Styles in word 2016 not working properly

Anonymous
2015-12-28T04:19:27+00:00

Dear All,

I need help from you.

I cannot use Styles in Word 2016 properly, the problem is:

I want to use "Body Text", "Heading", "List Bullet", "List Number". When I click on "Body Text" but it jump to "TOC", it is not exactly "Body Text".

When I click on "Heading 1" it jump to "Heading 2" and next click jump to "Heading 3" and so on.

In previous version I always use these Styles but not faced these Problem.

After I change to this version I facing with this problem.

I use Microsoft Office Home and Business 2016.

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Anonymous
2016-01-14T19:53:46+00:00

Hi everyone!

The Office 2016 December update introduced an issue where the wrong style would get applied if you tried to select a style in the Styles pane.

That issue has been fixed in update 6366.2056, which is rolling out now to Office 365 consumer/small business subscribers. If you don't see the update yet, follow these steps:

  1. Open any Office application and choose File > Account. (If you're using Outlook, choose File > Office Account.)
  2. Under Product Information, choose Update Options > Update Now.

If you're still experiencing issues in 6366.2056, please let us know (best to start a new thread).

Thanks for your patience.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-01-15T14:16:29+00:00

    Thanks :) it's working correctly now.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-01-15T01:18:42+00:00

    Hi Anneliese [MSFT],

    After I update to the latest update this morning, the Styles Panel issues was solve.

    Thank you very much.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-01-15T00:42:19+00:00

    The new update seems to have fixed the Style pane issue that I had - applying a style different from the one that I clicked on. Thanks to all who reported this as an issue and to the programmers who fixed it!

    Jan Smith

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-01-15T00:04:55+00:00

    Hi William,

    My apologies. I should have been more clear in my earlier post. The fix that went out today addresses the issue where the wrong style gets applied when you select a style from the Styles pane. I'll go back and edit the announcement to clarify exactly what is fixed. Thank you for starting a new thread about the painting issue. I've passed it on to the Word team.

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