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
    2015-12-29T17:20:51+00:00

    Hi John,

    The Word team is aware of this bug and investigating now. In the meantime, can you try one of these potential workarounds and see if either solves your problem?

    Assuming that the Styles pane isn't docked, try increasing the size of the Stylespane so you see more styles.

    • or-

    Clear the Show Preview box at the bottom of the floating Styles pane.

    Thanks!

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-12-29T17:19:49+00:00

    Hi 

    This problem cause of new version. If you update to version 16.0.6366.2036 you will facing this problem. Try to use the previous version 16.0.4266.1003, this version don't have this problem.

    Microsoft team have to recheck this version.

    Yangxiong.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-29T16:24:21+00:00

    Hello JohnP_627

    After I am trying many methods and the end my problem has been solved. Previous I installed directly from internet and I found that problem.

    I tried Repaire d in Uninstall or change a programand then I downloaded the offline installer version and install this version, then my problem was solve.

    I think you try to repair your MS.

    Yangxiong.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-12-29T16:12:11+00:00

    I have been encountering the same problem with Word 2016. I am editing a book manuscript, and I use styles extensively. I composed the original manuscript and defined all of the styles in Word 2010. Now I am working on final edits prior to publication, and my styles palette doesn't work properly.

    Just as Yangxiong describes, when I open Word and attempt to re-assign a style, it will randomly assign another style that is nearby in the list. I am using Turabian subheadings, named "1-Turabian Subhead 1", "1-Turabian Subhead 2", etc. When I click on Subhead 1 the first time, it seems to apply properly. If I click again, even on a different part of the document, it will assign something else. It might be Subhead 4, followed by Chapter heading, followed by something I don't recognize.

    I have tried starting Word in Safe Mode as suggested, and there has been no improvement. 

    Any more suggestions?

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