XP Styles vs. 97/2000 styles

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Melissa

I neeed some ninja MVP, "concept" help for WORD XP and
later.

Could a smart person please help me retrieve (or
understand why I shouldn't) two style functions I relied
on in 97 and miss in XP? First, I name styles
alphabetically so they'll show up *IN THAT ORDER" in my
drop-down list. What's happening on the right side of my
screen in XP??? What a FRICKIN MESS!!! and (2) when I
format a paragraph, I use that paragraph to then update a
style. I'm aware in XP, on the right, how a right-click on
a style name may SOMETIMES offer the option to "update
from selected paragraph" or whatever, but SOMETIMES that
option is gray, and I'm stuck with a weird style name that
is my original style an unwanted PLUS SIGN and then
whatever attribute I failed to fold into the original
style. What's going on? Any good links for cool
explanations? Etc?

Thank you very much in advance for any help you can offer.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

On the Edit tab of Tools | Options, clear the check box for "Keep track of
formatting" and check the box for "Prompt to update style." This should get
you a long way back toward what you're used to. Note that you can also
specify exactly which styles will be listed by choosing Custom at the bottom
of the Styles and Formatting task pane. For more helpful tips, see
http://home.zebra.net/~sbarnhill/CustomizingWord2002.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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