Microsoft Office 2008 - very frustrating

Well, I've recently attained my copy of Microsoft Office 2008. I have created a few custom styles for Microsoft Word, seeing as how I format all of my notes the same way, I figured it would be nice...seeing as how when I try to do it manually I can't do what I want.
i have gotten the right style, but I've tried literally for hours trying to delete the others, but they won't go away. I can delete them, and they'll be gone for that specific document, but I'll open a new one and there they are once again. They're in the palette and when I go to the Format tab in the menu, then down to styles they are there, no matter how many times I delete them from both locations.
I'm at a total loss. Something that should be so simple is made so ***** complicated. I've never been so lost, or so frustrated while using a computer.

This forum focuses on compatibility issues between Mac OS and Windows, and since Office is not an Apple product, you should probably post your question on MIcrosoft's own forums for their Office:Mac products, as they'd be geared more toward your issue and there's a chance a similar question has already been asked and answered:
http://www.officeformac.com/productforums/

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I'm really sorry your having these issues. I used to always run apple's Disk Utility with past Mac OS. I'm really happy with 10.6. And one of it's big selling points at one time was that it's a leaner meaner version of Mac OS X.
Now, in using it, if it is new to you, it cannot repair the active start-up HD. But I think it can "verify" and look for issues and then let you know if you need to pursue further use of the application. To actually make repairs to your start-up HD, either boot from another HD or the Mac OS install CD. To do that, restart your machine with the CD inserted and while holding down the "C" key. It's been awhile, so I hope I have this right and am not misleading you.
It can be a tedious process. But good for you in having more than one Mac to work from.
My apologies if you have already done the above and are well beyond what I've written here. Disk Utility really gives and end user like myself away to trouble shoot a HD.
Also, inside your Apple drop down menu for "About this Mac," you can opt for "More info . . . ." This shortcut opens System Profile. While there, look for Diagnostics under Hardware. This tells you the results to the Power On Self-Test and when it was last performed. Also while there, look at your Memory. To the far right of its table for each installed memory module is Status for each. That should read "OK."
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Good question, all I can find online are updates, not full versions. Assuming that it is no longer available for download (it is 6 years old now) you will have to buy an external drive and use it to install from your discs.
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Found a download on CNET, download it, then very carefully install it, CNET has a bad habit of 'adding' things to downloads so read what the installer dialog boxes say.
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Just because Office Mac is written by Microsoft, doesn't mean an issue with it falls under the category of "Windows Compatibility" as there's nothing "Windows" about it.
Regardless, Microsoft's forums are the best place to get your answer, as it's their product and they have Microsoft appointed "MVPs" there to assist.

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My first programming professor had a sign on his office door:
program: noun - a house where bugs live.
In the last 30 years, nothing has changed. Yes, Office has bugs and it sometimes crashes. Office 2008 is still young in its development cycle. Any version X.0 product was certainly released to the public at least several weeks if not several months too early. When it becomes a version X.1 product the worst of the bugs have been removed with the exception of the really intractable ones that have bedeviled the programers from day one. At X.2 the product is stable except for a coterie of bugs that are annoying a vocal minority. At X.3 (if not X.2) the developer feels confident enough about the product that a few features that had to be scrapped to make the delivery date are added. This, of course, brings with it some new bugs. And so on....
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