Making a style to be font agnostic

[RockyRoad]

I have a style that has Times set as it's font. I am wondering if there
is a way to delete any font reference in the style, so that the style
does not affect the font.

I can see how to choose another font, but I cannot see how to grey the
box out.

Is there a way? I'd like to do it with font size too.

 

[Clive Huggan]

What version of Word and OS, Rocky?

Also, can you give an explicit indication of the end result you want to
achieve? -- the more detail the better.

Pending that information, and the possibility of a work-around, my answer to
your question as put is "no". But hold your breath for the time being ...

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is at least 7 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[Klaus Linke]

I have a style that has Times set as it's font. I am wondering if there
is a way to delete any font reference in the style, so that the style
does not affect the font.

I can see how to choose another font, but I cannot see how to grey the
box out.

Is there a way? I'd like to do it with font size too.

Hi,

If you set the font to the font of the base style, Word should recognize that the font setting is redundant, and remove it. Same for size.
Not sure: Maybe you need to save and reopen the doc, though I don't think so.

Regards,
Klaus

 

[Klaus Linke]

Yes, you can do it.

Klaus is correct, you set the Font of the style to be the Underlying
Properties. However, he forgot to mention that this setting is available
only for a style of type CHARACTER.

Hi John,

Don't think I forgot to mention that ;-)

Say your style is based on Normal. Normal is "Times New Roman".
Your style is Arial, so the definition says "Normal + Arial + other stuff".
Now you set your style back to Times New Roman (the font of the base style), and the font setting disappears.

Regards,
Klaus