[Peter T. Daniels]

Why would you create your new document from the normal.dot template
instead of from the StylesTemplate.dot template?

On Jun 3, 5:28*am, Kensword kbhome(without-this-
wrote:
System: OS Windows XP, MS Word 2003, SP3

Have a problem with a rogue tab when importing styles.

I frequently need to apply a set of standard styles to documents
(mainly contracts) which I receive and have a template from which I can
import the styles. *I have found one glitch that seems impossible to
resolve and would appreciate help.

Using a simple test system to illustrate the problem:

(1) A source document is created from Normal.dot (which has default tab
stops set at 1.5 cm). *I select the Heading 1 style and type “This is
test data”. *This text is formatted correctly, in accordance with the
style properties for Heading 1 (Normal + Font: (Default) Arial, 16 pt,
Bold, Indent: Left: *0 cm, Hanging: *1.5 cm, No widow/orphan control,
Keep with next, Level 1, Tabs: *1.5 cm, List tab, Outline numbered +
Level: 1 + Numbering Style: 1, 2, 3, … + Start at: 1 + Alignment: Left
+ Aligned at: *0 cm + Tab after: *1.5 cm + Indent at: *1.5 cm)

(2) I attach my StylesTemplate.dot using ‘Tools/Templates and
Add-Ins/Attach’ and then apply (‘OK’) firstly with ‘Automatically
update document styles’ selected and then a second time with this
option de-selected. *The text is re-styled according to the imported
style of Heading 1 (Agrmnt_Text + Font: Times New Roman Bold, Bold,
Indent: Left: *0 cm, Hanging: *1.5 cm, Keep with next, Level 1, Tabs:
1.5 cm, List tab, Outline numbered + Level: 1 + Numbering Style: 1, 2,
3, … + Start at: 1 + Alignment: Left + Aligned at: *0 cm + Tab after:
1.5 cm + Indent at: *1.5 cm) EXCEPT that there is no indent and the
single tab required by this style is set at 0.63 cm and not 1.5 cm as
required by the style properties. *Opening Heading 1 in the ‘Tools/
Styles and Formatting/ Modify/Format/ Numbering’ (there is no need to
enter the ‘Customize’ dialog) and just clicking ‘OK’ corrects the
problem.

Any thoughts on what is going on here would be much appreciated.

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