Elsol102,
Yes you can, altering your page setup to change your margins has no effect
on your styles.
Luc
> In MS Word 2002 I start a document and set the margins in page setup say at
> .40 of an inch. Then I create various styles and apply them to text.
> Afterwards I want to change the margin settings. Can I just go to page set
> up and change the margins or is doing this going to change all of the various
> styles where those headings and text line up?