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Possible to rearrange Headings in Style?
Problem: I need to change all instances of Heading 3 to Heading 4, and Heading 2 to Heading 3. I failed to discern the significance of text that should be elevated to Heading 2 Situation: I just...
You can use Find & Replace for this. You'd have to start with replacing Heading 3 with Heading 4. Then replace Heading 2 with Heading 3.
In the Find and Replace dialog box (Ctrl+H), click the More button (if necessary) so that you can see all options.
In the dialog box, click in the "Find what" box and then click Format > Style and specify the style to search for. Similarly, click in the "Replace with" box and then use Format > Style to specify the replacement style.
Thank you for taking the time to help me. I stumbled on your suggestion in another thread which didn't show up in my initial searches. Your approach of using Replace is better than the way I thought I would have to use, finding the headings and manually changing them in Styles.
That being said, I was _really_ hoping to find a way to access the attributes and change them externally—perhaps with a PowerShell script. My mess is spread over 30 files. I've never heard of manipulating MS Word documents that way, but the task is daunting so I wanted to reach out to the gurus and wizards before going very far on the repairs.
Kudos to you, your comments are great, and always courteous, even when helping a dunce!
