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Styles & Formatting Help
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 |
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:39:02 -0800, "Jim Wood"
wrote: 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 Hi Jim, Have a look at http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...s/column14.asp. In particular, the answer there to "Where do styles come from" answers your question: Yes, the formatting remains with the document. No, you won't damage other existing documents by removing styles from another document. The appearance of a growing list of styles, at least in Word 2002/2003, is usually an illusion. As explained at http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/sfpa...ateNewS tyles this is a consequence of an option you can turn off. If you're actually creating new styles by using the New button, maybe you should think twice before checking the Add to Template box in the dialog. Try making different templates for different document types, and putting in each one only the styles needed for that type. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Thanks, Jay,
Your answer, plus the links to others' explanations, were just what the doctor ordered. I'll turn that tic mark off right now and do some purging! --Jim |
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