Hi George Thanks for your response. I have never heard of this alternative way before and I gave it a try, but as I had mentioned in my query, if the name of the character style is "Dropcap: Numbered list" in one file and "Dropcap: Three Lines" in the other document, it doesn't know how to recognise and consolidate the character into one style, but, instead it adds both styles to the character panel. It still means I have to manually delete the wrong character style and replace it with the other. Anyway, I appreciate your suggestion! Kind regards Carol
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