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Subject:Re: Word Styles Keep Returning From:Beth Friedman <bjf -at- WAVEFRONT -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 5 Oct 1998 16:17:07 -0500
In our previous episode, Kevin Feeman said:
>
> I have a document that I inherited from my predecessor who no longer works
> here. It is a word 97 document. I keep deleting styles that he had in
> there and everytime I delete them, save the document, reopen the document,
> those styles are back. Any idea why? Any input would be appreciated.
Open the document. Go to Tools|Templates and Add-Ins. There'll be a
box labeled "Automatically update document styles." That box is
probably checked. Uncheck it. Delete the styles. Save the document.
