If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Resetting Document Styles....
I have a long document that I want to start over as far as formatting.
Is there a way I can reset the formatting of it (i.e. remove all custom formating styles and revert to Microsoft defaults). |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Resetting Document Styles....
If the styles have not been changed (all the formatting has been applied as
direct formatting), Ctrl+A, Ctrl+Q, Ctrl+Spacebar will do it. From your description, though, it sounds as if custom styles are involved. You can delete these styles, but (unless you have Word 2007, which I believe allows you to choose which style you want substituted), the paragraphs will revert to Normal. If you're going to get Normal, anyway, you might as well Ctrl+A, Ctrl+Shift+N. Wwhat I prefer to do, regardless of what sort of dog's breakfast I'm dealing with, is strip out *all* formatting by applying the style I will be using most (usually Body Text or Body Text First Indent), then pasting the text into a new document based on *my* template. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Lou" wrote in message ups.com... I have a long document that I want to start over as far as formatting. Is there a way I can reset the formatting of it (i.e. remove all custom formating styles and revert to Microsoft defaults). |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|