[nonsensitor]

Can anyone point me to a good, simple explanation of how style definitions
are driven by the Normal template? I have a large number of templates to
update with revised styles, and was hoping I can make the changes once in the
Normal template.

Can anyone enlighten me further?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html

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"nonsensitor" wrote in message
...
Can anyone point me to a good, simple explanation of how style definitions
are driven by the Normal template? I have a large number of templates to
update with revised styles, and was hoping I can make the changes once in
the
Normal template.

Can anyone enlighten me further?

[nonsensitor]

Thanks....helps a little, in that the answer seems to be:
"You can add, delete or modify styles in a template, and the change will
affect documents you create from this template in the future. But it won't
affect existing documents."

However on the following linked page, it states that :
"You can update the document with its template's styles. To do that, Tools
Templates and Add€‘Ins. Tick the Automatically Update Document Styles box.
Then, immediately go back and un-tick that box. Don't leave the box ticked."
(http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/atta...ate/index.html)

This leads me to think perhaps templates could also be updated with the
styles from their parent template.....


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"nonsensitor" wrote in message
...
Can anyone point me to a good, simple explanation of how style definitions
are driven by the Normal template? I have a large number of templates to
update with revised styles, and was hoping I can make the changes once in
the
Normal template.

Can anyone enlighten me further?

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Not really.

It will work if you manually open the template as a document. But it won't
keep working after you close the template.

Note that Automatically update styles should toggle OFF automatically if the
template is Normal.dot.

Cheers

On 23/1/07 2:09 PM, in article
, "nonsensitor"
wrote:

Thanks....helps a little, in that the answer seems to be:
"You can add, delete or modify styles in a template, and the change will
affect documents you create from this template in the future. But it won't
affect existing documents."

However on the following linked page, it states that :
"You can update the document with its template's styles. To do that, Tools
Templates and Add€‘Ins. Tick the Automatically Update Document Styles box.
Then, immediately go back and un-tick that box. Don't leave the box ticked."
(http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/atta...ate/index.html)

This leads me to think perhaps templates could also be updated with the
styles from their parent template.....


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html

--
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.

"nonsensitor" wrote in message
...
Can anyone point me to a good, simple explanation of how style definitions
are driven by the Normal template? I have a large number of templates to
update with revised styles, and was hoping I can make the changes once in
the
Normal template.

Can anyone enlighten me further?



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John McGhie
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Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

[nonsensitor]

Ok, thanks for that.