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Change documents from one template to another
Hi everybody
I have created two different templates with different styles, formats and names. I have also created some documents attached to one of these templates. I would like to know whether it is possible to transform them into documents attached to the other template. This is not as simple as attaching a new format and automatically upgrading the document styles. The point is that there is not a correspondence between the styles in these two templates. For example, I may need to transform the style of a paragraph in one of the documents from Normal into FootNote Text. Maybe there are some new tools available in Word 2003 that I ignore. I also thought of transforming the documents into XML and then work on them using some add-hoc software. Can anyone help me? |
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Hi Jorge
There is no built-in way to do this, but here are some idle thoughts on relevant topics. 1. The effect of attaching a new template to a document See: What happens when I attach a new template to my document? or How do I copy content and settings from a template to a document?" http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/atta...ate/index.html 2. Automatically updating styles from a template to a document does not always work brilliantly, especially for numbered or bulleted styles. See How to safely update a document's styles from its template without using the Organizer (and how to make the Tools + Templates and Add-ins dialog safe) http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...dateStyles.htm 3. You can search and replace styles. Use Edit Replace and click More. Click in the Find what box. Leave it empty and click Format Style etc to choose the "Find" style. Click in the Replace with box. Leave it empty and click Format Style etc to choose the "Replace" style. 4. When changing text from one style to another, be aware of the hierarchy of styles. Let's say you have two custom styles, A and B. B is based on A. You search and replace and change all the text in style A to be in the built-in Body Text Style. You might expect that text in style B would also be affected, but it won't. All the text in style B is still in B, and B is still based on A. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Jorge" wrote in message ... Hi everybody I have created two different templates with different styles, formats and names. I have also created some documents attached to one of these templates. I would like to know whether it is possible to transform them into documents attached to the other template. This is not as simple as attaching a new format and automatically upgrading the document styles. The point is that there is not a correspondence between the styles in these two templates. For example, I may need to transform the style of a paragraph in one of the documents from Normal into FootNote Text. Maybe there are some new tools available in Word 2003 that I ignore. I also thought of transforming the documents into XML and then work on them using some add-hoc software. Can anyone help me? |
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