Troubleshoot text styles

Microsoft Office Publisher 2003

You might have made some formatting changes that must be overridden manually. For instance, if you formatted a word as bold before applying the style, Microsoft Publisher might leave the word bold after changing the style.

  • To remove character formatting, select the text and type CTRL+SPACEBAR.
  • To remove paragraph formatting, select the text and type CTRL+Q.

ShowText changed that I didn't select.

Even if you select only some of the text in the paragraph, the style is applied to the entire paragraph.

To apply formatting to certain characters or words in a paragraph, don't use a text style. Instead, select the text, and then use the Format menu to apply the formatting you want.

ShowMy formatting changes don't appear in other publications.

When you change a text style in one publication, Publisher doesn't update the style in other publications. But you can open another publication and import the updated style into the first publication.

ShowThe text styles that I applied in my publication disappear when I convert it from print to Web.

Certain font effects, such as Outline, Shadow, Emboss, and Engrave, are available only if you are working on a print publication. If you convert a print publication that contains any of these font effects into a Web publication, the text that contains this formatting will revert to normal.