Micsosoft Word Style Clear Formatting converts all to Frames

[NeedsHelpBad]

I'm working on an office document that consists of several chapters (separate office files). I'm using the outline mode and have attached everything as sub-documents. All has been going well until I started working on reformatting styles. At first things were going well, but now anytime I use the clear formatting selection (in print layout mode) under the styles menu it converts all of my text into frames. I can select all the frames and remove them (right click frame, format frame, remove frame) but eventually when I go to clear the formatting on selected text it pushes everything back into frames. I'm at a standstill until I can figure this out. I need all of the text to remain in the document and NOT in frames.

 

[NeedsHelpBad]

PS I noticed that the sub-documents when opened do not contain the text in frames, even though the master document does. Saving the master document also saves any changes to the sub-document but these do not retain the frames even if they appear to contain them in the master.

 

[TonyJollans]

I don't know if there's an answer to this, but I think it was MVP John McGhie who said "There are two types of Master Documents: those that are corrupt, and those that will be corrupt". The Master/Sub-Document feature does not work reliably and you would be best to avoid using it.

Enjoy,
Tony

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