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Copying Styles
Hi,
Our office is on a network with a Document Management system. We have Windows XP and Word 2003. Is there a way to copy styles from one existing document to another existing document without using the Styles Organizer? (It's a long story as to why I'm asking, so I won't include that here!). For example, I tried Insert - File, and inserted the document, but the inserted doc took on the styles of the current doc (which I expected). So, as far as I know, the Styles Organizer is the only way to copy styles from one existing document into another existing document? Thanks, |
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One option - though perhaps not the most elegant - Open the doc with the
styles, copy content formatted with the style & paste into the other doc. You'll need to replace/delete the pasted content, but the style will be retained. Regards|:) Bob Jones MVP Office:Mac "Rosemary" wrote: Hi, Our office is on a network with a Document Management system. We have Windows XP and Word 2003. Is there a way to copy styles from one existing document to another existing document without using the Styles Organizer? (It's a long story as to why I'm asking, so I won't include that here!). For example, I tried Insert - File, and inserted the document, but the inserted doc took on the styles of the current doc (which I expected). So, as far as I know, the Styles Organizer is the only way to copy styles from one existing document into another existing document? Thanks, |
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Hi - thanks for your response.
I didn't mention in my last post, but we had tried a copy/paste first. The text did come in with styles intact, but those styles then took on the attributes of the document we pasted it into. E.g., Heading 1 in the old doc was different from Heading 1 in the new doc .... the pasted text took on the attributes of the Heading 1 in the new doc. Is it possible I did something wrong? I think the only keystrokes I executed were CTRL + X and CTRL + V. Thanks! "Rosemary" wrote: Hi, Our office is on a network with a Document Management system. We have Windows XP and Word 2003. Is there a way to copy styles from one existing document to another existing document without using the Styles Organizer? (It's a long story as to why I'm asking, so I won't include that here!). For example, I tried Insert - File, and inserted the document, but the inserted doc took on the styles of the current doc (which I expected). So, as far as I know, the Styles Organizer is the only way to copy styles from one existing document into another existing document? Thanks, |
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Your problem is that the styles have the same name in each of the two files.
Rename one or the other before doing the copy/paste... A file can only have *one* file by any given name & Word is geared to retain the version already in the target doc. Regards|:) Bob Jone MVP Office:Mac "Rosemary" wrote: Hi - thanks for your response. I didn't mention in my last post, but we had tried a copy/paste first. The text did come in with styles intact, but those styles then took on the attributes of the document we pasted it into. E.g., Heading 1 in the old doc was different from Heading 1 in the new doc ... the pasted text took on the attributes of the Heading 1 in the new doc. Is it possible I did something wrong? I think the only keystrokes I executed were CTRL + X and CTRL + V. Thanks! "Rosemary" wrote: Hi, Our office is on a network with a Document Management system. We have Windows XP and Word 2003. Is there a way to copy styles from one existing document to another existing document without using the Styles Organizer? (It's a long story as to why I'm asking, so I won't include that here!). For example, I tried Insert - File, and inserted the document, but the inserted doc took on the styles of the current doc (which I expected). So, as far as I know, the Styles Organizer is the only way to copy styles from one existing document into another existing document? Thanks, |
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Ok, thanks!
"Rosemary" wrote: Hi, Our office is on a network with a Document Management system. We have Windows XP and Word 2003. Is there a way to copy styles from one existing document to another existing document without using the Styles Organizer? (It's a long story as to why I'm asking, so I won't include that here!). For example, I tried Insert - File, and inserted the document, but the inserted doc took on the styles of the current doc (which I expected). So, as far as I know, the Styles Organizer is the only way to copy styles from one existing document into another existing document? Thanks, |
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