By default, modifications to a style will only apply to the current
document. You can transfer the modified styles to the attached
template by checking the "Add to template" option in the Modify Style
dialog box, but this option will not be enabled unless you explicitly
choose to do so.

Note that the built-in headings (unlike other built-in styles) cannot
be easily restored to their factory default settings. One way to
restore them is to copy them from the blank document template
(normal.dot) via the Organizer (ToolsTemplates and Add-Ins, Organizer
button). Alternatively, just make a note of their settings and restore
them manually (could be time-consuming, though).

However, the easiest way to avoid unwanted modifications to a
document, is to make a copy of it, and then experiment with the style
settings on that copy.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"xppuser" wrote in message
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dear all,

Wxp Pro SP2, Office 2003

there is no page breaks in my document. for each part of my
document, i have
applied Insert - Break - (Section Break Types - Next Page. i have
applied
headings to my document. these headings e.g. Heading 1, Heading 2,
etc. are
as set in default settings. What I want know is how to:

1. change the heading styles to just this document. i sort of do
Format -
Styles and Formatting (up comes the Styles and Formatting viewer
window pane
on the screen) - choose the Heading i want to change, right click
on it -
Modify. this is where i stopped because i don't know the implication
of what
i am doing. i realised that not all do's can be undo, so i stopped
to ask
this question. would changes i made be applied to only the whole of
this
document? how can i restore to default settings again - this option
was not
seen on my menu choices so far.

2. how can i apply heading changes permanently, if i happened to
like them,
so that i can use them for my subsequent documents without having to
re-do
(1)? again, if i decided at some point in the future to revert to
default
after doing this step (2) is there a way to restore default settings
again?

thank you for your help/advice,
jes