Style modifications added to Template

[Paddy]

Using Word 2002 on XP Prof.

I have a document that when I modify an existing Style (eg Heading 3 make
small caps), that modified style gets added to the Styles drop-down in the
document (but not on new blank docs).

I need to send this document to a client.

(a) How can I clean up the extraneous styles?
(b) How can I tell Word to stop doing that?

See screenshots of Blank Doc and Problem Doc here:

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~paddym1/HeadingStyles.doc

Thanks

Paddy

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Are you actually modifying the style or just adding formatting? If the
latter, then clearing the "Keep track of formatting" box on the Edit tab of
Tools | Options will clear the Heading 3 + "style." If what you're saying is
that you want the changes you make to a style to be written back to the
template, then you need to check the "Add to template" box in the Modify
Style dialog, but this will affect the template only on your own machine,
not anyone else's. The style modifications will, however, travel with the
document. See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/templaterelations/index.html

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

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[Paddy]

Are you actually modifying the style or just adding formatting? If the
latter, then clearing the "Keep track of formatting" box on the Edit tab
of
Tools | Options will clear the Heading 3 + "style."

That's it. Thanks, Suzanne. I'll check it out.

Paddy

 

[Paddy]

Thanks, Suzanne.

That was exactly the issue, and the solution. All Hail MVPs !!!!!!

Paddy

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Glad I could help.

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

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