BOTH things scared the cr*p out of me, too. But then, I got my feet wet and realized how powerful styles and VBA really are. I'm doing things now that I could never find a solution for before. Granted, both have a fairly large learning curve, but in my opinion, it's well worth the time now to save ample time in the future. OK, I'm done channeling Dian....<g> ~Candi >>> gwells@xxxxxxxxxxx 10/24/03 10:49AM >>> You and me both Scot. /g -----Original Message----- From: Scot Jones [mailto:sjones@xxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 10:48 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Word 03 and Styles I think I answered my own question about styles - it appears to only be happening when I paste text in (which I do frequently) from other programs, such as Dreamweaver. I guess my answer is to Paste Special . . . Unformatted Text. =20 Makes me think, too, that I should be tackling the use of Styles more - it scares me *almost* as much as the thought of learning VBA!! =20 Scot ************************************************************* 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 with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. 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 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* 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 with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. 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 *************************************************************