Can't delete a style!

[Guest]

My document is not currently using "Title 5" nor "Title 6" anywere I can see,
but when I try to delete them, the style organizer sais "Can't delete the
integrated style Title 6".

I'd like to remove all styles not in use. Is there any way of doing this?

Thanx in advance!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In Word 2000 and earlier, it is true that you cannot delete any of the
built-in heading styles once they have appeared in the "Styles in use" list.
Headings 1-3 are there by default, plus any other heading levels that have
been used in the document (even if they're no longer in use). In Word 2002
and 2003, choosing "Custom" at the bottom of the Styles and Formatting task
pane will open the Format Settings dialog, in which you can select exactly
which styles you want to be visible in several different views. The Styles
dropdown, AFAIK, still always shows "Styles in use."

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

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[Guest]

OMG, that was a REALLY fast answer... Thanks a lot Suzanne!
It's really a pitty it's simply IMPOSIBLE to delete a heading style once it
has been used.

Word 2000 is a crap... I hate it. >:[

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

One way to "delete" the styles is to copy your text (making sure it doesn't
contain any of the unwanted styles) and paste into a fresh document based on
the same template.

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

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all may benefit.

OMG, that was a REALLY fast answer... Thanks a lot Suzanne!
It's really a pitty it's simply IMPOSIBLE to delete a heading style once it
has been used.

Word 2000 is a crap... I hate it. >:[

In Word 2000 and earlier, it is true that you cannot delete any of the
built-in heading styles once they have appeared in the "Styles in use" list.
Headings 1-3 are there by default, plus any other heading levels that have
been used in the document (even if they're no longer in use). In Word 2002
and 2003, choosing "Custom" at the bottom of the Styles and Formatting task
pane will open the Format Settings dialog, in which you can select exactly
which styles you want to be visible in several different views. The Styles
dropdown, AFAIK, still always shows "Styles in use."

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

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all may benefit.

can
see,

 

[Guest]

Yes, that's what I did. My brother has Word 2003 so I made a protected
document only with the styles I use and pasted my document in it. Voila...
only the styles I want appered! (finally). Still it's too obscure IMHO. Guys
at MS should have thought about this already!!

One way to "delete" the styles is to copy your text (making sure it doesn't
contain any of the unwanted styles) and paste into a fresh document based on
the same template.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

OMG, that was a REALLY fast answer... Thanks a lot Suzanne!
It's really a pitty it's simply IMPOSIBLE to delete a heading style once it
has been used.

Word 2000 is a crap... I hate it. >:[

In Word 2000 and earlier, it is true that you cannot delete any of the
built-in heading styles once they have appeared in the "Styles in use" list.
Headings 1-3 are there by default, plus any other heading levels that have
been used in the document (even if they're no longer in use). In Word 2002
and 2003, choosing "Custom" at the bottom of the Styles and Formatting task
pane will open the Format Settings dialog, in which you can select exactly
which styles you want to be visible in several different views. The Styles
dropdown, AFAIK, still always shows "Styles in use."

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

My document is not currently using "Title 5" nor "Title 6" anywere I can
see,
but when I try to delete them, the style organizer sais "Can't delete the
integrated style Title 6".

I'd like to remove all styles not in use. Is there any way of doing this?

Thanx in advance!