Word 2000 doesn't give you as much control over style display as later
versions, but you can edit the Styles list somewhat. In Word 2000 and
earlier, the Styles list always displays "Styles in use," a category that
often bears little relation to what styles are actually in use. Go to Format
| Style and select "Styles in use" as the Category. Then select each style
you don't want to see displayed and press Delete. You can't really delete
any of Word's built-in styles, but they will be removed from the list (and
reset to their default Normal.dot formatting).
Note, however, that you will not be able to delete the following styles:
Normal
Default Paragraph Font
Heading 1
Heading 2
Heading 3
any other heading style that has been marked as being "in use"
The first five are always displayed by default; additional headings are
added as they are used and then cannot be removed. If you are sure you have
never intentionally used, say, Heading 4, check the AutoFormat As You Type
tab of Tools | AutoCorrect to make sure you have disabled "Define styles
based on my formatting," which is notorious for applying heading styles
(seemingly at random) to short lines of text that have been bolded or
italicized.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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