As others have told you, you should not have different versions of the same
heading style. If in certain cases you absolutely have to change the
formatting of a specific paragraph in the given style, you can do that
without changing the style or creating a new style. If Word (2002 or 2003)
appears to be creating a new style, realize that this is not a style, just
formatting; you will not see these variations if you clear the check box for
"Keep track of formatting" on the Edit tab of Tools | Options.

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"jon_banquer" wrote in message
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Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
I think you still don't understand. You don't create a new level 2 style
based on Heading 2 (or anything else). You use the built-in Heading 2
style
modified to suit your purposes. If you want Heading 2 to have 6 pts
Space
Before and After, then modify it accordingly.

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Doing what you describe I would end up with *multiple Heading 2
Styles*. This is what my document now has. The problem I have is how to
name the Heading 2 Style to describe what it does (Heading 2 to have 6
pts Space Before and After, Heading 2 to have 6pts Space After, etc. )
so that the my Heading 2 Style names are *not changed* by MS Word. I
also am unclear on what to do when different styles follow an instance
of a Heading 2 Style.

When I do this in Open Office Writer it does not change my Heading 2
Style names like MS World does.

Jon Banquer
Phoenix, Arizona