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All or nothing? How to show only 2-3 styles I define?
I am in Word 2007. I am am experienced Word user, have been since 1984.
I also want to reduce the clutter and remove the "not allowed" table styles. So far, I have found that I can show NO table styles (through the Manage Styles dialog box and its various tabs)... or ALL of them. Ideally, I want about 2 or 3 defined table styles and nothing else. Whatever happened to the happy medium (allowable in 2003 and before since at least 1995) where I can show only the table styles allowed in this document? I have seen a Word-2007-created document where it looks like someone *actually* managed this. I am trying to find that person, but no luck so far. Any ideas on how to remove the garbage so I can lock down the template to relevant styles? I saw that I might be able to lose the tables by unloading the buildingblocks.dotm, but this template/doc has to go out to other users, and I might not be able to change that on their machines. Am I missing something? Or have I lost the ability to control what table styles show? (And ALL is not acceptable.) |
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All or nothing? How to show only 2-3 styles I define?
Via Review tab | Protect Document you can select "Limit formatting to a
selection of styles" and then use the Settings button to choose exactly which styles should be available to a document (or template). This applies to table styles as well. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) "Sandra" wrote in message ... I am in Word 2007. I am am experienced Word user, have been since 1984. I also want to reduce the clutter and remove the "not allowed" table styles. So far, I have found that I can show NO table styles (through the Manage Styles dialog box and its various tabs)... or ALL of them. Ideally, I want about 2 or 3 defined table styles and nothing else. Whatever happened to the happy medium (allowable in 2003 and before since at least 1995) where I can show only the table styles allowed in this document? I have seen a Word-2007-created document where it looks like someone *actually* managed this. I am trying to find that person, but no luck so far. Any ideas on how to remove the garbage so I can lock down the template to relevant styles? I saw that I might be able to lose the tables by unloading the buildingblocks.dotm, but this template/doc has to go out to other users, and I might not be able to change that on their machines. Am I missing something? Or have I lost the ability to control what table styles show? (And ALL is not acceptable.) |
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All or nothing? How to show only 2-3 styles I define?
Thank you... that works if I am going to restrict all styles.
However, can I simply hide the unwanted table styles? Or is restricting the only option? Thanks, Sandra "Stefan Blom" wrote: Via Review tab | Protect Document you can select "Limit formatting to a selection of styles" and then use the Settings button to choose exactly which styles should be available to a document (or template). This applies to table styles as well. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) "Sandra" wrote in message ... I am in Word 2007. I am am experienced Word user, have been since 1984. I also want to reduce the clutter and remove the "not allowed" table styles. So far, I have found that I can show NO table styles (through the Manage Styles dialog box and its various tabs)... or ALL of them. Ideally, I want about 2 or 3 defined table styles and nothing else. Whatever happened to the happy medium (allowable in 2003 and before since at least 1995) where I can show only the table styles allowed in this document? I have seen a Word-2007-created document where it looks like someone *actually* managed this. I am trying to find that person, but no luck so far. Any ideas on how to remove the garbage so I can lock down the template to relevant styles? I saw that I might be able to lose the tables by unloading the buildingblocks.dotm, but this template/doc has to go out to other users, and I might not be able to change that on their machines. Am I missing something? Or have I lost the ability to control what table styles show? (And ALL is not acceptable.) . |
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All or nothing? How to show only 2-3 styles I define?
The show/hide options, available on the Recommend tab of that same dialog box,
apply only to paragraph and character styles, unfortunately. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) "Sandra" wrote in message ... Thank you... that works if I am going to restrict all styles. However, can I simply hide the unwanted table styles? Or is restricting the only option? Thanks, Sandra "Stefan Blom" wrote: Via Review tab | Protect Document you can select "Limit formatting to a selection of styles" and then use the Settings button to choose exactly which styles should be available to a document (or template). This applies to table styles as well. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) "Sandra" wrote in message ... I am in Word 2007. I am am experienced Word user, have been since 1984. I also want to reduce the clutter and remove the "not allowed" table styles. So far, I have found that I can show NO table styles (through the Manage Styles dialog box and its various tabs)... or ALL of them. Ideally, I want about 2 or 3 defined table styles and nothing else. Whatever happened to the happy medium (allowable in 2003 and before since at least 1995) where I can show only the table styles allowed in this document? I have seen a Word-2007-created document where it looks like someone *actually* managed this. I am trying to find that person, but no luck so far. Any ideas on how to remove the garbage so I can lock down the template to relevant styles? I saw that I might be able to lose the tables by unloading the buildingblocks.dotm, but this template/doc has to go out to other users, and I might not be able to change that on their machines. Am I missing something? Or have I lost the ability to control what table styles show? (And ALL is not acceptable.) . |
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All or nothing? How to show only 2-3 styles I define?
Thank you ... that is what I was afraid of.
I cannot lock the styles down yet, the template is evolving as the document keeps growing. But I did find a way to change the BuildingBlocks.dotx to get rid of the extra table styles. Thanks again, Sandra "Stefan Blom" wrote: The show/hide options, available on the Recommend tab of that same dialog box, apply only to paragraph and character styles, unfortunately. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) "Sandra" wrote in message ... Thank you... that works if I am going to restrict all styles. However, can I simply hide the unwanted table styles? Or is restricting the only option? Thanks, Sandra "Stefan Blom" wrote: Via Review tab | Protect Document you can select "Limit formatting to a selection of styles" and then use the Settings button to choose exactly which styles should be available to a document (or template). This applies to table styles as well. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) "Sandra" wrote in message ... I am in Word 2007. I am am experienced Word user, have been since 1984. I also want to reduce the clutter and remove the "not allowed" table styles. So far, I have found that I can show NO table styles (through the Manage Styles dialog box and its various tabs)... or ALL of them. Ideally, I want about 2 or 3 defined table styles and nothing else. Whatever happened to the happy medium (allowable in 2003 and before since at least 1995) where I can show only the table styles allowed in this document? I have seen a Word-2007-created document where it looks like someone *actually* managed this. I am trying to find that person, but no luck so far. Any ideas on how to remove the garbage so I can lock down the template to relevant styles? I saw that I might be able to lose the tables by unloading the buildingblocks.dotm, but this template/doc has to go out to other users, and I might not be able to change that on their machines. Am I missing something? Or have I lost the ability to control what table styles show? (And ALL is not acceptable.) . . |
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All or nothing? How to show only 2-3 styles I define?
But I did find a way to change the BuildingBlocks.dotx to get rid of the
extra table styles. Interesting. Would you like to share the tip? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) "Sandra" wrote in message ... Thank you ... that is what I was afraid of. I cannot lock the styles down yet, the template is evolving as the document keeps growing. But I did find a way to change the BuildingBlocks.dotx to get rid of the extra table styles. Thanks again, Sandra "Stefan Blom" wrote: The show/hide options, available on the Recommend tab of that same dialog box, apply only to paragraph and character styles, unfortunately. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) "Sandra" wrote in message ... Thank you... that works if I am going to restrict all styles. However, can I simply hide the unwanted table styles? Or is restricting the only option? Thanks, Sandra "Stefan Blom" wrote: Via Review tab | Protect Document you can select "Limit formatting to a selection of styles" and then use the Settings button to choose exactly which styles should be available to a document (or template). This applies to table styles as well. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) "Sandra" wrote in message ... I am in Word 2007. I am am experienced Word user, have been since 1984. I also want to reduce the clutter and remove the "not allowed" table styles. So far, I have found that I can show NO table styles (through the Manage Styles dialog box and its various tabs)... or ALL of them. Ideally, I want about 2 or 3 defined table styles and nothing else. Whatever happened to the happy medium (allowable in 2003 and before since at least 1995) where I can show only the table styles allowed in this document? I have seen a Word-2007-created document where it looks like someone *actually* managed this. I am trying to find that person, but no luck so far. Any ideas on how to remove the garbage so I can lock down the template to relevant styles? I saw that I might be able to lose the tables by unloading the buildingblocks.dotm, but this template/doc has to go out to other users, and I might not be able to change that on their machines. Am I missing something? Or have I lost the ability to control what table styles show? (And ALL is not acceptable.) . . |
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