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Update docs when normal.dot styles change
Hi. I just reworked most of my Heading styles in Word '03 and
saved the normal.dot. But when I open up an existing doc, the changes are not reflected there. Organizer shows that the doc stores its own versions of the styles, and it seems the only way to update them is manually, which is not very practical. I can see the hazards of having changes in normal.dot reflected automatically in existing docs, but I'd be willing to pay the price in order to have that function. Short of that, is there any way to move all normal.dot styles over by command? IIUC, the automatic update function for each style is about updating in the reverse direction - from the docs to the template. Thanks for any insight. p. |
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Update docs when normal.dot styles change
For each document, enable "Automatically update document styles" in Tools |
Templates and Add-Ins. Do this just once, to update the styles, then turn the option off. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Paul B" wrote in message ... Hi. I just reworked most of my Heading styles in Word '03 and saved the normal.dot. But when I open up an existing doc, the changes are not reflected there. Organizer shows that the doc stores its own versions of the styles, and it seems the only way to update them is manually, which is not very practical. I can see the hazards of having changes in normal.dot reflected automatically in existing docs, but I'd be willing to pay the price in order to have that function. Short of that, is there any way to move all normal.dot styles over by command? IIUC, the automatic update function for each style is about updating in the reverse direction - from the docs to the template. Thanks for any insight. p. |
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Update docs when normal.dot styles change
Very nice, Suzanne. That gives just about the perfect level of
control I was looking for. Thanks a whole lot for your excellent help! p. On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:30:31 -0600, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: For each document, enable "Automatically update document styles" in Tools | Templates and Add-Ins. Do this just once, to update the styles, then turn the option off. |
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You're welcome.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Paul B" wrote in message ... Very nice, Suzanne. That gives just about the perfect level of control I was looking for. Thanks a whole lot for your excellent help! p. On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:30:31 -0600, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: For each document, enable "Automatically update document styles" in Tools | Templates and Add-Ins. Do this just once, to update the styles, then turn the option off. |
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