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. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-01-08T17:52:01+00:00

    With the Apply Styles dialog open (it floats by default, and there is no benefit to having it docked), you can close the Styles pane entirely. Be sure to select the option to display All Styles in the Styles pane if you want (all) style names to AutoComplete in the Apply Styles dialog.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-01-08T17:24:08+00:00

    Thanks for the key combo. I had not looked that up. It seems to work for me even when the Styles pane is docked.

    Jan Smtih

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-01-08T17:04:50+00:00

    jegs, hold down Ctrl>Shift>S ........Apply Styles pane opens ....this works too as long as the Styles pane is floating and NOT docked.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-01-08T15:22:20+00:00

    I have the same problem that several have reported in this chain. Clicking on a style in the Styles pane does not apply the correct style but some random(?) other style.

    Work-around: The Apply Styles dialog seems to work fine. At least it has not failed me so far. That dialog opens as follows: Right click paragraph or selected text. In the Mini-Toolbar, click the Styles button. In the menu that appears click Apply Styles. This dialog does not show a preview of the style but at least it works!

    Jan Smith

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