Stefan-

Thanks for your reply. Automating this process is definitely what i am
looking to do and I agree is seems feasible.  Essentially, I need to path the
style and numbering format from various levels in one document to one or more
levels in a different document.  One would think that I could create an
automated way to do this.  Since this was not available, I had to copy and
paste text with the style and numbering format into each document and then
manually path each level of the document over to the new version.  It was a
painfully long process and I would be open to a new way of resovling this.  
Are you aware of a better way or way to post onto a different newsgroup for
wider insight on this topic?

Thanks,
-Bob