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Removing Style Properties
Hi All - Hope someone can help me with this issue. Is there a way to remove style properties?
Background
I have inherited a template document with many styles and unfortunately other users have added properties to the default built-in styles. I would like to remove these.
Often, "restyling" a document that you have inherited from someone else will require a lot of work.
What you can do is try the following: Create a new, blank document with the desired styles. Import the existing content (of your inherited document) via the Insert File dialog box. (To open the dialog box, go to the Insert tab, click the arrow on the Object button and finally click Text from File.)
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Often, "restyling" a document that you have inherited from someone else will require a lot of work.
What you can do is try the following: Create a new, blank document with the desired styles. Import the existing content (of your inherited document) via the Insert File dialog box. (To open the dialog box, go to the Insert tab, click the arrow on the Object button and finally click Text from File.)
- Interesting Stefan - would works for some parts and probably quicker.
Hello Markhaning,
If you want to remove the styles, you can't as built-in styles can't be removed, only changed.
You can do, however, a 'mass update' if you don't want to do it one by one importing the styles from a document where you like the way the styles look.
How to Import Styles from Other Documents in Word 2013 - dummies
I hope this helps.
P.S.: I recommend working on a copy of your document, or make a back-up copy, in case you needed to revert back to what you had.
Thanks for the reply, Lenka_Kerumova
Unfortunately, I am not talking about removing a style, but removing part of it's properties. An example might be if you modify the 'Normal' style font to 9 pt, you cannot remove that property it seems.
Markhaning - have you tried what I suggested? Your reply seems to suggest that you had read only the first sentence.
