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Styles: Editing Changes Not Taking Effect In |
The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 6.0 for DOS
Problem
Symptoms: Editing changes made to a style contained in a Personal/Shared Library do not take effect in existing documents that use that style. Solutions: WordPerfect is working as designed. To understand the answer to this problem it is necessary to understand the process by which the problem is encountered. It is also necessary to understand how Document Styles become linked to Personal/Shared Library Styles and how the order of precedence is established among styles. Carefully consider the following two scenarios: Scenario 1: A. A user creates a style (e.g., STYLE-1) for a document and then copies the style to the Personal Library. B. After applying STYLE-1 to different sections of text, the user saves the document and then clears the screen. C. From the clear screen, the user lists the Personal Library (Alt+F8, L), edits STYLE-1, and clears the screen again. D. Then, the user retrieves the file created in step B. At this point, all occurrences of STYLE-1 will be updated according to the editing changes made in step C. Scenario 2: A. A user creates a style (e.g., STYLE-2) for a document. B. After applying STYLE-2 to different sections of text, the user saves the document and then clears the screen. C. From the clear screen the user lists the Personal Library (Alt+F8, L), creates another STYLE-2 (same name as the style created in step A), and clears the screen again. D. Then, the user retrieves the file created in step B. At this point, occurrences of STYLE-2 will not be updated according to the new STYLE-2 created in Step C. The main difference between these two scenarios occurs in Step A. In Scenario 1 (Step A) when the user copies STYLE-1 to the Personal Library, a Link is established between the document and Personal Library Styles (this is designated by the bullet that appears next to the style name). Scenario 2 (Step A) establishes no such Link. The result of the Link (or lack thereof) is explained in Step D of the two different scenarios. The last item to consider involves the results of Scenario 2 (no established Link). The steps taken in Scenario 2 leave the user different document and Personal Library styles with the same name. If you have activated your default Personal and Shared Libraries, the precedence of styles with the same name goes first to styles in the document, second to styles in the Personal Library, third to the styles in the Shared Library, and fourth to the WordPerfect system styles. |
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