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Update Style to Match Selection
Is there a command (or what is the default keyboard shortcut) to
Update a Style to Match Selection? This would be the same thing as clicking the downarrow next to the style in the Styles & Formatting Pane and selecting "Update to Match Selection". I'd like to either add this to my right-click menu or assign a keyboard shortcut but I can't find the command. TIA, Andy |
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The command is RedefineStyle. I use this one quite frequently (I have it
assigned to Ctrl+Shift+D, whose original assignment, double underline, I never need). -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Andy" wrote in message ... Is there a command (or what is the default keyboard shortcut) to Update a Style to Match Selection? This would be the same thing as clicking the downarrow next to the style in the Styles & Formatting Pane and selecting "Update to Match Selection". I'd like to either add this to my right-click menu or assign a keyboard shortcut but I can't find the command. TIA, Andy |
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The command is RedefineStyle. I use this one quite frequently (I have it
assigned to Ctrl+Shift+D, whose original assignment, double underline, I never need). Thanks Herb! Andy |
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Herb,
You appear to have satisfied Andy. I can't find the command that displays the Modify Style dialog that presents the user with the option to reapply or update. Does such a thing exist? |
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Hi, Greg,
The command you seek is FormatStyleModify. Cheers, -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Greg" wrote in message oups.com... Herb, You appear to have satisfied Andy. I can't find the command that displays the Modify Style dialog that presents the user with the option to reapply or update. Does such a thing exist? |
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If I'm interpreting your question correctly, in Word 2002 and 2003, check
the box for "Prompt to update style" on the Edit tab of Tools | Options. Herb's answer is correct if you're actually looking for the command to open the Modify Style dialog. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Greg" wrote in message oups.com... Herb, You appear to have satisfied Andy. I can't find the command that displays the Modify Style dialog that presents the user with the option to reapply or update. Does such a thing exist? |
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The command you seek is FormatStyleModify. I have a shortcut key for that, but the one I end up using the most is the key assigned to the one line macro: Word.Dialogs(wdDialogFormatDefineStylePara).Show because that's the one I usually want to jump right to. Andy |
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Ah. *That* "Modify Style" dialog. While you can use the Prompt option to
force it under some circumstances, I don't believe there is a built-in command to trigger the particular box Greg asked about. I've looked and didn't find a VBA approach either, either. You'd only ever want to see that dialog if it contained a style variant, in which case, you could create a macro to apply the current base/unmodified style, which would then trigger that dialog (unless the base style is Normal, in which case the Modify Style dialog refuses to appear). -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... If I'm interpreting your question correctly, in Word 2002 and 2003, check the box for "Prompt to update style" on the Edit tab of Tools | Options. Herb's answer is correct if you're actually looking for the command to open the Modify Style dialog. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Greg" wrote in message oups.com... Herb, You appear to have satisfied Andy. I can't find the command that displays the Modify Style dialog that presents the user with the option to reapply or update. Does such a thing exist? |
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Herb,
I couldn't find one either. Thanks. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. Herb Tyson [MVP] wrote: Ah. *That* "Modify Style" dialog. While you can use the Prompt option to force it under some circumstances, I don't believe there is a built-in command to trigger the particular box Greg asked about. I've looked and didn't find a VBA approach either, either. You'd only ever want to see that dialog if it contained a style variant, in which case, you could create a macro to apply the current base/unmodified style, which would then trigger that dialog (unless the base style is Normal, in which case the Modify Style dialog refuses to appear). If I'm interpreting your question correctly, in Word 2002 and 2003, check the box for "Prompt to update style" on the Edit tab of Tools | Options. Herb's answer is correct if you're actually looking for the command to open the Modify Style dialog. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Greg" wrote in message oups.com... Herb, You appear to have satisfied Andy. I can't find the command that displays the Modify Style dialog that presents the user with the option to reapply or update. Does such a thing exist? |
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If Andy was just looking for a way to make it appear when appropriate,
however, the "Prompt" setting will do the trick. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Ah. *That* "Modify Style" dialog. While you can use the Prompt option to force it under some circumstances, I don't believe there is a built-in command to trigger the particular box Greg asked about. I've looked and didn't find a VBA approach either, either. You'd only ever want to see that dialog if it contained a style variant, in which case, you could create a macro to apply the current base/unmodified style, which would then trigger that dialog (unless the base style is Normal, in which case the Modify Style dialog refuses to appear). -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... If I'm interpreting your question correctly, in Word 2002 and 2003, check the box for "Prompt to update style" on the Edit tab of Tools | Options. Herb's answer is correct if you're actually looking for the command to open the Modify Style dialog. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Greg" wrote in message oups.com... Herb, You appear to have satisfied Andy. I can't find the command that displays the Modify Style dialog that presents the user with the option to reapply or update. Does such a thing exist? |
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If Andy was just looking for a way to make it appear when appropriate,
however, the "Prompt" setting will do the trick. I like being able to RedefineStyle, updating the style to include the direct change I just made and seeing all the paragraphs with that style be updated. I've never been able to make that dialog box you all are talking about appear (Word 2002). Checking or unchecking the "Prompt to Update Style" doesn't seem to work. |
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To make the dialog appear, with the option checked, try this:
1. Apply a style OTHER THAN NORMAL to a paragraph. 2. Make a paragraph level change to the formatting (e.g., if it's left-aligned, click the center button on the toolbar). 3. Use the Style box to apply the current style (i.e., if the style box shows Heading 1 + Centered, then apply a plain Heading 1, without the + Centered). You should now be prompted. The irritating thing about this is that it won't let you redefine Normal. If you apply Normal, it will in fact just reapply Normal, without prompting. I suppose this is to keep the user from shooting himself/herself in the foot (e.g., as might be the case if all other styles are based on Normal, and doing this would reformat the entire document). However, it's my foot. That's what the Undo feature is for. ;-) RedefineStyle, on the other hand, recognizes that it's your foot, and lets you use it for target practice if you're so inclined. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Andy" wrote in message ... If Andy was just looking for a way to make it appear when appropriate, however, the "Prompt" setting will do the trick. I like being able to RedefineStyle, updating the style to include the direct change I just made and seeing all the paragraphs with that style be updated. I've never been able to make that dialog box you all are talking about appear (Word 2002). Checking or unchecking the "Prompt to Update Style" doesn't seem to work. |
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Well that works, although I swear it didn't earlier!
But I never tried it by applying the style from the Style box, which does work. And now it works if I apply the style from the Style & Formatting Pane, but it didn't the first time I tried it (could applying the style from the style box start it working? seems unlikely). But it doesn't work if I apply a style with a hotkey, which is how I apply styles 95% of the time. Doesn't matter, I don't like that option anyway g. Thanks Herb. Andy To make the dialog appear, with the option checked, try this: 1. Apply a style OTHER THAN NORMAL to a paragraph. 2. Make a paragraph level change to the formatting (e.g., if it's left-aligned, click the center button on the toolbar). 3. Use the Style box to apply the current style (i.e., if the style box shows Heading 1 + Centered, then apply a plain Heading 1, without the + Centered). You should now be prompted. The irritating thing about this is that it won't let you redefine Normal. If you apply Normal, it will in fact just reapply Normal, without prompting. I suppose this is to keep the user from shooting himself/herself in the foot (e.g., as might be the case if all other styles are based on Normal, and doing this would reformat the entire document). However, it's my foot. That's what the Undo feature is for. ;-) RedefineStyle, on the other hand, recognizes that it's your foot, and lets you use it for target practice if you're so inclined. |
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