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can't delete styles via the Organizer without a crash
Hi,
In Word 2002(SP3), I have a bunch of styles in a large document with custom template attached. I am trying to delete extraneous styles of the form: styleA styleA1 styleA2 styleA3 where I want to delete the somehow-accidently-created last 3 in that list, via Tools | Template and Add-ins | Organizer. (The styles seem to delete OK; I just get a crash when trying to save the doc. And then when I reopen the doc, the styles are back. (I also get a few Word-is-running-out-of-memory errors during the deletion, but I proceed anyway. FWIW, I have 1 GB of RAM, but my large doc has quite a few graphics in it.) The large document incorporated the Master document feature, if it matters, to combine about 6 files into a large 400 page or so resultant doc. Questions: a)Any thoughts on how to permanently delete these styles. b) Is it safe to use the Master document feature? thanks -john |
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can't delete styles via the Organizer without a crash
G'day "john gibb" ,
For instructions on using Master Documents successfully see my article at http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/mag...masterdocs.doc I would Maggie all your subs before embarking on the change of process: copy'n'paste all bar the last para mark in each doc to a new doc. They may need a more heavy duty clean, like save as HTML, quit word, reload the HTML doc, resave as doc etc. For the particular problem you have, have you tried not loading the document, but using the Organizer to open it, delete, and save? Additionally, you will need to kill those styles in the sub-documents, but as my article will direct you to make a new master and play nice with it from then on, I suggest you merely get started on the instructions in the article :-) Are they dangerous? Master documents are cells of corruption terrorists waiting to strike. So long as we take active steps to contain them, we win the war by avoiding all battles. Steve Hudson - Word Heretic Want a hyperlinked index? S/W R&D? See WordHeretic.com steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment) john gibb reckoned: Hi, In Word 2002(SP3), I have a bunch of styles in a large document with custom template attached. I am trying to delete extraneous styles of the form: styleA styleA1 styleA2 styleA3 where I want to delete the somehow-accidently-created last 3 in that list, via Tools | Template and Add-ins | Organizer. (The styles seem to delete OK; I just get a crash when trying to save the doc. And then when I reopen the doc, the styles are back. (I also get a few Word-is-running-out-of-memory errors during the deletion, but I proceed anyway. FWIW, I have 1 GB of RAM, but my large doc has quite a few graphics in it.) The large document incorporated the Master document feature, if it matters, to combine about 6 files into a large 400 page or so resultant doc. Questions: a)Any thoughts on how to permanently delete these styles. b) Is it safe to use the Master document feature? thanks -john |
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