Word: deleting unused styles
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/06/06
Ever since I started using Word, I thought that deleting unused styles was hard.
And it was in Word 2000: WD2000: How to Remove Unused Standard Styles from a Document.
And people still think it is complicted in Word 2010: Word 2010 – How does one remove any unused styles in a document – – Microsoft Community.
But in fact it is very simple.
Instructions via How to Delete All Unused Styles in Word Document | eHow.com:
- Click the “Home” tab in Word.
- Click the “Styles” icon in the bottom-right corner of the Styles group. Alternatively, press the Ctrl, Alt, Shift and S keys at the same time. This opens the Styles task pane.
- Click the “Options” link at the bottom of the Styles task pane.
- Click the drop-down box beneath “Select Styles to Show.” Select “In Use.” This deletes all unused styles in the Word document.
- Click “OK.” The unused styles in the Styles task pane should be gone when you return to your document.
–jeroen
via: How to Delete All Unused Styles in Word Document | eHow.com.






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