Word Auto creates new styles

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I am using Word 2003. when ever I have a style assigned to text and I modify
it, Word creates a new style for me. If I have a style named "style", and
then italicize it, it creates a style called "style + italicize". Is there a
way to prevent word from creating all of these unneccesary styles within my
documents?
TIA
George
 
Those are not styles, just formatting. If you don't want to see them, clear
the check box for "Keep track of formatting" on the Edit tab of Tools |
Options.

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

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Suzanne,

I have been scratching my head over why Word (Word 2002 in my case) "spawns"
additional "styles". It is not clear to me what a "style" is versus
"formatting".

It would be helpful if you could tell us more about what Word does when a
user adds additional formatting to a style.

Do I understand correctly that whe, "Keep track of formatting" on the Edit
tab of Tools, Options is unchecked, I will not be plagued with these
additional "formatting entries" on the styles list box?

Thanks in advance,

Jason Gapco
 
If you're seeing "styles" such as "Heading 1 + Red," then you're seeing
"formatting." And yes, if you clear that check box, you won't see those
variants. Note, however, that clearing this check box will prevent you from
using the "Select all instances" feature in the Styles and Formatting task
pane.

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

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Thanks Suzanne for your reply. I found the links that Daiya told me about
very helpful. Now, I DO have the check box in quesiton un-checked, but I
still had one style called, “Heading 5,Heading 5 Charâ€, which Word indicates
IS a style! Maybe this was the result of an action BEFORE I un-checked the
"track formatting" check box - I do not know. I will say that I re-gained
some of my sanity now!

Jason
 
Daiya,

Thanks for the links - I can't describe how good it feels to finally find
some folks who know what they're talking about!

Jason
 
No, that type of style results from inadvertently selecting part of a
paragraph when applying a paragraph style. When you do that, the paragraph
style is applied as a character style called, for example, "Heading 5 Char."
If you then inadvertently apply *that* style to part of a paragraph, you get
"Heading 5 Char Char." And so on. The way to avoid these styles is to be
careful always to either select the entire paragraph or collapse the
selection to a single point in the paragraph.

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

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