Re: Char Char Char Styles in Word 2002

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From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/26/04 

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:51:09 -0500

I don't know what you mean by "Link style," but AFAIK, this problem was
corrected by SP1. I never experienced it in a single Word 2002 document
(even without any of the SPs) except a single corrupt one that I inherited
from someone else. 

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Roxanne Ruiz" <Roxanne Ruiz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4B64FE47-DBF3-4C8A-A9F4-5D93D28BE0A7@microsoft.com...
> I read Susan Barnhill's response to a user (Dan ODell) with the "char char
> char" style problem in Word.  I understand this char style problem is
> actually a result of Microsoft Word's "link style" feature which started
in
> Word 2002.  Ms. Barnhill's reply to the user to treat the document as
> "corrupt" in order to get rid of the styles is totally unacceptable.  We
> don't always have the time to clean up 150 (or more) page prospectuses.
This
> is a feature Microsoft has put into their program, they need to come up
with
> a solution.  This "link style" feature is not helpful and is currently
> causing problems in my firm. There needs to be an option to turn this off.
> Please advise if you have any other workaround other than treating the
> documents as corrupt.  Thank you.