Word 2003
I need a way to make sure a set of custom styles is easily brought into the
active document. I have created a template (xyzco-styles.dot) that contains
the xyzco styles. Which would be the best approach - to use a macro that
copies all styles from xyzco-styles.dot into the active document OR to use a
macro that attaches the xyzco-styles.dot to the active document?

My tests have shown me that when I attach the template, the styles do not
show up in the active doc unless Automatically update document styles was
checked. Are there any other implications to this choice?

I am tending towards the attach template idea because we may add or remove
styles occasionally and updating a macro that specifically copies styles
would be overhead we don't want to add.

I plan on creating a custom toolbar in an xyzco.dot and that is where the
above mentioned macro would reside. This template would live in the MS
Office Startup folder so the toolbar is available when Word starts.

Am I on track? Thanks!