I usuall prepare all my documents using the paragraph marker so that I can see my spacing and so on and so forth.

I'm working in a document that goes all the way down to a heading 4, and my heading 4's are followed by a style seperator with hopes of having a run in paragraph: SS = Style Seperator

Ex: 1.1.1.1 heading four. SS then my text.

Then after I double check myself and turn the paragraph marks OFF, then that same line looks like this:

Ex: then my text.



Apparently, I lose the numbering (only for my 4th order headings). It just disappears. Turn the paragraph marker on, then I can see the heading, once I take it off, I lose the heading.

Can anyone help with this?

Make sure that the disappearing paragraph hasn't acquired hidden text formatting.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

Thanks Stefan.

I double checked and the Style Seperator itself has the hidden option checked, however, once I uncheck it it still does the same thing. Actually, when I uncheck it the style seperator disappears.

Yes, the style separator itself has the hidden formatting (so that it shouldn't be visible when hidden text is not displayed). I was thinking of the text before the separator. Is there nothing strange there?

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional