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Deleting font family from character style
How do I delete the font-family spec from the definition of a character style?
I have a character style that is defined as "Default Paragraph Font + Font:Arial Narrow." I want to change that definition to "Default Paragraph Font + Font:Bold." But when I open the Modify Style dialog box, the drop-down list for font family does not include (None) or (Default paragraph font) or anything like that, and if I delete "Arial Narrow" and tab out of the field, "Arial Narrow" reappears. So it seems to be impossible to delete the font family from a character-style definition. Is there a way? (Word 2003) Jeff Jansen |
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Deleting font family from character style
Change the font to the same font used for Normal style. This will then
revert to Default Paragraph Font. -- 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. "JSJansen" wrote in message ... How do I delete the font-family spec from the definition of a character style? I have a character style that is defined as "Default Paragraph Font + Font:Arial Narrow." I want to change that definition to "Default Paragraph Font + Font:Bold." But when I open the Modify Style dialog box, the drop-down list for font family does not include (None) or (Default paragraph font) or anything like that, and if I delete "Arial Narrow" and tab out of the field, "Arial Narrow" reappears. So it seems to be impossible to delete the font family from a character-style definition. Is there a way? (Word 2003) Jeff Jansen |
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Deleting font family from character style
Actually, I tried that, Suzanne, but it doesn't do the trick. The font family
is still a part of the character style definition. So if the Default Paragraph Font is Arial, and I change the character-style font is Arial, if I apply that style to a paragraph whose font is Arial, it looks fine, but if I apply it to a paragraph whose font is Garamond (or anything else), the character style still appears as Arial, NOT Garamond, which is what I want. Any other ideas? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Change the font to the same font used for Normal style. This will then revert to Default Paragraph Font. -- 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. "JSJansen" wrote in message ... How do I delete the font-family spec from the definition of a character style? I have a character style that is defined as "Default Paragraph Font + Font:Arial Narrow." I want to change that definition to "Default Paragraph Font + Font:Bold." But when I open the Modify Style dialog box, the drop-down list for font family does not include (None) or (Default paragraph font) or anything like that, and if I delete "Arial Narrow" and tab out of the field, "Arial Narrow" reappears. So it seems to be impossible to delete the font family from a character-style definition. Is there a way? (Word 2003) Jeff Jansen |
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Deleting font family from character style
The Default Paragraph Font is not the same thing as the font used by Normal.
The DPF is the font defined for a given style. The usual way to remove specific font or paragraph formatting is to change the formatting to match that used by the style the given style is based on, but this in fact doesn't seem to work for character styles. Have you tried deleting the style? That would reset it to its default Normal.dot formatting (if it's a built-in style) or allow you to redefine it if it's user-defined. -- 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. "JSJansen" wrote in message ... Actually, I tried that, Suzanne, but it doesn't do the trick. The font family is still a part of the character style definition. So if the Default Paragraph Font is Arial, and I change the character-style font is Arial, if I apply that style to a paragraph whose font is Arial, it looks fine, but if I apply it to a paragraph whose font is Garamond (or anything else), the character style still appears as Arial, NOT Garamond, which is what I want. Any other ideas? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Change the font to the same font used for Normal style. This will then revert to Default Paragraph Font. -- 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. "JSJansen" wrote in message ... How do I delete the font-family spec from the definition of a character style? I have a character style that is defined as "Default Paragraph Font + Font:Arial Narrow." I want to change that definition to "Default Paragraph Font + Font:Bold." But when I open the Modify Style dialog box, the drop-down list for font family does not include (None) or (Default paragraph font) or anything like that, and if I delete "Arial Narrow" and tab out of the field, "Arial Narrow" reappears. So it seems to be impossible to delete the font family from a character-style definition. Is there a way? (Word 2003) Jeff Jansen |
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Deleting font family from character style
Suzanne,
Alas, this is not a built-in character style, so if I delete it, Word will, if I'm not mistaken, also remove all instances of that style from the document. So if I were to then recreate the style, I would have to go through the document and reapply it anew to all previous occurrences. But, for the record, I did think of a way to accomplish what I want to do: 1) Rename my character style. 2) Create a new character style with the specs I want using the old name. 3) Globally find/replace the renamed style with the recreated style. 4) Delete the renamed style. Haven't tried it, but conceptually it should work. If it doesn't, I'll report back. Thanks. Jeff Jansen "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The Default Paragraph Font is not the same thing as the font used by Normal. The DPF is the font defined for a given style. The usual way to remove specific font or paragraph formatting is to change the formatting to match that used by the style the given style is based on, but this in fact doesn't seem to work for character styles. Have you tried deleting the style? That would reset it to its default Normal.dot formatting (if it's a built-in style) or allow you to redefine it if it's user-defined. -- 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. |
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Deleting font family from character style
Yes, it sounds as though this should work.
-- 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. "JSJansen" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Alas, this is not a built-in character style, so if I delete it, Word will, if I'm not mistaken, also remove all instances of that style from the document. So if I were to then recreate the style, I would have to go through the document and reapply it anew to all previous occurrences. But, for the record, I did think of a way to accomplish what I want to do: 1) Rename my character style. 2) Create a new character style with the specs I want using the old name. 3) Globally find/replace the renamed style with the recreated style. 4) Delete the renamed style. Haven't tried it, but conceptually it should work. If it doesn't, I'll report back. Thanks. Jeff Jansen "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The Default Paragraph Font is not the same thing as the font used by Normal. The DPF is the font defined for a given style. The usual way to remove specific font or paragraph formatting is to change the formatting to match that used by the style the given style is based on, but this in fact doesn't seem to work for character styles. Have you tried deleting the style? That would reset it to its default Normal.dot formatting (if it's a built-in style) or allow you to redefine it if it's user-defined. -- 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. |
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