WD97: Cannot Reference HeadingStyles Index with String Value (165290)

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• Reference the style with an integer value. -or-
  
  
• Create a macro that allows you to reference the style by name.
  
  The following example Visual Basic for Applications macro demonstrates how you can reference the style by name without receiving the error message:

        Sub AddRemoveHeadingStyleExample()
           Dim oTOCStyle As Object
           ' Add a user defined style to the document.
           ActiveDocument.Styles.Add Name:="UserDefined Para Style", _
           Type:=wdStyleTypeParagraph
           ' Insert a table of contents
           ActiveDocument.TablesOfContents.Add ActiveDocument.Content
           ' Add User Defined style to TOC HeadingStyles.
           ActiveDocument.TablesOfContents(1).HeadingStyles.Add _
           "UserDefined Para Style", 1
           ' Loop through HeadingStyle collection.
           For Each oTOCStyle In _
              ActiveDocument.TablesOfContents(1).HeadingStyles
              ' Perform conditional on style name to find.
              If oTOCStyle.Style = "UserDefined Para Style" Then
                 ' Remove the style from the TOC HeadingStyle collection.
                 oTOCStyle.Delete
              End If
           Next
  End Sub