Ask a new question

What do dollar signs in front of (paragraph) style names mean?

I see dollar signs in front of style names in the style list.  Do they mean that the style is not available in the template, but that there is text in the document that have those styles?

* Please try a lower page number.

* Please enter only numbers.

* Please try a lower page number.

* Please enter only numbers.

Hi Paul,

This issue seems rather strange. May we have some screenshots?

We'll be looking forward for your reply.

Regards.

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn't help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

Certainly:

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn't help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

It seems to be the only linked style shown in that list, but I shouldn't think that would affect the style name.
Microsoft MVP (Word) since 1999
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://ssbarnhill.com
http://wordfaqs.ssbarnhill.com
Screen shots captured with TechSmith's Snagit

1 person found this reply helpful

·

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn't help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

Your screen shot shows pilcrows, ¶, sometimes together with a lowercase "A," and that means a "linked" style, that is, a style which can be used as a character style.
Stefan Blom
Microsoft 365 Word MVP since 2005
Volunteer Moderator (Office)
MS 365, Win 11 Pro
~~~~
Please note that I do not work for Microsoft
MVP program info: https://mvp.microsoft.com/
~~~~

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn't help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

Suzanne, Stefan,

Thanks for the info about linked styles.  It seems that the dollar signs don't ring a bell with anyone about representing anything significant?

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn't help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

It's not something I've ever seen. Where we often see dollar signs is in the filenames of temporary files, but I've never seen anything like that for styles. Can you check that this isn't the actual alias of a style, perhaps named that way so it will sort to the top?
Microsoft MVP (Word) since 1999
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://ssbarnhill.com
http://wordfaqs.ssbarnhill.com
Screen shots captured with TechSmith's Snagit

1 person found this reply helpful

·

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn't help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

Perhaps they did name it to bring it to toward the top.  There are many frequently used styles in the corporate template, however, so it is a bit puzzling that only this one style is given such special treatment.  Not sure whether it is an alias or not is relevant to the question, but is there a way to tell whether it is an alias?

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn't help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

To see whether the name you see is an alias, hover the mouse over the name in the Styles list and look at the tooltip. If it shows the "real" name followed by a comma and the visible name, the latter is the alias.

Also, you can click the Options link at the bottom of the Styles pane and clear the last check box to have the list show both names (but sorted by the "real" name).

If you want to change or remove the name, you can do that in the Modify Style dialog.

_____________________________
https://jay-freedman.info

1 person found this reply helpful

·

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn't help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

Thanks, Jay.  It's a real name alright.  But it's not really near the top because the list is littered with countless styles.  I only have the "Paragraph level formatting" checkbox checked, but many of the styles only have a FONT section, and their names indicate that they are intended only as font-level formatting, e.g., Char5.  Many things odd going on which seem to defy common sense.

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn't help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

Are you pasting content from web sites? In that case, it would be normal for character styles to be added..

Stefan Blom
Microsoft 365 Word MVP since 2005
Volunteer Moderator (Office)
MS 365, Win 11 Pro
~~~~
Please note that I do not work for Microsoft
MVP program info: https://mvp.microsoft.com/
~~~~

Was this reply helpful?

Sorry this didn't help.

Great! Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback.

* Please try a lower page number.

* Please enter only numbers.

* Please try a lower page number.

* Please enter only numbers.

 
 

Question Info

Last updated October 5, 2021 Views 220 Applies to: