WD2000: ErrMsg: "This style name already exists or is reserved for a built-in style."

ID: Q224024

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

ERROR MESSAGE

When you try to create a new style or rename an existing style, the following error message may appear:

This style name already exists or is reserved for a built-in style.

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

Word does not allow you to name two styles with the same style name or name a style with the same style name as a default, built-in style.

WHAT TO TRY

Word does not allow you to name two styles with the same style name or name a style with the same style name as a default, built-in style.

To work around this, use a different style name to describe the style. For more information about styles, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type "styles" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

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Additional query words: OFF2000


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