Re: What the holy heck is wrong with Word

[Lisa Wright <lisawright -at- mail -dot- utexas -dot- edu>]

Brian,
In Word 2003, the Available Styles setting is covered in the online help 
under "There are too many descriptions in the Styles and Formatting task 
pane." It didn't click with me before, but evidently there's a reason 
that some of the view options are labeled "formatting," and some are 
labeled "styles."

The topic reads as follows:

"By default, formatting that's in use, common heading styles, and styles 
you have created are displayed in the Styles and Formatting task pane.

You may have selected All Styles in the Show box. Instead, click 
"Available formatting" to restore the default view, "Formatting in use" 
to see only the formatting that appears in your document, or click 
Custom to define the view.

If "Available formatting" is selected in the Show box, you may have many 
overlapping formats that look similar but aren't exactly the same. To 
provide a more consistent look and to remove overlapping formats, you 
can check the consistency of formatting.

As I say to my mother, "some tech writer worked really hard to write 
that stuff! You should read it!"

HTH,

Lisa


Brian Gordon wrote:
<snip>I go