Thanks for the quick response, Robert.

I've been just as perplexed as you with regard to this document...

It's a legal document (~900 pages) for a city and it lays out their
building codes, etc.

Here's a sample of a "good" section:


ARTICLE 1. Aliquam diam risus

Chapter 1. Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor
sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do
eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad
minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut
aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non
proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est
laborum.

Sec. 1.1.1. Dolorem ipsum quia

In vel neque. Duis mollis mauris quis justo. Ut ullamcorper diam
et pede. Aliquam ac orci sit amet enim gravida iaculis. Nullam sed
orci. Etiam aliquam justo non tortor. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et
magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Vestibulum
ipsum. Nam in lectus ac dolor porttitor suscipit. Vestibulum in quam.

A. [BOLD] Vivamus sed elit at diam laoreet auctor

B. [BOLD Praesent ornare venenatis pede

C. [BOLD] Vivamus auctor feugiat magna

Aliquam diam risus, luctus non, eleifend ut, lobortis et, dui.
Donec vel urna ac dui ornare vulputate. Donec eros diam, malesuada
vitae, consequat vitae, molestie quis, orci. Nunc vel odio.


Sometimes, however, based upon the content or the author, I guess,
outline level 4 (the capitalized letters A, B and C, above) contain
"meaty" content and are entire sentences or paragraphs. Unfortunately,
there are too many of these to have someone go through and add short
headers or titles and make the sentences "bodies" instead. In
addition, we cannot convert these troublesome sections into numbered
lists.


So, it sounds like my best bet is to apply the bold "Heading 4" style
throughout the document, as required, and then go back and touch up
the troublesome (long, bold paragraphs instead of headings) with an
"anti-bold" character style. Right?

Thanks!





On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:33:54 +0100, "Robert M. Franz"
wrote:

Hello Keith

Keith wrote:
I have a large document written in Word 2003 that uses Outline
Numbering. Headings 1, 2, 3 and 4 are specified as bold while the
remaining heading level styles are unemphasized.

Sometimes, however, the flow or content of a section requires entire
sentences or paragraphs to be given the bold "Heading 4" style which
looks quite bad, obviously.

Entire paragraphs as headings? Could you explain a little more why you
want that? What kind of text are we talking about?




Can I create an additional style (say "Heading 4n") and define it as
"Heading 4 + not bold" and use THAT style as needed?

You can of course define any number of additional Heading styles. You
can even make sure it has an outline-level of 4, so that your TOC
picks
it up. You will, of course, run into problems when you have
outline-numbering in place and expect that a paragraph in "Heading 4"
works in the same way for your numbering sequence as one in "Heading 4
timid".


There would still be 9 numbered heading levels, but two version of
heading 4 (one bold, one not).

You are using 9 numbered heading levels in one document, and as part
of
a single outline sequence? Numbered?!! Sorry for the repetition, but:
What kind of text are we talking about here?


Another option, I guess, would be a character style that removes the
emphasis - is that a better option?

That would work better technically, beceause it does not mess your
outline numbering/level up.

2cents
Robert