Macro to detect manual style overrides (e.g. StyleName + Bold)

[hschmeding]

Hello,

I need a diagnostic macro that detects manual style overrides in a
document.
These style overrides are shown in the Styles and Formatting task pane
as "<StyleName> + Bold", for example, if 'Formatting in use' is
selected.
Apparently, they do not belong to the Styles collection, but I don't
know how to address them. Does anybody know how I could list them using
a macro?

Thanks in advance
Heike

 

[Jezebel]

For an alternative method: Make a copy of the document. Accept all changes.
Select all and reset the styles. Now review formatting changes.

 

[hschmeding]

Thanks for your suggestion, but it does not solve my problem.
I need some kind of VBA code to automatically detect manual formatting
in a first step.
In a second step, the macro has to distinguish between allowed
overrides (e.g. character formatting + Bold, + Italic) and unallowed
overrides (e.g. + Space Before) that should then be reset to the
original style.

 

[Jezebel]

What's the problem about using VBA for the purpose? Step through the
changes, check what's changed.

 

[hschmeding]

The reason why I'm looking for an automatic approach is that we use a
template with approx. 60 styles and we have to check a few hundred
documents for unallowed manual formatting that would undermine html
output.
Of course, I could check all documents manually, using the Styles and
Formatting task pane, but I would prefer an automatic method...

 

[Jezebel]

I wasn't suggesting you do it manually. Your macro should iterate the
changes.