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?

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
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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?