Catalog of Word Overrides / Precedences
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From: Bill Gruener on 2 Apr 2010 11:32 When I expect a behavior in Word 2007 and that behavior fails to happen, I assume that an override must cause the unexpected behavior. I'm thinking that if I had a list of overrides, I would be able to troubleshoot the unexpected behavior. My question to the community, * How can I identify these overrides? * Is there a list of overrides?
From: Jay Freedman on 2 Apr 2010 11:55
I don't know what you have in mind as the definition of an "override", but I can assure you that in most cases it isn't that simple. What appears at any point in a document is the result of many factors, ranging from the settings (including defaults and your changes) in various options dialogs, to the definitions of one or more styles, to the capabilities inherent in the currently selected printer driver. A complete list and explanation of these factors would amount to the complete specification for Word -- which does exist but is Microsoft's proprietary information. You would be better served by an understanding of how styles work (http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/TipsOnStyles.html and http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/stylesms/index.html) and a study of the settings in the Options dialog. If there's a specific behavior that you can explain here, someone will probably be able to help. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Bill Gruener wrote: > When I expect a behavior in Word 2007 and that behavior fails to > happen, I assume that an override must cause the unexpected behavior. > I'm thinking that if I had a list of overrides, I would be able to > troubleshoot the unexpected behavior. > > My question to the community, > > * How can I identify these overrides? > * Is there a list of overrides? |