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Re: Word 2007 - Character Styles: How do I clear a single instance? SOLVED ANOTHER WAY
Subject:Re: Word 2007 - Character Styles: How do I clear a single instance? SOLVED ANOTHER WAY From:Kathleen MacDowell <kathleen -dot- eamd -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Tracey Bean <traceybean -at- verizon -dot- net> Date:Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:56:09 -0600
Ok, backtracking through all the messages I saw Tim's note about the Style
Inspector. Fascinating, thanks a bundle Tim!
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Tracey Bean <traceybean -at- verizon -dot- net> wrote:
> Tim,
>
> Thank you! This indeed does the trick.
>
> Wow -- now that I have two solutions, I have to stop maligning Word,
> at least on this issue.
>
> Tracey
>
> On Jan 19, 2011, at 3:57 PM, Tim J. Slager wrote:
>
> > I would use the Style inspector.
> >
> > Click the expander arrow in lower right of the Styles group on the
> > Home ribbon. That opens a Styles bar. At the bottom of the list of
> > styles are 3 buttons. The middle one should be Style Inspector. This
> > opens a dialog box that lets you view format properties of any
> > highlighted text and clear all special formatting or just the
> > properties that you want. It's actually pretty slick. Sorry about
> > the help being so atrocious!
> >
> > HTH. tims
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Subject: Word 2007 - Character Styles: How do I clear a single
> > instance?
> >
> > Hi all --
> > <snip>
> > Question: How does one *remove* a character style once it is applied?
> > It seems like it ought to be simple. Shouldn't it? But I am, as it
> > were, feeling a bit dunderheaded, and...
> >
> > <another snip>
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Tracey
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> >
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