Troubleshoot text styles

After I apply the style, some text still doesn't look right.

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.

Text 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.

My formatting changes don't appear in other publications.

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