Styles in word 2016 not working properly

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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

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:

Open any Office application and choose File > Account. (If you're using Outlook, choose File > Office Account.)
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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Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2016-01-24T23:08:15+00:00

We are very much aware of those threads and of the update that has cured most (but, as you note, not all) of the problems. Work on the problem continues, and sample documents exhibiting the problem are helpful in troubleshooting.
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Anonymous

2016-01-24T23:03:07+00:00
Doug, A Post from a Forum Moderator back on Dec 29 and I quote...

"Anneliese [MSFT] Microsoft EmployeeMicrosoft

Forum Moderator - Multiple Forums Styles in word 2016 not working properly "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 Styles pane so you see more styles.
- or- Clear the Show Preview box at the bottom of the floating Styles pane.
Thanks!"

DO YOU PEOPLE Cross communicate? Believe me Microsoft Techs are aware of this Styles Wonky problem!
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Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2016-01-24T22:31:26+00:00

It is NOT a problem that I have experienced or that the Product Team have been able to reproduce. The very least that you could do, if you are interested in helping overcome the problem is to do as requested and send a copy of the template and of a document that exhibits the problem.

If you do not wish to do that, all that I can suggest is that you revert to 2013.

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/How-do-I-reinstall-Office-2013-after-an-Office-2016-upgrade-a6ca92f4-cbb4-4609-9fdb-f8d3dd6812f3
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Anonymous

2016-01-24T07:52:01+00:00

Doug it's not the Word document that's a problem, it's Word 2016 itself.......There is a Style bug that affects all documents, templates, .doc, .docx, .dot, etc. etc.

MS admitted it has a bug, pushed an update.....not fixed, .....back to the drawing board .....Like I stated, please fix or give us a refund or compensatory allocation for all the time we have lost putzing around with this problem.

Microsoft.....this is a warranty issue ....Office 365, Word 2016 is "Admittedly" a lemon .....to us users it's like trying to drive a car 80mph, but running one of those space-saver donuts on one of the wheels .....Not Good!
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