Hello


This is very frustrating. I created a style of type character which I am using to change font and color in the middle of a paragraph.
When I start a new paragraph, and the last words in the previous paragraph are styled with this style, anything I type in the new paragraph is also styled with the special character style. I tried highlighting it and select the Normal style but it does not change.

The workaround I used is to copy a word from a paragraph that is styled with Normal and paste it in the new paragraph.

Is there another way to make a new paragraph stop the character style and start the default to the Normal?

Thanks

Press Ctrl+Spacebar in the new paragraph. That will return the formatting to the underlying paragraph style.

Thank you, Charles.

What is the menu option that this shortcut is invoking?

I have casually used - meaning mainly for simple letters or documents related to software engineering - Word for, well ever or since Wordperfect and still find it not intuitive and cumbersome. But this is me. What do you think?
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Moshe

Word is not intuitive once you get beyond single-page simple documents, IMO. It is also not Word Perfect. You are making a good start by using styles.

• Basic Concepts of Microsoft Word - from Shauna Kelly
• Word for Wordperfect Users

I'm not sure about menu option, but the command is ClearFormatting.

I don't believe the command appears on the menus in that format - certainly it falls into the "Commands Not in the Ribbon" category if you add it to the Quick Access Toolbar. It is called Reset Character Formatting.

However the functionality is the same as applying the 'Default Paragraph Font' character style which does appear in the style list (assuming the options are set to show it).

If you are using VBA there is two slightly different variants on this command
Selection.ClearCharacterDirectFormatting 'removes local font formatting but retains the applied character styles
Selection.Font.Reset 'removes all local font formatting including character styles

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Andrew Lockton
Chrysalis Design, Melbourne Australia

Adding a few remarks to the previous replies...

Ctrl+SpaceBar runs the built-in ResetChar command. You can check this yourself in the Customize Keyboard dialog box (File > Options > Customize Ribbon > Customize).

ResetChar removes font formatting which is not part of the underlying paragraph style. There is a similar command that removes direct paragraph formatting: ResetPara. The latter command can be run with Ctrl+Q.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

Thank you for the clarification Stefan.