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From: Doug Robbins - Word MVP on 25 Apr 2010 17:08
This is what is called a "feature" that is added to Office 2007 when the RTM
version of Office 2010 is installed on the same machine.

Maybe it was meant to be an "Easter Egg" like those that appeared in some
earlier versions of software when a unique combination of steps were taken.
Google for "Software Easter Eggs"

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
news:08ae3659-6124-481d-9a93-75b6ec48a830(a)g11g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
> Should you be looking for a "St." before "Kitts and Nevis" in order to
> get the entire name of whatever it is? And clearly there should be a
> string of numbers either before St. Kitts or after Sweden (depending
> which way the numbers line up with the names).
>
> On Apr 25, 12:32 am, "Graham Mayor" <gma...(a)REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote:
>> That's the chap - so I guess it must be Office 2010 RTM as I have not
>> installed Visual Studio 2010 yet.
>> The full name appears to be " Kitts and Nevisl-866-745-0644St.
>> Lucial-366-796-2393St. Pierre and Miquelon-27 11 361-7000St. Vincent and
>> the
>> Grenadinesl-866-796-2399Surinamel-305-603-4466Svalbard and Jan Mayen-47
>> 23
>> 162 126Swaziland-27 11 361-7000Sweden" with a space at the start.
>> --
>> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>>
>> My web sitewww.gmayor.com
>> Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
>> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>>
>> "Jay Freedman" <jay.freed...(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
>>
>> news:0t26t5ldm7lmf7pf26eslqtktlgt63iif5(a)4ax.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi Graham,
>>
>> > I noticed exactly the same problem last night, and I don't have any
>> > solution for it either. To verify that it's the same, the style set
>> > name I see begins with "Kitts and Nevis1-866-745 ...."
>>
>> > On the theory that something else we both installed caused it, the
>> > likely culprits in my case are Office 2010 RTM and Visual Studio 2010.
>> > Does that match your situation?
>>
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> > Jay Freedman
>> > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org
>> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>> > newsgroup so all may benefit.
>>
>> > On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:42:20 +0300, "Graham Mayor"
>> > <gma...(a)REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote:
>>
>> >>I have just noticed that I have acquired a style set in Word 2007 (but
>> >>not
>> >>in Word 2010) that I have not added to the list of style sets. The
>> >>style
>> >>set
>> >>name is very long (longer than the width of the screen) and appears to
>> >>be
>> >>part of a list of telephone numbers and locations, which I don't
>> >>recognize,
>> >>but could have come from a third party document.
>>
>> >>I have no file on the hard drive that matches the text in the style set
>> >>name. It appears to be a valid set of defined styles, which I have not
>> >>personally created.
>>
>> >>Personal style sets are supposed to be stored as dotx files in the
>> >>folder
>> >>%appdata%\Microsoft\QuickStyles, but there are no files in that folder
>> >>as
>> >>I
>> >>have not saved any QuickStyles
>>
>> >>System quick styles are stored as dotx files in C:\Program
>> >>Files\Microsoft
>> >>Office\Office12\1033\QuickStyles (where 1033) is the language code. If
>> >>I
>> >>remove that folder, only the errant style set remains.
>>
>> >>I have repaired office 2007, removed the normal template, reset the
>> >>data
>> >>key
>> >>in the registry, removed all add-ins - even started Word in its safe
>> >>mode
>> >>and the damned style set remains.
>>
>> >>Has anyone any idea how to remove it?

From: Herb Tyson [MVP] on 25 Apr 2010 20:23
Those are international support numbers for Microsoft.

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Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word Bible
Blog: http://word.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr(a)REMOVECAPSmvps.org> wrote in message
news:65F546A4-A6E4-4137-8012-68D862287247(a)microsoft.com...
> This is what is called a "feature" that is added to Office 2007 when the
> RTM version of Office 2010 is installed on the same machine.
>
> Maybe it was meant to be an "Easter Egg" like those that appeared in some
> earlier versions of software when a unique combination of steps were
> taken. Google for "Software Easter Eggs"
>
> --
> Hope this helps.
>
> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
> services on a paid consulting basis.
>
> Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
>
> "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:08ae3659-6124-481d-9a93-75b6ec48a830(a)g11g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
>> Should you be looking for a "St." before "Kitts and Nevis" in order to
>> get the entire name of whatever it is? And clearly there should be a
>> string of numbers either before St. Kitts or after Sweden (depending
>> which way the numbers line up with the names).
>>
>> On Apr 25, 12:32 am, "Graham Mayor" <gma...(a)REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote:
>>> That's the chap - so I guess it must be Office 2010 RTM as I have not
>>> installed Visual Studio 2010 yet.
>>> The full name appears to be " Kitts and Nevisl-866-745-0644St.
>>> Lucial-366-796-2393St. Pierre and Miquelon-27 11 361-7000St. Vincent and
>>> the
>>> Grenadinesl-866-796-2399Surinamel-305-603-4466Svalbard and Jan Mayen-47
>>> 23
>>> 162 126Swaziland-27 11 361-7000Sweden" with a space at the start.
>>> --
>>> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>>> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>>>
>>> My web sitewww.gmayor.com
>>> Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
>>> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>>>
>>> "Jay Freedman" <jay.freed...(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
>>>
>>> news:0t26t5ldm7lmf7pf26eslqtktlgt63iif5(a)4ax.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > Hi Graham,
>>>
>>> > I noticed exactly the same problem last night, and I don't have any
>>> > solution for it either. To verify that it's the same, the style set
>>> > name I see begins with "Kitts and Nevis1-866-745 ...."
>>>
>>> > On the theory that something else we both installed caused it, the
>>> > likely culprits in my case are Office 2010 RTM and Visual Studio 2010.
>>> > Does that match your situation?
>>>
>>> > --
>>> > Regards,
>>> > Jay Freedman
>>> > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org
>>> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>>> > newsgroup so all may benefit.
>>>
>>> > On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:42:20 +0300, "Graham Mayor"
>>> > <gma...(a)REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> >>I have just noticed that I have acquired a style set in Word 2007 (but
>>> >>not
>>> >>in Word 2010) that I have not added to the list of style sets. The
>>> >>style
>>> >>set
>>> >>name is very long (longer than the width of the screen) and appears to
>>> >>be
>>> >>part of a list of telephone numbers and locations, which I don't
>>> >>recognize,
>>> >>but could have come from a third party document.
>>>
>>> >>I have no file on the hard drive that matches the text in the style
>>> >>set
>>> >>name. It appears to be a valid set of defined styles, which I have not
>>> >>personally created.
>>>
>>> >>Personal style sets are supposed to be stored as dotx files in the
>>> >>folder
>>> >>%appdata%\Microsoft\QuickStyles, but there are no files in that folder
>>> >>as
>>> >>I
>>> >>have not saved any QuickStyles
>>>
>>> >>System quick styles are stored as dotx files in C:\Program
>>> >>Files\Microsoft
>>> >>Office\Office12\1033\QuickStyles (where 1033) is the language code. If
>>> >>I
>>> >>remove that folder, only the errant style set remains.
>>>
>>> >>I have repaired office 2007, removed the normal template, reset the
>>> >>data
>>> >>key
>>> >>in the registry, removed all add-ins - even started Word in its safe
>>> >>mode
>>> >>and the damned style set remains.
>>>
>>> >>Has anyone any idea how to remove it?
>
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