Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated December 10, 2020)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Daniel has a problem that many people may face from time to time. He gets documents from others in his office, and they often contain a large number of styles that he needs to delete. Deleting a large number of styles one at a time is a real pain, so he is looking for a way to delete a large number of styles all at once.
The easiest way to do this is to use a behind-the-scenes tool called the Organizer. Follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Styles tab of the Organizer.
Remember that some built-in styles (such as Normal) cannot be deleted from the list of styles.
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2015-12-27 22:08:05
Tom the Toolman
When a style is deleted, what style is applied to all the text that used the deleted style? Normal?
2015-12-26 11:31:44
MEF
Many can't be deleted.
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