The template must be corrupt: you will probably have to create a new one
because opening the corrupt template will probably bring the corruption
across to the new one. You could try copying and pasting all but the final
paragraph mark into a new document and saving it as a template, but I doubt
it will clear the problem.

Terry

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:
: Thanks but I've already tried that. In fact, It tells me
: it cannot delete it, but when I close the window it's
: gone until the next time I open the document it's back.
: Sometimes it just appears on its own.
: -----Original Message-----
: Try opening the Styles Task Pane: at the bottom, select
: Custom from the Show
: list to open the Format Settings dialog. Click on the
: Styles button to open
: the Styles dialog: then select and delete Char1.
:
: --
: Terry Farrell - Word MVP
: http://word.mvps.org/
:
: "Peter B." wrote
: in message
: ...
: :I have a style that has inserted itself into my
: documents
: : called Char1. I have a large trainig manual using a
: : variety of different styles. Althought the text is
: : formatted properly, the style name that is displayed is
: : Char1. If I change the style of the text, it is
: : reformatted, but the style name remains Char1. This is
: : maddening and I can't delete it. Any help would be
: : appreciated.
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: .
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