[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

This is because Strong and Emphasis are character styles which are always
applied on top of the paragraph style. Select the text and press
Ctrl+SpaceBar to clear any direct font formatting, including character
styles.

If you are using Word 2007, you can specifically clear the character styles
applied to (parts of) the selection: In the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S),
click the Style Inspector button. Click the Clear Character Style button.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Matt" wrote in message
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When I change some text to 'strong' or 'emphasis' in the styles tab, I
can't
change it back to 'Normal' or 'No Spacing'. Why is this?

Thanks