Thanks Suzanne - I could do that, but I've already created the second
template and put most of the content in it. (I created them both at the same
time, then went in and fixed the styles in First Template...I've learned my
lesson about doing that!). I don't really want to start over...in truth, it
wasn't a lot of work to just change the list style in SecondTemplate.dot.
It's just very frustrating that I can't seem to get these working properly,
and I always feel like I'm missing something.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Instead of using the organizer, why don't you just create a new template
based on FirstTemplate.dot? In the File New dialog, select FirstTemplate.dot
and select the radio button for "Template."

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"Jen" wrote in message
...
I am struggling along trying to learn about and properly use styles, but
getting more frustrated by the minute.

I have created a first template, FirstTemplate.dot, and I've "perfected"
the
styles in this template. Now I want to create a second template that's
very
similar to this one (these documents follow the same format but have
different headings and content requirements). I figured I could use the
Organizer to copy over all my lovely styles from FirstTemplate.dot into
SecondTemplate.dot.

For most of them, it worked OK, but I've found at least one glitch. I had
set some styles for a hierarchical bulleted list (Bullet 1, Bullet 2,
etc.).
Although I keep copying the style from FirstTemplate.dot to
SecondTemplate.dot in the organizer, and I confirm I want to overwrite, it
still retains the normal bullet styles for SecondTemplate.dot (the main
difference is in the paragraph indenting).

I am getting so frustrated...although I am trying to use the proper styles
and formats, I get foiled at every turn! Please tell me this does get
easier
eventually?

TIA,
Jen