WD2000: ErrMsg: "This style name already exists or is reserved for a built-in style." (224024)

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://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8FBEE1D3-C5BB-4A36-A2F7-DC63DE2A818C

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

THINGS 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.