Stefan
Tue Oct 07 03:39:05 PDT 2008
Hmm, when you delete a style, another style will be selected in the "Select
a style to edit" box; my guess is that Word is then copying *that* style to
the template if you choose "New documents based on this template."
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Herb Tyson [MVP]" <herb@1x2y3z.xnw> wrote in message
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>I was surprised to see the identical thing here.
>
> You can delete the styles more directly using the Organizer. In the
> Developer tab, click Document Template, then click the Organizer button
> (lower left corner). There, in the right side, under In Normal.dotm:,
> select the styles you want to delete, then click the Delete button.
>
> I created a style, and was unable to delete it the way you were trying.
> However, when I deleted it using the Organizer, it was actually deleted.
>
> Note: if you don't see the Developer tab, click Office button - Word
> Options - Popular, and put a check next to "Show Developer tab..."
>
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> Herb Tyson MS MVP
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> "Ross from Orlando" <rpayne4@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:35c9978f-479e-4a8b-8f09-1cd2c8f3f617@i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>> Word 2007. I am attempting to delete several user-created styles from
>> the template (not just the current document). In the Styles Pane I go
>> to Manage Styles, the Edit tab, and then choose (near the bottom) "new
>> documents based on this template." Then I click delete and hit yes
>> when the confirmation comes up. When I exit Word I save the changes to
>> the template (which happens to be the normal template). But when I
>> open Word again the styles are still there. What am I missing? Thanks,
>>
>> Ross
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