In my document, I have created new styles. I want to delete all those that I
have not created, but the option to delete is not given on some of the old
styles. How can I delete them please?

Word's built-in styles cannot be completely deleted. If you view "Styles in
use" in Format | Style, you can "delete" all but Normal, Default Paragraph
Font, and any built-in heading styles (Headings 1-3 are displayed by
default, but any others you have used will also be listed). The fonts you
"delete" aren't really deleted, just reset to their default Normal.dot
formatting, but they won't be displayed in the Styles list, which always
represents "Style in use."

If you have Word 2002 or 2003, you can use the Custom setting to specify
exactly which styles you want displayed.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Tracey L" Tracey wrote in message
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In my document, I have created new styles. I want to delete all those
that I
have not created, but the option to delete is not given on some of the old
styles. How can I delete them please?

Thanks very much for your advice. Much appreciated.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Word's built-in styles cannot be completely deleted. If you view "Styles in
use" in Format | Style, you can "delete" all but Normal, Default Paragraph
Font, and any built-in heading styles (Headings 1-3 are displayed by
default, but any others you have used will also be listed). The fonts you
"delete" aren't really deleted, just reset to their default Normal.dot
formatting, but they won't be displayed in the Styles list, which always
represents "Style in use."

If you have Word 2002 or 2003, you can use the Custom setting to specify
exactly which styles you want displayed.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Tracey L" Tracey wrote in message
...
In my document, I have created new styles. I want to delete all those
that I
have not created, but the option to delete is not given on some of the old
styles. How can I delete them please?