Hi Stefan

There is (at least) one draw back to this bizarre idea.

Try this in a new document:
1. Modify Normal to be Pink.
2. Modify Body Text to be Black (or Automatic).
3. Create several paragraphs in a row of Body Text.
4. Within the block of Body Text paragraphs, insert a Table.

You'll see that, even though the Table was inserted into a paragraph in Body
Text, surrounded by other Paragraphs in Body Text, the end-of-row markers
are pink.

In this case, Pink was supposed to be a message saying "all is not well".
But for end-of-row markers in a Table, it provides a false warning.

Cheers

Shauna

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
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I see. So when applying a style does *not* display any text effects,
it would be an indication to users that "I'm allowed to use this
style" and to template designers that "the setup of this style is
completed". A good idea! Thanks for explaining, Robert.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Robert M. Franz (RMF)" wrote in message
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Hi Stefan

Stefan Blom wrote:
But since Normal, by default, is the parent of many (all?) styles
in
Word, this would be tricky. The setting would transfer to all of
those
styles!

That's the idea!

It doesn't only tell the user that a given paragraph hasn't been
correctly assigned yet, but it does also tell the template creator
that
a given style hasn't been correctly setup. :-)

I base some styles on Body Text instead of Normal so that I have 2
or 3
style "branches".

Greetinx
Robert
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