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Here's a good mvp article for a Microsoft MVP or aspiring one to write. In
fact, I nominate Jezebel.

Users make a lot of mistakes in setting up styles. They use Normal as a
variable base style; they fail to use Word's ready-made heading styles;
they fail to incorporate their list numbering into styles, etc. Take all
of these common errors and address the situation of the user who has many
styles in place that are in these ways unsound. What is the most efficient
way for the user to make his or her system of styles rational and proper,
starting not from the artificial position of the user totally innocent of
styles but from the user who has applied styles inconsistently and
incorrectly.

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I guess I need to show all styles, rather than the basic few, modify as
needed, then delete the ones I won't need from the specific template.
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"srd" wrote:

Here's a good mvp article for a Microsoft MVP or aspiring one to write. In
fact, I nominate Jezebel.

Users make a lot of mistakes in setting up styles. They use Normal as a
variable base style; they fail to use Word's ready-made heading styles;
they fail to incorporate their list numbering into styles, etc. Take all
of these common errors and address the situation of the user who has many
styles in place that are in these ways unsound. What is the most efficient
way for the user to make his or her system of styles rational and proper,
starting not from the artificial position of the user totally innocent of
styles but from the user who has applied styles inconsistently and
incorrectly.

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Stephen R. Diamond

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Note that there is information about using styles, although it is not
collected in a single article:

Basic Concepts of Microsoft Word
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/conc...ion/index.html

Tips for understanding Microsoft Word styles
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html

Why use Microsoft Word's built-in heading styles?
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html

How to save yourself hours by using Outline View properly
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/UsingOLView.htm

How to change the default settings for Word documents
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...alTemplate.htm

Creating a Template – The Basics (Part I)
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/Customizat...platePart1.htm

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Here's a good mvp article for a Microsoft MVP or aspiring one to

write. In
fact, I nominate Jezebel.

Users make a lot of mistakes in setting up styles. They use Normal

as a
variable base style; they fail to use Word's ready-made heading

styles;
they fail to incorporate their list numbering into styles, etc. Take

all
of these common errors and address the situation of the user who has

many
styles in place that are in these ways unsound. What is the most

efficient
way for the user to make his or her system of styles rational and

proper,
starting not from the artificial position of the user totally

innocent of
styles but from the user who has applied styles inconsistently and
incorrectly.

--
Stephen R. Diamond










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