WD2000: Err Msg: "Run-time error '5122': This style name does not exist."

ID: Q224017

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

ERROR MESSAGE

When you try to delete a style from a document with the use of a Visual Basic for Applications macro, the following error message may appear:

Run-time error '5122':

This style name does not exist.

For example, when you run the following sample macro code to delete the style "BodyTextIndent", the error message may appear.


Sub DeleteBuiltInStyle()

Dim odocStyle As Styles
Set odocStyle = ActiveDocument.Styles

odocStyles(wdStyleBodyTextIndent).Delete

End Sub

NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that allows you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/downloadDetails/alerts.htm

NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.

CAUSE

The style you are trying to delete does not exist in the document.

WHAT TO TRY

The style you are trying to delete does not exist in the document.

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

The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro determines whether the style (Body Text Indent) is being used in the document and, if it is used, it removes the style. If the style does not exist in the document, no message is displayed.


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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For additional information about deleting unused styles, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q189297 WD2000: Sample VBA Code to Delete Built-In Style

Q193536 WD2000: How to Remove Unused Standard Styles from Document

Additional query words: OFF2000


Keywords          : kbdta kbwordvba wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb