Remove a style property

[Adamski]

Hi,

[This may not require VBA at all but I can't see how to do it in the GUI.]

How do I remove a style property so it inherits from the Style Based On style?

Example:
I have a Bold RedText Character style:
Default Paragraph Font + Font:Bold, Font color:Red

It is applied to various paragraphs with different coloured text. I want to modify it to just be bold and not to change the colour of the paragraph. If I change it in the GUI to Auto it becomes black.

I want it to be: Default Paragraph Font + Font:Bold


The obvious solution in this simple case is to create a new style without the font colour set and replace, but I've also had this problem with other more complicated styles. It is particularly a pain when the styles are used in Outline Numbered Lists.

Cheers

[fumei]

"How do I remove a style property so it inherits from the Style Based On style?"

I do not think you need to do this.

Go into the Styles and Formatting task pane, select the style, right click it and select Modify.

Change the format (Font > remove color value).

[Adamski]

I don't see how to do it in the "Modify Style" dailog. I can change the colour but not remove it. Same in the "Format - Font..." sub dailog. Probably should have said I am using Word 2003.

[fumei]

Change it to automatic.