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Originally Posted by apersonyouknow
When I actually read your response, I was filled with such disdain! "You should not be doing what you're suggesting," WHY THE HELL NOT? "as the proper use of Styles is the foundation upon which good documents are designed and managed," fair enough -- except I can't get over the fact I think you're just covering up for a HUGE gigantic flaw in MS Word. Wow that totally sucks about MS Word, "especially in a corporate environment," how do you know they work in a corporate environment?
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Word works that way
by design. It is impossible to use Word without using Styles. Anyone interested in productivity and document stability should take the time to learn to use them properly. For anyone using Word for anything serious will soon learn that mis-using them only creates problems further down the track. I never suggested the person worked in a corporate environment; only that it's especially bad practice to do it there.
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What if someone is editing a doc that never came from a corporate environment for their own personal use, and for whatever reason, their doc is RIDDLED with these stupid Headers plaguing the navigation pane? THEN WHAT? DOES the OP ever get a solution to their query? NO! No thanks to you, too!
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How about reading the second paragraph of my reply - the one you
didn't quote!!!
That said, I fail to see how headers could 'plague' the navigation pane. What else do you expect to see there??? If Heading Styles have been mis-applied or mis-used, surely seeing them there points you to where the document needs attention.
You could, of course, simply save the document in RTF format, make a single edit to it using WordPad, then re-save. Alternatively, save the document in the ODT format. Close the file, then re-open it in Word. The result is a document with everything in the 'Normal' Style using what is called "direct formatting" applied to all non-Normal content. Be warned: doing this makes Word documents unnecessarily complex and bloated and causes all manner of editing problems.
As for your parting shot, don't shoot the messenger. I didn't design Word (I've never worked for MS, either); all I did was explain how it works. If you don't like it, use something else - that's your prerogative.