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Removing shading from all Word Style

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wokkie

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May 9, 2003
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Hi,

I have OCRed a scaned doc into Word, that went well.

However for all the text it has created a style with a shading of white.

I can manaully remove the shading easily enough, but every block of text has its own style so it would take a while.

How do I modify all the styles in one go?

Thanks,

Ian
 
Chose [Format] and then [Styles and Formatting].

You can then change the offending style, or just delete it.

Another option is [Ctrl]A to get the entire document and then set everything to [Normal] on the Style menu. Depending on your version of Word, you may also get a [Clear Formatting] as the first style option.

[yinyang] Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK) [yinyang]
 
Also [Ctrl]A, [Format] and [Font] and set [Font Colour] to Automatic.

[yinyang] Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK) [yinyang]
 
Thanks for that,

I tried both those techniques before I posted, but they don't do what I need.

What I want to be able to do is to change all the Styles to have no shading - there is a different Style for each block of text, so doing it manually will be tedious.

The attribute is accessed by:
Modify Style, Borders and Shading, Shading then choosing No Fill
 
Why not do a Ctrl +A (select all) and then just go to Format pull-down, borders & shading, then no fill. That wouldn't change your font styles or sizes, just the shading.
 
You star AlsGal52, I thought I had tried everything, but I hadn't!

Thanks so much - saved me loads of time.

Ian
 
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