KB165464 - WD97: Sample VB Code to Delete Built-In Style

Article ID: 165464

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q165464

SUMMARY

This article describes how to delete built-in styles using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications.

MORE INFORMATION

When you delete a built-in style, the style is removed from the list of styles currently being used in the document. Every range within the document will receive the Normal style formatting once the built-in style is removed.

The following built-in styles cannot be deleted from a document:

Heading Styles 1-9
Normal Style(paragraph)
Normal Style(character)
Any style that has not been applied to a range within a document

If you attempt to delete one of these styles, you will receive the following error message:

Run-time error '5122': Style name does not exist

To avoid receiving the error message when you delete a built-in style, you must first verify that the style has been used in the document.

The following Visual Basic for Applications macro determines whether the built-in style, Body Text Indent, is being used in the document and, if it is used, it removes the style.

   Sub DeleteBuiltInStyle()
      Dim odocStyle As Styles
      Set odocStyle = ActiveDocument.Styles
      If odocStyle(wdStyleBodyTextIndent).InUse Then
         odocStyle(wdStyleBodyTextIndent).Delete
      End If
   End Sub

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