My understanding is that Word formatting is 'contained' in the paragraph mark
at the end of each paragraph's text. Does this mean that all the formatting
is strictly on a paragraph-by-paragraph basis? What I am getting at is: what
are the implications of deleting some of the many, many 'styles' that appear
in the growing that comes up when I click on Format/Style? The list is
getting very long, and many of the styles shown there are not in use in most
of the documents I open and work on. If I delete a style, is it lost
forever; that is, will that formatting in an obscure document be lost when
the document is opened someday? I am hoping that the formatting remains with
the document. Thanks, Jim