WD97: Document Map Applies Level 1 to Incorrect Paragraphs

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you open a document based on a template that contains text with the Normal style applied, the Document Map will view the Normal style even when Show Heading 1 has been selected.

CAUSE

With AutoFormat activated, the Normal Style's outline level setting changes from "Body text" to "Level 1."

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use either of the following methods.

Method 1: Undo Autoformatting

To undo autoformatting when you first open a document based on the template that contains your heading styles, do the following:

1. On the View menu, click Document Map.

2. On the Edit menu, click Undo AutoFormat.

Method 2: Define a Custom Style

1. Select the text that contains the formatting you want to include in your style.

2. Click in the Style box.

3. Type over the existing style name to create the name for the new style.

4. Press ENTER.

1. Click Style on the Format menu.

2. Click the style whose settings you want to change, and then click Modify.

3. Select the options you want and make sure you select Add To Template.

4. Click OK, and then click Apply.

   How do I create my own style?

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

If you want to work with a document in Outline view or the Document Map, you need to impose a hierarchical structure on the document. You can do this in two ways:

• Format your text with the built-in heading styles (Heading 1 through Heading 9)

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• Use outline-level paragraph formats (Level 1 through Level 9).

1. Select a paragraph in which you want to assign an outline level.

2. On the Format menu, click Paragraph, and then click the Indents And Spacing tab.

3. In the Outline level box, click the level you want, and then click OK.

For more information about Outline Levels, click Contents And Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Word Help, type the following text

   How do I change Outline level?