#All of the heading styles in word are manual#

To narrow down the hunt, I've assumed, that the only styles that are intended for direct use are those, that are included in the default Style set. What is the difference in usage between those paragraph styles: Normal, Normal (applied to an object), Normal (applied within a table), Plain Text, Body Text, Body Text 2, Body Text 3? I've made it a separate question Which style to use for simple paragraph text in Word? Is it intended to use as in the description environment in LaTeX)? What is the use of the List Paragraph style? (Note: it doesn't contain any numbering scheme attached to it).

#All of the heading styles in word are manual#

Is it intended as a manual footnote text? What is the intended use of the Caption style? The font size is rather small. What is the use of the styles List Continue X? They don't contain any numbering scheme, and by default a list continues the previous list based on the same numbering scheme (at least in Word 2007). I can't even see a consensus about what style to use for 'normal' paragraph. And this is the end of what I can learn on this matter. But then one forgoes the nice magic behind changing the style set, and maintainability of the formatting, when someone else will try to use it.ДЄll Word tutorials I can find, clearly state the purpose of the Heading X family of styles.

Of course, one can always create a new style whenever one needs to, and never caring about the build-in styles. But many of them must be there for immediate usage by the end user: like the Heading 1 style. I guess a lot of them is there for some arcane and compatibility reasons. Word has a real abundance of built-in styles. Or: is there any documentation from the MS regarding the usage of individual built-in styles that I can incorporate into SOP?