I'm sure that I'm not using Word the way it was intended to be used. I know
that I need to get control of Styles but I am very confused about how to do
this.

I am working on a document that is a specification and it is filled with
numbering 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.1.1, with table of contents. I am finding that
when I try to move things around I get mixed up Styles and margins. Then I
try to reset the Style and end up making a another Style that is derivative
of one of the original ones. I have lots of Styles that don't aren't what I
want.

Ideally I would like to take thisdocument and strip out all the Style
information.

Then build about ten styles -- one for each Heading 1, Heading 1.1, Heading
1.1.1., etc. and one for each body of text under each heading, so Body 1,
Body 1.1, Body 1.1.1, .etc and maybe a few more.

Then I would like to lock down the Styles so that they couldn't change.

Then set Word so that I can't make any more Styles in that document.

Then reassign each paragraph with the appropriate Style.

Does this make sense?

SteveK