I am currently having a problem that involves a user defined style that I
created for a document a few months back. It was a style that I did to
create levels of indenture for a document I was doing that I wanted to
appear in an outline format.

I am now working on another document that I do NOT want to use the same
styles. However, every time I select a block of text and click on the
"bullets" icon on the Format toolbar, Word changes the style of the selected
paragraph to one of the styles I defined way back when.

I have tried deleting the style from the document, but it comes back if I
try to set the bullets again. The style in question does not appear in my
Normal.dot file.

Ignoring the "What the $&%?" question for now, how does one make the
"bullet" function just add bullet formatting rather than change the
paragraph style? Should I cross/re- post this message to another Microsoft
group?

TIA,
Dave.

More fun -- if I try to clear the bullet using the "bullet" icon on the
format toolbar, it doesn't revert to normal, but I get the old style plus
the bullet and indent removed?!?!?!



"Dave M" wrote in message
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I am currently having a problem that involves a user defined style that I
created for a document a few months back. It was a style that I did to
create levels of indenture for a document I was doing that I wanted to
appear in an outline format.

I am now working on another document that I do NOT want to use the same
styles. However, every time I select a block of text and click on the
"bullets" icon on the Format toolbar, Word changes the style of the
selected paragraph to one of the styles I defined way back when.

I have tried deleting the style from the document, but it comes back if I
try to set the bullets again. The style in question does not appear in my
Normal.dot file.

Ignoring the "What the $&%?" question for now, how does one make the
"bullet" function just add bullet formatting rather than change the
paragraph style? Should I cross/re- post this message to another
Microsoft group?

TIA,
Dave.

Go to Format | Bullets and Numbering, select the pane that is showing your
style, and click Reset. Then select the bullet format you want. It will be
the active one for the Bullets button until you select a different one.

--
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.

"Dave M" wrote in message
...
I am currently having a problem that involves a user defined style that I
created for a document a few months back. It was a style that I did to
create levels of indenture for a document I was doing that I wanted to
appear in an outline format.

I am now working on another document that I do NOT want to use the same
styles. However, every time I select a block of text and click on the
"bullets" icon on the Format toolbar, Word changes the style of the
selected
paragraph to one of the styles I defined way back when.

I have tried deleting the style from the document, but it comes back if I
try to set the bullets again. The style in question does not appear in my
Normal.dot file.

Ignoring the "What the $&%?" question for now, how does one make the
"bullet" function just add bullet formatting rather than change the
paragraph style? Should I cross/re- post this message to another
Microsoft
group?

TIA,
Dave.

And for a long-term solution, rather than using the Bullets button,
you could apply the List Bullet style, and modify it as needed. For
more, see http://shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Go to Format | Bullets and Numbering, select the pane that is
showing your
style, and click Reset. Then select the bullet format you want. It
will be
the active one for the Bullets button until you select a different
one.

--
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.

"Dave M" wrote in message
...
I am currently having a problem that involves a user defined style
that I
created for a document a few months back. It was a style that I
did to
create levels of indenture for a document I was doing that I
wanted to
appear in an outline format.

I am now working on another document that I do NOT want to use the
same
styles. However, every time I select a block of text and click on
the
"bullets" icon on the Format toolbar, Word changes the style of
the
selected
paragraph to one of the styles I defined way back when.

I have tried deleting the style from the document, but it comes
back if I
try to set the bullets again. The style in question does not
appear in my
Normal.dot file.

Ignoring the "What the $&%?" question for now, how does one make
the
"bullet" function just add bullet formatting rather than change
the
paragraph style? Should I cross/re- post this message to another
Microsoft
group?

TIA,
Dave.