Well, 48 styles is quite a lot, so it certainly sounds as if the
document needs to be cleaned up.

A partial cleanup could be done with EditReplace. Just search for
direct formatting (if there is any) and replace it with the proper
style. And replace the styles you don't want to keep with styles that
you do want to keep.

However, a better way to fix the document is probably to start fresh,
by removing all formatting and then reapplying it in properly
formatted styles. Of course, you'll need a printout of the original
document in order to correctly recreate the formatting. Pay special
attention to the outline-numbered lists; make sure that you define
their numbering as described at
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Jeff C" wrote in message
...
I have inherited a document that began with a corporate template and
has been
added on to and requires that more additions be pasted into it. I
have been
working through the document in outline view and have read several
MVP
articles on the use of styles and outines.

The problem is that there are some 48 different styles defines for
the
document. Should I just delete all but what I want to use and if I
do is
there a do-able way to reassign the styles? I would really just
like to use
well defined Heading 1-9 and body text, but there are quite a few
multi-leveled lists.

Any thoughts of guidence for me will be appreciated. Thanks.