Try opening the Styles Task Pane: at the bottom, select Custom from the Show
list to open the Format Settings dialog. Click on the Styles button to open
the Styles dialog: then select and delete Char1.

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Terry Farrell - Word MVP
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"Peter B." <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0f3701c4f1d3$953fb3f0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
:I have a style that has inserted itself into my documents
: called Char1. I have a large trainig manual using a
: variety of different styles. Althought the text is
: formatted properly, the style name that is displayed is
: Char1. If I change the style of the text, it is
: reformatted, but the style name remains Char1. This is
: maddening and I can't delete it. Any help would be
: appreciated.