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
    2016-01-25T20:24:44+00:00

    Have you installed update 6366.2056? See explorrer's post.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-01-25T20:14:50+00:00

    Initially, I upgraded from 2013 to 2016, and the problems started.

    I upgraded again, and still had problems.

    After those two procedures, the only thing I did was to follow the two step I mentioned in my last post above. I will now repeat them here for convenience:

    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)."

    Based on the last line, the two steps above represent 6366.2056. When we "Update Now", we updated 6366.2065. Thanks.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-01-25T04:14:30+00:00

    Hello Folks,

    I waited for a few days before I said anything. Before, I said everything was fine, but then I had more styles issues.

    Though apprehensive, I did what Doug suggested. "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)."

    I did it gingerly, but it worked, and had been working good for the past three days. I only encountered one issue, not related to styles: mashed up text. Other than that, it's working as it should.

    Yes, it can be frustrating, but let's hope that all of us, not some, get the solution we need soon. Thanks again everyone.

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