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How do I modify Styles?
I have been struggling with this for years in Styles. When I select to
"modify" a style in the Styles and Formatting pane, I will sometimes get the message "This style name already exists or is reserved for a built-in style." And no matter what I do I can not modify it. |
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How do I modify Styles?
You are not allowed to create a style with the same name as any existing
style. A document contains many built-in styles and the names of those styles cannot be changed (a few examples of style names that are reserved for built-in styles: Body Text, Heading 1, Heading 2, Header, Footer). The message you refer to indicates that you are trying to create a new style and name it like an existing style (custom or built-in) or that you are trying to change the name of an existing style to an already used name. The following two articles may help you. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...ifyAStyle.html -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Chris HT" wrote: I have been struggling with this for years in Styles. When I select to "modify" a style in the Styles and Formatting pane, I will sometimes get the message "This style name already exists or is reserved for a built-in style." And no matter what I do I can not modify it. |
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How do I modify Styles?
Chris,
I've seen such messages in documents created with a different language version of Word (style name aliases might be an issue too). You could try changing the style in question in another document and then copy it over using the Organizer. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Lene Fredborg" wrote in message ... You are not allowed to create a style with the same name as any existing style. A document contains many built-in styles and the names of those styles cannot be changed (a few examples of style names that are reserved for built-in styles: Body Text, Heading 1, Heading 2, Header, Footer). The message you refer to indicates that you are trying to create a new style and name it like an existing style (custom or built-in) or that you are trying to change the name of an existing style to an already used name. The following two articles may help you. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...ifyAStyle.html -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Chris HT" wrote: I have been struggling with this for years in Styles. When I select to "modify" a style in the Styles and Formatting pane, I will sometimes get the message "This style name already exists or is reserved for a built-in style." And no matter what I do I can not modify it. |
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