I'm using Word 2003 and trying to delete some styles for Headings which we do
not use. They are Heading styles 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and I do not have the
option to delete them? I click on Format on the Menu bar and then select
Styles. Then once I highlight these styles and right click I see the option
to delete, but it's greyed out. I thought it might be because they are based
on the Normal.dot Heading Style, but I changed that and still didn't get the
option to delete? I am able to delete other styles without any problem, but
these in particular are causing me issues.

Chris

Chris@ADS wrote:
> I'm using Word 2003 and trying to delete some styles for Headings
> which we do not use. They are Heading styles 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and I
> do not have the option to delete them? I click on Format on the Menu
> bar and then select Styles. Then once I highlight these styles and
> right click I see the option to delete, but it's greyed out. I
> thought it might be because they are based on the Normal.dot Heading
> Style, but I changed that and still didn't get the option to delete?
> I am able to delete other styles without any problem, but these in
> particular are causing me issues.
>
> Chris

Hi Chris,

Built-in styles, including all the Heading styles, can't be deleted.

What sort of issues are you having with these styles, since you don't use
them?

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

In Word 2003, you can use the Custom option in the Styles and Formatting
task pane to select which styles you want visible.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Chris@ADS" <Chris@(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6360BED0-F144-4C3A-AC91-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm using Word 2003 and trying to delete some styles for Headings which we
do
> not use. They are Heading styles 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and I do not have the
> option to delete them? I click on Format on the Menu bar and then select
> Styles. Then once I highlight these styles and right click I see the
option
> to delete, but it's greyed out. I thought it might be because they are
based
> on the Normal.dot Heading Style, but I changed that and still didn't get
the
> option to delete? I am able to delete other styles without any problem,
but
> these in particular are causing me issues.
>
> Chris