Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
Posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
|
|||
|
|||
Custom Styles
Working with Word 2003 I would like to create a list of styles that are
custom for our firm's formatting style. I understand that there are built in styles that you cannot delete but when I customize a style, add it to the template through the Modify | Add to template or through the organizer it adds a list of about 20 styles that I don't want. Even when I modify a Heading style and add it to the template it adds this list of styles and my modifications are not there. I've deleted the Normal template so I have just a basic 5 styles but when I add it once again replaces all of the styles with this huge list. Is there any work around? |
#2
Posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
|
|||
|
|||
Custom Styles
On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:12:00 -0700, Richard
wrote: Working with Word 2003 I would like to create a list of styles that are custom for our firm's formatting style. I understand that there are built in styles that you cannot delete but when I customize a style, add it to the template through the Modify | Add to template or through the organizer it adds a list of about 20 styles that I don't want. Even when I modify a Heading style and add it to the template it adds this list of styles and my modifications are not there. I've deleted the Normal template so I have just a basic 5 styles but when I add it once again replaces all of the styles with this huge list. Is there any work around? There is, as long as the template will be used only in Word 2003 or 2007. With the template open for editing, go to Tools Protect Document. In the task pane, check the box for "Limit formatting to a selection of styles". Click the Settings link below that. In the dialog that appears, uncheck any styles you don't want to have available in documents based on that template. Click OK. Click the "Start Enforcing Protection" button, and supply a password if you want to prevent others from turning off the protection. Save the template. In documents based on this template, only the styles you chose (plus Normal, which you can't exclude) will appear in the style list. The only drawback of this is that if a document based on this template is opened in Word 2002 or earlier, it will be completed locked and not editable, because those versions don't know about style protection. -- 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. |
#3
Posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
|
|||
|
|||
Custom Styles
Thank you so much. That was very helpful.
"Jay Freedman" wrote: On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:12:00 -0700, Richard wrote: Working with Word 2003 I would like to create a list of styles that are custom for our firm's formatting style. I understand that there are built in styles that you cannot delete but when I customize a style, add it to the template through the Modify | Add to template or through the organizer it adds a list of about 20 styles that I don't want. Even when I modify a Heading style and add it to the template it adds this list of styles and my modifications are not there. I've deleted the Normal template so I have just a basic 5 styles but when I add it once again replaces all of the styles with this huge list. Is there any work around? There is, as long as the template will be used only in Word 2003 or 2007. With the template open for editing, go to Tools Protect Document. In the task pane, check the box for "Limit formatting to a selection of styles". Click the Settings link below that. In the dialog that appears, uncheck any styles you don't want to have available in documents based on that template. Click OK. Click the "Start Enforcing Protection" button, and supply a password if you want to prevent others from turning off the protection. Save the template. In documents based on this template, only the styles you chose (plus Normal, which you can't exclude) will appear in the style list. The only drawback of this is that if a document based on this template is opened in Word 2002 or earlier, it will be completed locked and not editable, because those versions don't know about style protection. -- 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. |
Reply |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Custom show styles | Microsoft Word Help | |||
Styles - should I have custom named styles? | Microsoft Word Help | |||
Custom Styles Questions | Microsoft Word Help | |||
Lock styles in custom templates | Microsoft Word Help | |||
How do I get custom templates to save styles? | Microsoft Word Help |