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WebColin
 
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I have a document based on a template I created. In document properties, it
correctly shows my template.

I thought that as I'd been making style changes in the template, they also
showed up in the document based on that template, but now I'm not sure.

Certainly, now, as I make changes to styles in the Template, they are not
appearing in the document based on that template.

Is there any way I can be sure that the document accurately reflects the
styles of its template?

Thanks,
Colin

Word 2003, Windows XP, latest updates and SP's to all.


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On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 15:58:12 -0500, "WebColin"
wrote:

I have a document based on a template I created. In document properties, it
correctly shows my template.

I thought that as I'd been making style changes in the template, they also
showed up in the document based on that template, but now I'm not sure.

Certainly, now, as I make changes to styles in the Template, they are not
appearing in the document based on that template.

Is there any way I can be sure that the document accurately reflects the
styles of its template?

Thanks,
Colin

Word 2003, Windows XP, latest updates and SP's to all.


Hi Colin,

Changes you make in a template's styles *never* have any effect in
existing documents unless you take further action. Here are some
articles that explain what you're seeing and what you need to do:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/atta...ate/index.html, the
"Styles" section 2/3 down the page
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UpdateStyles.htm

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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Note that it generally a _bad_ idea to leave the option to update styles
from the template checked. You won't like what happens if you do.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 15:58:12 -0500, "WebColin"
wrote:

I have a document based on a template I created. In document properties,
it
correctly shows my template.

I thought that as I'd been making style changes in the template, they also
showed up in the document based on that template, but now I'm not sure.

Certainly, now, as I make changes to styles in the Template, they are not
appearing in the document based on that template.

Is there any way I can be sure that the document accurately reflects the
styles of its template?

Thanks,
Colin

Word 2003, Windows XP, latest updates and SP's to all.


Hi Colin,

Changes you make in a template's styles *never* have any effect in
existing documents unless you take further action. Here are some
articles that explain what you're seeing and what you need to do:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/atta...ate/index.html, the
"Styles" section 2/3 down the page
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UpdateStyles.htm

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
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WebColin
 
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Are you sure? What's the point of the checkbox under Tools | Templates and
Add-Ins... | Templates tab | "Automatically update document styles check"
box.

Isn't that exactly what that does? It's worked for me in the past.

- Colin


"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 15:58:12 -0500, "WebColin"
wrote:

I have a document based on a template I created. In document properties,
it
correctly shows my template.

I thought that as I'd been making style changes in the template, they also
showed up in the document based on that template, but now I'm not sure.

Certainly, now, as I make changes to styles in the Template, they are not
appearing in the document based on that template.

Is there any way I can be sure that the document accurately reflects the
styles of its template?

Thanks,
Colin

Word 2003, Windows XP, latest updates and SP's to all.


Hi Colin,

Changes you make in a template's styles *never* have any effect in
existing documents unless you take further action. Here are some
articles that explain what you're seeing and what you need to do:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/atta...ate/index.html, the
"Styles" section 2/3 down the page
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UpdateStyles.htm

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
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Can you elaborate on, "You won't like what happens you do." What would
happen?

Thanks,
Colin


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
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Note that it generally a _bad_ idea to leave the option to update styles
from the template checked. You won't like what happens if you do.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 15:58:12 -0500, "WebColin"
wrote:

I have a document based on a template I created. In document properties,
it
correctly shows my template.

I thought that as I'd been making style changes in the template, they
also
showed up in the document based on that template, but now I'm not sure.

Certainly, now, as I make changes to styles in the Template, they are not
appearing in the document based on that template.

Is there any way I can be sure that the document accurately reflects the
styles of its template?

Thanks,
Colin

Word 2003, Windows XP, latest updates and SP's to all.


Hi Colin,

Changes you make in a template's styles *never* have any effect in
existing documents unless you take further action. Here are some
articles that explain what you're seeing and what you need to do:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/atta...ate/index.html, the
"Styles" section 2/3 down the page
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UpdateStyles.htm

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
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Jay said "unless you take further action," and the articles he referenced do
explain this.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"WebColin" wrote in message
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Are you sure? What's the point of the checkbox under Tools | Templates and
Add-Ins... | Templates tab | "Automatically update document styles check"
box.

Isn't that exactly what that does? It's worked for me in the past.

- Colin


"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 15:58:12 -0500, "WebColin"
wrote:

I have a document based on a template I created. In document properties,
it
correctly shows my template.

I thought that as I'd been making style changes in the template, they

also
showed up in the document based on that template, but now I'm not sure.

Certainly, now, as I make changes to styles in the Template, they are

not
appearing in the document based on that template.

Is there any way I can be sure that the document accurately reflects the
styles of its template?

Thanks,
Colin

Word 2003, Windows XP, latest updates and SP's to all.


Hi Colin,

Changes you make in a template's styles *never* have any effect in
existing documents unless you take further action. Here are some
articles that explain what you're seeing and what you need to do:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/atta...ate/index.html, the
"Styles" section 2/3 down the page
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UpdateStyles.htm

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.




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If Word can't find your template, it will update your styles to those in
normal.dot. When you move it to a different computer this will happen. The
results are seldom predicted or desirable.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"WebColin" wrote in message
...
Can you elaborate on, "You won't like what happens you do." What would
happen?

Thanks,
Colin


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
Note that it generally a _bad_ idea to leave the option to update styles
from the template checked. You won't like what happens if you do.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 15:58:12 -0500, "WebColin"
wrote:

I have a document based on a template I created. In document properties,
it
correctly shows my template.

I thought that as I'd been making style changes in the template, they
also
showed up in the document based on that template, but now I'm not sure.

Certainly, now, as I make changes to styles in the Template, they are
not
appearing in the document based on that template.

Is there any way I can be sure that the document accurately reflects the
styles of its template?

Thanks,
Colin

Word 2003, Windows XP, latest updates and SP's to all.


Hi Colin,

Changes you make in a template's styles *never* have any effect in
existing documents unless you take further action. Here are some
articles that explain what you're seeing and what you need to do:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/atta...ate/index.html, the
"Styles" section 2/3 down the page
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UpdateStyles.htm

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
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OK, that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation. For now, I'm just working
on my own computer. I'm not sure I'll ever share the template, but it's sure
good to know. In general, I push docs to uneditable PDF's when I'm ready to
distribute them.

If that box is unchecked, can a document be distributed as a Word doc
without being mangled on other machines (assuming at least that they have
the same version of Word)? What about between Mac and PC, how good are those
conversions and what happens to OLE objects (I guess that's getting a little
off-topic, but I'm eager to learn)?

Thanks,
Colin


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
If Word can't find your template, it will update your styles to those in
normal.dot. When you move it to a different computer this will happen. The
results are seldom predicted or desirable.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"WebColin" wrote in message
...
Can you elaborate on, "You won't like what happens you do." What would
happen?

Thanks,
Colin


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
Note that it generally a _bad_ idea to leave the option to update styles
from the template checked. You won't like what happens if you do.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 15:58:12 -0500, "WebColin"
wrote:

I have a document based on a template I created. In document
properties, it
correctly shows my template.

I thought that as I'd been making style changes in the template, they
also
showed up in the document based on that template, but now I'm not sure.

Certainly, now, as I make changes to styles in the Template, they are
not
appearing in the document based on that template.

Is there any way I can be sure that the document accurately reflects
the
styles of its template?

Thanks,
Colin

Word 2003, Windows XP, latest updates and SP's to all.


Hi Colin,

Changes you make in a template's styles *never* have any effect in
existing documents unless you take further action. Here are some
articles that explain what you're seeing and what you need to do:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/atta...ate/index.html, the
"Styles" section 2/3 down the page
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UpdateStyles.htm

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.








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There really isn't a conversion as such between Intel and Mac machines, the
Word programs on each read each other's files, assuming they can read the
disk. The Word file format is the same (as of Word 97).

With the box unchecked, a Word document will be "mangled" less. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TextReflow.htm.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"WebColin" wrote in message
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OK, that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation. For now, I'm just
working on my own computer. I'm not sure I'll ever share the template, but
it's sure good to know. In general, I push docs to uneditable PDF's when
I'm ready to distribute them.

If that box is unchecked, can a document be distributed as a Word doc
without being mangled on other machines (assuming at least that they have
the same version of Word)? What about between Mac and PC, how good are
those conversions and what happens to OLE objects (I guess that's getting
a little off-topic, but I'm eager to learn)?

Thanks,
Colin


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
If Word can't find your template, it will update your styles to those in
normal.dot. When you move it to a different computer this will happen.
The results are seldom predicted or desirable.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"WebColin" wrote in message
...
Can you elaborate on, "You won't like what happens you do." What would
happen?

Thanks,
Colin


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
Note that it generally a _bad_ idea to leave the option to update
styles from the template checked. You won't like what happens if you
do.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 15:58:12 -0500, "WebColin"
wrote:

I have a document based on a template I created. In document
properties, it
correctly shows my template.

I thought that as I'd been making style changes in the template, they
also
showed up in the document based on that template, but now I'm not
sure.

Certainly, now, as I make changes to styles in the Template, they are
not
appearing in the document based on that template.

Is there any way I can be sure that the document accurately reflects
the
styles of its template?

Thanks,
Colin

Word 2003, Windows XP, latest updates and SP's to all.


Hi Colin,

Changes you make in a template's styles *never* have any effect in
existing documents unless you take further action. Here are some
articles that explain what you're seeing and what you need to do:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/atta...ate/index.html, the
"Styles" section 2/3 down the page
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UpdateStyles.htm

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
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So I guess the Mac will choke on anything with an OLE object, since Mac's
don't support that all. Similarly, Windows computers will choke on Mac Word
docs with embedded PS. Is that right?

Read the disk? I've not seen a floppy drive on a new Mac this millennium.
:-) I think most file exchanges are via a-mail or network shares, with some
by CD (and, by default, Mac and Windows use the same format for CD's).

Thanks,
Colin


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
There really isn't a conversion as such between Intel and Mac machines,
the Word programs on each read each other's files, assuming they can read
the disk. The Word file format is the same (as of Word 97).

With the box unchecked, a Word document will be "mangled" less. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TextReflow.htm.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"WebColin" wrote in message
...
OK, that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation. For now, I'm just
working on my own computer. I'm not sure I'll ever share the template,
but it's sure good to know. In general, I push docs to uneditable PDF's
when I'm ready to distribute them.

If that box is unchecked, can a document be distributed as a Word doc
without being mangled on other machines (assuming at least that they have
the same version of Word)? What about between Mac and PC, how good are
those conversions and what happens to OLE objects (I guess that's getting
a little off-topic, but I'm eager to learn)?

Thanks,
Colin


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
If Word can't find your template, it will update your styles to those in
normal.dot. When you move it to a different computer this will happen.
The results are seldom predicted or desirable.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"WebColin" wrote in message
...
Can you elaborate on, "You won't like what happens you do." What would
happen?

Thanks,
Colin


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
Note that it generally a _bad_ idea to leave the option to update
styles from the template checked. You won't like what happens if you
do.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 15:58:12 -0500, "WebColin"
wrote:

I have a document based on a template I created. In document
properties, it
correctly shows my template.

I thought that as I'd been making style changes in the template, they
also
showed up in the document based on that template, but now I'm not
sure.

Certainly, now, as I make changes to styles in the Template, they are
not
appearing in the document based on that template.

Is there any way I can be sure that the document accurately reflects
the
styles of its template?

Thanks,
Colin

Word 2003, Windows XP, latest updates and SP's to all.


Hi Colin,

Changes you make in a template's styles *never* have any effect in
existing documents unless you take further action. Here are some
articles that explain what you're seeing and what you need to do:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/atta...ate/index.html, the
"Styles" section 2/3 down the page
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UpdateStyles.htm

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
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See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/shar...matChange.html

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"WebColin" wrote in message
...
OK, that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation. For now, I'm just

working
on my own computer. I'm not sure I'll ever share the template, but it's

sure
good to know. In general, I push docs to uneditable PDF's when I'm ready

to
distribute them.

If that box is unchecked, can a document be distributed as a Word doc
without being mangled on other machines (assuming at least that they have
the same version of Word)? What about between Mac and PC, how good are

those
conversions and what happens to OLE objects (I guess that's getting a

little
off-topic, but I'm eager to learn)?

Thanks,
Colin


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
If Word can't find your template, it will update your styles to those in
normal.dot. When you move it to a different computer this will happen.

The
results are seldom predicted or desirable.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"WebColin" wrote in message
...
Can you elaborate on, "You won't like what happens you do." What would
happen?

Thanks,
Colin


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
Note that it generally a _bad_ idea to leave the option to update

styles
from the template checked. You won't like what happens if you do.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 15:58:12 -0500, "WebColin"
wrote:

I have a document based on a template I created. In document
properties, it
correctly shows my template.

I thought that as I'd been making style changes in the template, they
also
showed up in the document based on that template, but now I'm not

sure.

Certainly, now, as I make changes to styles in the Template, they are
not
appearing in the document based on that template.

Is there any way I can be sure that the document accurately reflects
the
styles of its template?

Thanks,
Colin

Word 2003, Windows XP, latest updates and SP's to all.


Hi Colin,

Changes you make in a template's styles *never* have any effect in
existing documents unless you take further action. Here are some
articles that explain what you're seeing and what you need to do:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/atta...ate/index.html, the
"Styles" section 2/3 down the page
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UpdateStyles.htm

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Jay Freedman
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