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Stop users changing styles
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How can I stop users from modifying the styles I have created for them, without restricting them from being able to use the Font menu in the Home tab. When I choose 'Limit formatting to permitted styles' it does stop them changing the styles and restricts them to only using the styles I have given them which is all good - but they still need to be able to apply character styles etc. from the Font menu and this is greyed out. Christine |
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"Character styles" are not applied from the Font menu. If you define
character styles and include them among the permitted ones, users will have access to them. Character styles for italics (Emphasis) and bold (Strong) already exist; if you need others, you'll need to create them. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "xtine" wrote in message ... Hi How can I stop users from modifying the styles I have created for them, without restricting them from being able to use the Font menu in the Home tab. When I choose 'Limit formatting to permitted styles' it does stop them changing the styles and restricts them to only using the styles I have given them which is all good - but they still need to be able to apply character styles etc. from the Font menu and this is greyed out. Christine |
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On 9 Jun, 23:48, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
"Character styles" are not applied from the Font menu. If you define character styles and include them among the permitted ones, users will have access to them. Character styles for italics (Emphasis) and bold (Strong) already exist; if you need others, you'll need to create them. I offered them this as an option - but they wanted the users to be able to use the toolbar to apply the styles - did think about writing a custom 'group' that mimicked the Fonts group, but couldn't get it to work. What is the easiest way to create a custom button that applies a character style? Chrisitne |
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Tools | Customize in Word 2003 allows you to assign any style to a button.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "xtine" wrote in message ... On 9 Jun, 23:48, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: "Character styles" are not applied from the Font menu. If you define character styles and include them among the permitted ones, users will have access to them. Character styles for italics (Emphasis) and bold (Strong) already exist; if you need others, you'll need to create them. I offered them this as an option - but they wanted the users to be able to use the toolbar to apply the styles - did think about writing a custom 'group' that mimicked the Fonts group, but couldn't get it to work. What is the easiest way to create a custom button that applies a character style? Chrisitne |
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On 10 Jun, 03:18, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Tools | Customize in Word 2003 allows you to assign any style to a button. this is Word 2007, so not sure the above applies. If I use the Limit to Permitted Styles then not only the Fonts group, but also the CTRL+B type keystrokes are restricted. I can create character styles and reassign the default keystrokes to them so CTRL+B will now apply the character style bold instead of calling the function ApplyBold . However, I can't work out how to have a menu group on the ribbon with the B button icon that will apply the character style. Christine |
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Word 2007 does seem to make many tasks more difficult. Perhaps someone more
knowledgeable will be able to tell you how to do this. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "xtine" wrote in message ... On 10 Jun, 03:18, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Tools | Customize in Word 2003 allows you to assign any style to a button. this is Word 2007, so not sure the above applies. If I use the Limit to Permitted Styles then not only the Fonts group, but also the CTRL+B type keystrokes are restricted. I can create character styles and reassign the default keystrokes to them so CTRL+B will now apply the character style bold instead of calling the function ApplyBold . However, I can't work out how to have a menu group on the ribbon with the B button icon that will apply the character style. Christine |
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I think the best you can do is make the custom character style into a Quick
Style; that way, it can be applied by clicking the appropriate button in the Styles group on the Home tab. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "xtine" wrote in message ... On 10 Jun, 03:18, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Tools | Customize in Word 2003 allows you to assign any style to a button. this is Word 2007, so not sure the above applies. If I use the Limit to Permitted Styles then not only the Fonts group, but also the CTRL+B type keystrokes are restricted. I can create character styles and reassign the default keystrokes to them so CTRL+B will now apply the character style bold instead of calling the function ApplyBold . However, I can't work out how to have a menu group on the ribbon with the B button icon that will apply the character style. Christine |
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