Once Office 2007 is released, you'll be able to lock the template down
so that they can only use styles which you give them and absolutely
nothing else. But until then, you're stuck. I have a client who has
this problem because they edit manuscripts for publication and the
authors put in all kinds of nutty stuff that isn't in the template.

Betty
Ed wrote:
There are people who drive their car by turning the key and pressing the gas
pedal, and never think about things like oil or radiator fluid. And there
are people who use Word by opening a document and typing away, never
thinking about Styles or other electronic niceties. It's like giving a
two-year-old a hammer to play with next to your fine china!

Unfortunately, such are the people who review, add comments to, and make
edits in my reports! Can someone please tell me how a document written in a
nicely formatted US-English Normal style comes back needing the Swedish
dictionary to spell-check??!? (And if that was all there was, I wouldn't be
posting here!)

Okay - obviously I am not the pinnacle of knowledge about Word myself. But
I would really like to know if there is anything I can do to protect my
report from these people? I'd love to give them a paper copy and a red pen,
but that's not possible. Any suggestions are welcome.

Ed