It really would help to have know which version of Word you are using?!
Forgot to mention Office2003.

I'm going to read the two references that you and another have recommended.

However, let's start by stating that the heading styles you are referring
to
are using Outline Numbering. You should strive to keep to Word's built-in
styles names for Headings because it makes it easier to create a ToC -
though this isn't absolutely necessary. So what you need to do is to
create
a template and ensure that all the customised styles are stored with the
template. In Word 2003, you have more control over styles and are able to
define which styles are displayed with that template. If you write protect
your template, it will stop users being able to make any permanent change
to
the template styles - although they may make changes on a document that
they
create from the template.

I understand the value of using a .dot to start with but is there a way to
keep others (or myself for that matter) from accidentally adding or editing
Styles?




I recommend that you take a look at some of the tutorials linked on the
site
below, particularly the two 'Creating a Template' articles which should
get
you pointing the right way.

http://word.mvps.org/Tutorials/index.htm

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/


"+-Steve-+" wrote in message
...
: I'm sure that I'm not using Word the way it was intended to be used. I
know
: that I need to get control of Styles but I am very confused about how to
do
: this.
:
: I am working on a document that is a specification and it is filled with
: numbering 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.1.1, with table of contents. I am finding
that
: when I try to move things around I get mixed up Styles and margins.
Then
I
: try to reset the Style and end up making a another Style that is
derivative
: of one of the original ones. I have lots of Styles that don't aren't
what
I
: want.
:
: Ideally I would like to take thisdocument and strip out all the Style
: information.
:
: Then build about ten styles -- one for each Heading 1, Heading 1.1,
Heading
: 1.1.1., etc. and one for each body of text under each heading, so Body
1,
: Body 1.1, Body 1.1.1, .etc and maybe a few more.
:
: Then I would like to lock down the Styles so that they couldn't change.
:
: Then set Word so that I can't make any more Styles in that document.
:
: Then reassign each paragraph with the appropriate Style.
:
: Does this make sense?
:
: SteveK
:
: