WD: MacWord Publisher Style Changes to Subscriber Definition

• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.1, 6.0

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, if a publisher and subscriber contain a style with the same name and different formatting, the edition uses the style definition from the subscriber document instead of the publisher. As a result, the publisher document style formatting changes to that of the subscriber.

For example, if the Normal Indent style in a publisher contains right margin formatting and the Normal Indent style in the subscriber contains no right margin formatting, Word uses the Normal Indent style definition from the subscriber and applies no right margin formatting to any Normal Indent text from the publisher.

By contrast, if the style name in the publisher is different from the style name in the subscriber, Word for the Macintosh maintains each style definition.

CAUSE

This behavior is by design in Word for the Macintosh, and it is consistent with other formatting conventions used by Word. For example, Word uses the style definition of the target document during a Copy and Paste operation.

WORKAROUND

Use either of the following methods to maintain the style definition from the publisher.

Method 1

Change the names of the styles that are duplicated in either the publisher or the subscriber. Styles with different names are not updated by the subscriber.

Method 2

Subscribe to the edition in Picture format instead of Formatted Text format. Word for the Macintosh does not change the formatting of publisher text formatted with a same-name style when you subscribe to the text as a picture.