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From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 25 Mar 2010 15:58
If you'd like to send me the misbehaving portion of the document, I'll take
a look.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joseph Talbott" <JosephTalbott(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:60700F7D-7C8B-478D-956C-C10642F0090C(a)microsoft.com...
> Thanks Suzanne. I agree that there *should* be an empty paragraph, space
> or
> something formatted with the style but I can't find it. I have selected
> all
> occurrences of the referenced style and counted them and have even gone so
> far as to clear all assigned styles in the pages around the Styleref
> placement (going from where it worked correctly before the broken
> connection
> to where it worked correctly after it) and reassign the styles to make
> sure I
> didn't miss anything. Nothing changed and the mystery remains. I am not
> going
> to lose any sleep over it but I hate not being able to find a solution,
> especially with a feature I use a lot.
> Thanks again for weighing in on this one.
> Joe
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> My experience has been that there *is* an empty paragraph or space or
>> *something* formatted with the style; it can be very elusive, however.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> http://word.mvps.org
>>
>> "Joseph Talbott" <JosephTalbott(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:B4CDD505-AEA3-45A5-85C6-2B22B21B924F(a)microsoft.com...
>> >I am using Word 2003 in a Windows XP Pro environment. I have a document
>> >which
>> > uses the StyleRef field in the footers to assist the reader when
>> > navigating
>> > the, rather large, document. On one page, in the middle of a lengthy
>> > section,
>> > the StyleRef does not show the text referenced. All of the other
>> > footers
>> > in
>> > the section show the text correctly (I am using odd and even pages and
>> > they
>> > look great), there actually is text on the page using the referenced
>> > style
>> > (although that shouldn't matter), and there isn't an "empty" or blank
>> > spot
>> > on
>> > the page which has the referenced style assigned to it (I did a search
>> > on
>> > the
>> > style and everything looked normal). I tried deleting and replacing the
>> > StyleRef field and the referenced text with no success. Any
>> > suggestions?
>> >
>>
>> .
>>

From: Joseph Talbott on 26 Mar 2010 12:30
To close out this thread, Suzanne looked at the offending portion of my
document and determined that the missing text was tied up in Track Changes.
Once the changes were accepted (or probably deleted too) the StyleRef text
appeared normally. It was a great catch Suzanne.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> If you'd like to send me the misbehaving portion of the document, I'll take
> a look.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> http://word.mvps.org
>
> "Joseph Talbott" <JosephTalbott(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:60700F7D-7C8B-478D-956C-C10642F0090C(a)microsoft.com...
> > Thanks Suzanne. I agree that there *should* be an empty paragraph, space
> > or
> > something formatted with the style but I can't find it. I have selected
> > all
> > occurrences of the referenced style and counted them and have even gone so
> > far as to clear all assigned styles in the pages around the Styleref
> > placement (going from where it worked correctly before the broken
> > connection
> > to where it worked correctly after it) and reassign the styles to make
> > sure I
> > didn't miss anything. Nothing changed and the mystery remains. I am not
> > going
> > to lose any sleep over it but I hate not being able to find a solution,
> > especially with a feature I use a lot.
> > Thanks again for weighing in on this one.
> > Joe
> >
> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> >
> >> My experience has been that there *is* an empty paragraph or space or
> >> *something* formatted with the style; it can be very elusive, however.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> >> Words into Type
> >> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >> http://word.mvps.org
> >>
> >> "Joseph Talbott" <JosephTalbott(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message
> >> news:B4CDD505-AEA3-45A5-85C6-2B22B21B924F(a)microsoft.com...
> >> >I am using Word 2003 in a Windows XP Pro environment. I have a document
> >> >which
> >> > uses the StyleRef field in the footers to assist the reader when
> >> > navigating
> >> > the, rather large, document. On one page, in the middle of a lengthy
> >> > section,
> >> > the StyleRef does not show the text referenced. All of the other
> >> > footers
> >> > in
> >> > the section show the text correctly (I am using odd and even pages and
> >> > they
> >> > look great), there actually is text on the page using the referenced
> >> > style
> >> > (although that shouldn't matter), and there isn't an "empty" or blank
> >> > spot
> >> > on
> >> > the page which has the referenced style assigned to it (I did a search
> >> > on
> >> > the
> >> > style and everything looked normal). I tried deleting and replacing the
> >> > StyleRef field and the referenced text with no success. Any
> >> > suggestions?
> >> >
> >>
> >> .
> >>
>
> .
>
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 26 Mar 2010 12:53
I'm glad I was able to spot it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joseph Talbott" <JosephTalbott(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4582BC7F-1245-4E63-AA05-62C7394320C9(a)microsoft.com...
> To close out this thread, Suzanne looked at the offending portion of my
> document and determined that the missing text was tied up in Track
> Changes.
> Once the changes were accepted (or probably deleted too) the StyleRef text
> appeared normally. It was a great catch Suzanne.
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> If you'd like to send me the misbehaving portion of the document, I'll
>> take
>> a look.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> http://word.mvps.org
>>
>> "Joseph Talbott" <JosephTalbott(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:60700F7D-7C8B-478D-956C-C10642F0090C(a)microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks Suzanne. I agree that there *should* be an empty paragraph,
>> > space
>> > or
>> > something formatted with the style but I can't find it. I have selected
>> > all
>> > occurrences of the referenced style and counted them and have even gone
>> > so
>> > far as to clear all assigned styles in the pages around the Styleref
>> > placement (going from where it worked correctly before the broken
>> > connection
>> > to where it worked correctly after it) and reassign the styles to make
>> > sure I
>> > didn't miss anything. Nothing changed and the mystery remains. I am not
>> > going
>> > to lose any sleep over it but I hate not being able to find a solution,
>> > especially with a feature I use a lot.
>> > Thanks again for weighing in on this one.
>> > Joe
>> >
>> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>> >
>> >> My experience has been that there *is* an empty paragraph or space or
>> >> *something* formatted with the style; it can be very elusive, however.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> >> Words into Type
>> >> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> >> http://word.mvps.org
>> >>
>> >> "Joseph Talbott" <JosephTalbott(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> news:B4CDD505-AEA3-45A5-85C6-2B22B21B924F(a)microsoft.com...
>> >> >I am using Word 2003 in a Windows XP Pro environment. I have a
>> >> >document
>> >> >which
>> >> > uses the StyleRef field in the footers to assist the reader when
>> >> > navigating
>> >> > the, rather large, document. On one page, in the middle of a lengthy
>> >> > section,
>> >> > the StyleRef does not show the text referenced. All of the other
>> >> > footers
>> >> > in
>> >> > the section show the text correctly (I am using odd and even pages
>> >> > and
>> >> > they
>> >> > look great), there actually is text on the page using the referenced
>> >> > style
>> >> > (although that shouldn't matter), and there isn't an "empty" or
>> >> > blank
>> >> > spot
>> >> > on
>> >> > the page which has the referenced style assigned to it (I did a
>> >> > search
>> >> > on
>> >> > the
>> >> > style and everything looked normal). I tried deleting and replacing
>> >> > the
>> >> > StyleRef field and the referenced text with no success. Any
>> >> > suggestions?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> .
>> >>
>>
>> .
>>
>

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