Deleting Styles

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I'm using Word 2000.

Is it dangerous to delete default styles from a template? I'm working on a
company template that has its own header system seperate from Header 1,
Header 2, Header 3, ect.

If I delete those built in headers in the template will they still be
availible for documents not using the template or does deleting a style wipe
it out across all files?
 
I suppose the styles you want to delete are Heading 1 - 9. Actually, you
cannot delete those styles and there are many good reasons for using those
styles for your headings instead of custom styles - this makes things much
easier for you (e.g. creating a TOC or inserting cross-references). Note that
you can modify the built-in heading styles to look exactly as you wish.

Deleting a style from a template will not affect any existing document, i.e.
the style will not disappear from the documents. On the other hand, new
documents you create based on that template will be "born" without the style
you deleted. Documents based on any other template are not affected.

You will find a number of informative articles about styles at:
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/TipsOnStyles.html

See especially "Why use Microsoft Word's built-in heading styles?" at:
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/UseBuiltInHeadingStyles.html

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Regards
Lene Fredborg
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word
 
In addition to what Lene has said, you actually cannot delete any of the
built-in styles. If you display "Styles in use," you can "delete" any style
*except* Normal, Default Paragraph Font, and any heading styles that are
listed, but they are not really deleted, just reverted to their formatting
in the default Normal.dot, and you will still see them listed if you display
"All styles."

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

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