you, yes, doing Ctrl-Q on a pasted paragraph does fix most of the formatting problems! Unfortunately, that isn't an ideal solution for our group. But that does, at least, get me closer to the cause of the problem - which has stumped me for months!

I am attaching two docs created off the 2003 (originating) and 2010 (destination) templates. Is there any way to tell what was directly formatted in the ZA1B1, ZA1B2, ZA2B1 and ZA2B2 styles in the 2003 doc? I can't figure it out. Perhaps it's the character choice for the bullets?

If we can identify the source of the direct formatting, I can help them fix the 2003 template - which will eliminate our current workarounds. That would be a HUGE efficiency improvement for us. And thank you for the Ctrl-Q suggestion.

Stefan Blom · #3 04-09-2012, 03:30 PM

There is nothing apparently strange about the attached documents. I did notice that some styles are based on other styles. When you copied the styles, did you also copy the relevant "parent" (based-on) styles?

Generally, copying numbered or bulleted styles is tricky in Word, and it may result in loss of formatting. Copying repeatedly (up to three times) is one workaround.

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