I wasn't really taking much notice of the recent posts (sorry - other priorities!). But today I came across this blog post from the MSDN Word team which may be useful in understanding how Word 2007's Normal Style works: http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2008/10/28/behind-th e-curtain-styles-doc-defaults-style-sets-and-themes.aspx (or http://tinyurl.com/56nhs4) Hope someone gets something out of it. Rhonda Rhonda Bracey rhonda.bracey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.cybertext.com.au CyberText Newsletter/blog: http://cybertext.wordpress.com Author-it Certified Consultant