Is this the tutorial you followed?
Setting Text Defaults using Normal.pub
by Brian Kvalheim
http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/normal.pub

--
Mary Sauer MVP
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"lpete" wrote in message
...
i tried to instructions on http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=77
to no avail. maybe it's because the "apply" is grayed out on the change
screen under modify style.

another idea?