"Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote in message
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"Beth Melton" wrote:
Take for example basing a style on "(no style)". In past versions it
would
always default to the hard-wired TNR 10pt/12pt. In Word 2007 new styles
Sorry to be a pest, but again, I had to try it :-)
(Still on my Word 2003 SP3 machine).
I created a style based on "no style" and did not change anything at all.
This new style was identical to my Normal style (Arial Regular 12). Then,
I
went to the Font dialog box and selected a non-default font ("X-files"),
then
bold and then 24 points. I clicked on "Default". I closed Word. It asked
me
if I wanted to change my Normal.dot (I have that option checked), I
clicked
on "Yes".
I re-opened Word and again created a style based on "no style" and did not
change anything. It was formated with the X-files font, bold and 24. Then
again I closed Word. I re-tried the right-click on dektop to create a new
Word document. It was set to X-files bold 24.
So I guess do not grasp the concept of application default in Word 2003.
I understand it for 2007 though..
Ah, and then I did not forget to set my default back to Arial regular 12!
I was wrong about "(no style)" defaulting to the hard wired defaults in
previous versions. It will initially use the defaults you set in the Normal
style but the difference in Word 2007 is if you change your Document
Defaults those changes will be reflected in those styles based on "(no
style)".
Sorry about that!
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