Index: _whatsnew.html
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--- _whatsnew.html	(revision 1698)
+++ _whatsnew.html	(working copy)
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
 			Fixed XHTML source formatting errors in non-IE browsers.</li>
 		<li>[<a target="_blank" href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/2000">#2000</a>] The #
 			character is now properly encoded in file names returned by the File Browser.</li>
+		<li>[<a target="_blank" href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/2009">#2009</a>] Fixed
+			an important bug regarding styles removal on styled text boundaries, introduced
+			with the 2.6 Beta 1. </li>
 	</ul>
 	<h3>
 		Version 2.6 Beta 1</h3>
Index: editor/_source/classes/fckstyle.js
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--- editor/_source/classes/fckstyle.js	(revision 1698)
+++ editor/_source/classes/fckstyle.js	(working copy)
@@ -278,13 +278,15 @@
 
 			if ( updateRange )
 				range.MoveToBookmark( bookmark ) ;
+
+			return ;
 		}
 
 		// Expand the range, if inside inline element boundaries.
 		range.Expand( 'inline_elements' ) ;
 
 		// Bookmark the range so we can re-select it after processing.
-		var bookmark = range.CreateBookmark( true ) ;
+		bookmark = range.CreateBookmark( true ) ;
 
 		// The style will be applied within the bookmark boundaries.
 		var startNode	= range.GetBookmarkNode( bookmark, true ) ;