Text Form Field Inserted as AutoText Creates New Styles

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SYMPTOMS

When you insert a Text form field in a document, create an AutoText entry for the Text form field, and then insert the AutoText entry in your document, Word for Windows adds all your AutoText names to the Style box on the Formatting toolbar and to the Styles list in the Style dialog box.

Similarly, when you create and insert an AutoText entry for a text box in the drawing layer, Word adds the AutoText name to the Style box and Styles list for any AutoText entry that contains a drawing object.

This behavior does not occur in Word 6.0 for the Macintosh, nor does it occur in Word 6.0 for Windows NT.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word versions 6.0, 6.0a, and 6.0c for Windows. This problem has been corrected in Word version 7.0 for Windows 95.

WORKAROUND

You can delete these styles by selecting them from the Styles list in the Style dialog box and then choosing the Delete button.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, document number WB51157-1093, pages 74-75, 310-312, 200, 218, 368-369; document number WB60460-0794, pages 78, 206, 224, 320-323, 379