When you're creating a template, so it's open for editing, the two options
we're discussing both give the same result. That's because "this document"
is the same thing as "the template attached to this document". However,
that's a special case. For all documents that are not templates, the results
are different.
The styles in a document are separate and disconnected from the styles in
the template used to base the document, as described in the "Part 1: What
happens when a document is born?" section of
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html. Modifying a
style in a document has no effect on the same-named style in the template
unless you choose the "New documents based on this template" option.
Amy G wrote:
So when I'm creating a template, wouldn't I always want to have "New
documents based on this template" selected? I think some styles I
created for my templates had "Only in this document" selected and
they seemed to work fine. I guess that's why I'm curious to what they
do, because I don't really see much difference in them.
"Jay Freedman" wrote:
Amy G wrote:
In Word 2007, on the Modify Style dialog, two new options appear:
"Only in this document" and "New documents based on this template".
I've tried both settings but I can't seem to figure out their
purpose. Even if I change the option to "New documents based on this
template", when I access the Modify Style dialog again, the
selection is changed back to the default ("Only in this document").
Does anyone know what these options do?
When "Only in this document" is selected, the current batch of
modifications is written only to the style definition in the current
document. When "New documents based on this template" is selected,
the modifications change the definition in the template. Each time
you make a new modification, you get to choose again where you want
it to be saved, and the default is always to the document only.
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Jay Freedman
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