Why can't I change certain styles back to normal?

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Matt

When I change some text to 'strong' or 'emphasis' in the styles tab, I can't
change it back to 'Normal' or 'No Spacing'. Why is this?

Thanks
 
This is because Strong and Emphasis are character styles which are always
applied on top of the paragraph style. Select the text and press
Ctrl+SpaceBar to clear any direct font formatting, including character
styles.

If you are using Word 2007, you can specifically clear the character styles
applied to (parts of) the selection: In the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S),
click the Style Inspector button. Click the Clear Character Style button.
 
If there's any chance that Chinese is installed on your computer,
don't use Ctrl-Space (that's the Windows command to switch to
Chinese,
and Word won't override it). Use Ctrl-Shift-Z instead.
 
This is because Strong and Emphasis are character styles which are always
applied on top of the paragraph style. Select the text and press
Ctrl+SpaceBar (or Ctrl+Shift+Z) to clear any direct font formatting,
including character styles.

If you are using Word 2007, you can specifically clear any character styles
from the selected text: In the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S), click the
Style Inspector button. Click the Clear Character Style button.
 
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