1) No. Once you understand how Word does formatting, you will realise that
what you ask for is impossible.
"Clear Formatting" does exactly what it says it does: it removes ALL
formatting from a paragraph.
However, a paragraph in Word is a very complex object, there are some
properties it MUST have in order to be a valid paragraph, and one of them is
a "Style".
All formatting in Word is actually a "Style". All of the formatting of all
parts of a Word document are held at the end of the document, as rows in a
table or "spreadsheet" if you like.
Each paragraph contains a binary number that indicates which row in the
formatting table contains its formatting properties. Many paragraphs can
point to the same row, or just part of a single paragraph may have a row all
of its own.
Normal style is the first row of that table. Row 0. So when you remove all
formatting from a paragraph, you get "Style 0". The human name for "Style
0" is "Normal Style".
Hope this helps
On 10/9/06 10:05 AM, in article
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wrote:
Is there an relatively easy method (for novice users) for having Body
Text the default style for a document? Specifically, I'm looking for:
1. Clear Formatting to reset the text's style to Body Text; and
2. the style following other paragraph styles (Headings, etc.) to
default to Body Text instead of Normal.
- Dennis
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