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Styles not copied accurately from nomal.dot
I have created in the normal.dot about 10 styles that I need to use for all
my documents. However I sometimes get documents from others users that do not have these styles but would be useful to use the styles created in the normal.dot I copy these styles using the style copier in Organizer and although they appear in the document they are not accurate. There is always some problem with indentation or formatting. I have recreated the styles and stored them outside the normal.dot in a style sheet but the smae problem exists. Has anybody encountered something similar and could they please help. Thanks |
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If your styles are based on Normal (which they will be by default) and
Normal has been redefined in the document you receive, then this problem is inevitable. You can either change the styles so that they are not based on Normal, or you can handle the received documents by creating a new document based on your Normal or document template and inserting the received file. -- 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. "ClaraDMC" wrote in message ... I have created in the normal.dot about 10 styles that I need to use for all my documents. However I sometimes get documents from others users that do not have these styles but would be useful to use the styles created in the normal.dot I copy these styles using the style copier in Organizer and although they appear in the document they are not accurate. There is always some problem with indentation or formatting. I have recreated the styles and stored them outside the normal.dot in a style sheet but the smae problem exists. Has anybody encountered something similar and could they please help. Thanks |
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Try doing the Organizer copy three times - because of the way Word styles
cascade (one based on another) and also the linking of styles and list templates, a single copy often won't do the full job. There is another reason why indents and tabs may be inaccurate, and that is if you have tried to change them from the Paragraph dialog for a style that has list formatting. You must set the tab and indent by modifying the Numbering for the style in that case - the Paragraph indents will be overwritten by the Numbering ones on various events, including the Organizer copy. -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org "ClaraDMC" wrote in message ... I have created in the normal.dot about 10 styles that I need to use for all my documents. However I sometimes get documents from others users that do not have these styles but would be useful to use the styles created in the normal.dot I copy these styles using the style copier in Organizer and although they appear in the document they are not accurate. There is always some problem with indentation or formatting. I have recreated the styles and stored them outside the normal.dot in a style sheet but the smae problem exists. Has anybody encountered something similar and could they please help. Thanks |
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