the rules of how Word works, like Does Word usually take the
formatting of the original or the destination file formatting when cutting
and pasting?
See he
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...xtChanges.html

Is there a
setting that allows you to choose, when outlining, what your default choices
will be?
Can you explain further what you mean? What default choices for outlining?
Or, see if this page answers your questions:
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html

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