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How do I remove unused styles from a document?
I want to remove unwanted styles from my document. How should that be done?
Do I use Organizer? I followed the instructions found on the Microsoft support site, but it didn't work for me. |
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Hi Linda
LindaNorcross wrote: I want to remove unwanted styles from my document. How should that be done? Do I use Organizer? I followed the instructions found on the Microsoft support site, but it didn't work for me. It should work (to use the Organizer; I have no idea what kind of instructions you found ... ;-)). Maybe what you really want to get rid of is not a style but formatting? Could you describe such a style (name, properties)? How do you go about in the Organizer? Version of Word? Greetinx Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Hello Robert,
I have Word 2003. The instructions were printed 3/9/2005 from the following URL: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;193536 They were forWord 2000. Upon searching for Word 2003, I found nothing. As for using the Organizer to do it: I have the document in question open, I chose a style from the list, click Delete, and it is gone. However after closing Organizer I look in the document and all the styles I deleted are still there. (Yes I closed and reopened the document... 8-) ) I want this document as clean as possible before passing it around. It is going to be used as a "template" for other documents. (Not a real Word template--as in .dot--but that is my next step....) Thanks, Linda "Robert M. Franz (RMF)" wrote in message ... Hi Linda LindaNorcross wrote: I want to remove unwanted styles from my document. How should that be done? Do I use Organizer? I followed the instructions found on the Microsoft support site, but it didn't work for me. It should work (to use the Organizer; I have no idea what kind of instructions you found ... ;-)). Maybe what you really want to get rid of is not a style but formatting? Could you describe such a style (name, properties)? How do you go about in the Organizer? Version of Word? Greetinx Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Note that you cannot delete the built-in styles. Some styles, such as
the Normal style and the Heading series of styles, give you an error message when you try to remove them, but other styles will just be restored to the factory defaults. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "LindaNorcross" wrote in message ... Hello Robert, I have Word 2003. The instructions were printed 3/9/2005 from the following URL: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;193536 They were forWord 2000. Upon searching for Word 2003, I found nothing. As for using the Organizer to do it: I have the document in question open, I chose a style from the list, click Delete, and it is gone. However after closing Organizer I look in the document and all the styles I deleted are still there. (Yes I closed and reopened the document... 8-) ) I want this document as clean as possible before passing it around. It is going to be used as a "template" for other documents. (Not a real Word template--as in ..dot--but that is my next step....) Thanks, Linda "Robert M. Franz (RMF)" wrote in message ... Hi Linda LindaNorcross wrote: I want to remove unwanted styles from my document. How should that be done? Do I use Organizer? I followed the instructions found on the Microsoft support site, but it didn't work for me. It should work (to use the Organizer; I have no idea what kind of instructions you found ... ;-)). Maybe what you really want to get rid of is not a style but formatting? Could you describe such a style (name, properties)? How do you go about in the Organizer? Version of Word? Greetinx Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Hi Linda
LindaNorcross wrote: I have Word 2003. The instructions were printed 3/9/2005 from the following URL: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;193536 They were forWord 2000. Upon searching for Word 2003, I found nothing. Yeah, we all made _that_ experience! I don't think anything has changed with the Organizer since Office 9/Word 2000. As for using the Organizer to do it: I have the document in question open, I chose a style from the list, click Delete, and it is gone. However after closing Organizer I look in the document and all the styles I deleted are still there. (Yes I closed and reopened the document... 8-) ) I have to ask: Did you save the document between using the Organizer and closing it? I want this document as clean as possible before passing it around. It is going to be used as a "template" for other documents. (Not a real Word template--as in .dot--but that is my next step....) Better take that step before you distribute it: Once you have your users accustomed to "open xy.doc, overwrite some stuff and save as new document", it gets harder to teach them the "right" way. Greetinx Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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