Nope...just did that and the styles stayed the same as when I made them. Are you applying two different styles in one text box or using different text boxes for each? I did it in two different text boxes and maybe that's the difference? Try it that way and see if the styles stay the same. I have a feeling that it's not cuz you are basing one style on the other, but that you are putting two different styles in one text box...maybe? I don't have time now to check that out cuz I gotta get to bed....but when I did it in two different text boxes, the styles remained as I made them, even after saving, closing, and reopening. Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James S. Huggins (MSO) Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 11:54 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Publisher XP ================= Ok James...I just tested it....I made a style called James that had 8 pts after the paragraph...then I made a new style named James Less, based on James, that had 0 pts after the paragraph and it worked fine. Am I misunderstanding you? Is this what you are saying you can't do? What do you mean when you say it's not possible? Do you get an error message or something? ================== Oh yeah. I left one part out. Save the document. Then open it again. The second style goes back to being the same pts after paragraph as the first style. James ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************