Bold Formatting Lost in Outline Mode in Word for Windows

• Microsoft Word for Windows versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SUMMARY

If text has been formatted in a bold weight in normal editing mode in Microsoft Word for Windows, and it is brought into outline mode and changed into a heading-level-two style, the text will lose the bold formatting it previously had. This is apparent when the text has been formatted in bold prior to entering outline mode.

To have text hold the bold format from galley, draft, or page view into outline mode, it is important to format the text using the heading-level style that will be required when the text is in outline mode. For example, if you have a paragraph heading that needs to be formatted in bold, and it is going to also be in a heading-level-two style, you must format the text with a heading-level-two style prior to entering outline mode. Or, leave the text in normal format and allow the appropriate heading-level style to change the text accordingly when in outline mode.

The text loses the bold formatting because the heading-level-two style contains bold in its definition, which in turn causes the text to default back to its original formatting when it is converted to a heading-level-two style.

Reference(s):

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference" pages 236-239