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Re: [stclwrsig-l] Word styles that refuse to be modified or deletedandwon't freakin' go away
Subject:Re: [stclwrsig-l] Word styles that refuse to be modified or deletedandwon't freakin' go away From:"Kathleen MacDowell" <kathleen -at- writefortheuser -dot- com> To:"Van Boening, Tammy" <Tammy -dot- VanBoening -at- chartercom -dot- com> Date:Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:16:11 -0500
I have to echo Tammy's thanks, Janet. I thought I'd seen something
about this technique, but I wasn't sure. It's very important when
working in Word.
Regards,
Kathleen
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Van Boening, Tammy
<Tammy -dot- VanBoening -at- chartercom -dot- com> wrote:
> Thank you, thank you, thank you! This did the trick and my bullets seem
> to be staying stable now. I can only hope.
>
> These lists are awesome.
>
> TVB
>
> Tammy Van Boening
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Polley, Janet [mailto:Janet -dot- Polley -at- aecom -dot- com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:20 AM
> To: Van Boening, Tammy; stclwrsig-l -at- mailman -dot- stc -dot- org;
> techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: [stclwrsig-l] Word styles that refuse to be modified or
> deletedandwon't freakin' go away
>
> Open the Style pane, click Options at the bottom. Uncheck all of the
> "Select formatting to show as styles" check boxes.
>
> Next, right-click the original style, and select Modify and make sure
> "Automatically update" is not checked.
>
> After these, you should be able to modify your styles to suit. I hope
> this helps.
>
> janet
>
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