[Stefan Blom]

Indeed, what isn't explicitly changed in the new style will come from
the "parent." See
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...esCascade.html.

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Stefan Blom
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"SV" wrote in message ...
Suzanne,
Hmm... my first thought was "nope, I have 30 styles" but got to
thinking...
when I create a style there is a "based on" field, isn't there?

This is interesting...
I create a style, ME_Normal that's Arial, 12 pt, Regular, indented
at 0.5"
with no hanging, left-justified. I create other styles based on
that one,
like ME_Centered, ME_Right, and, say, ME_Indent1 (the only thing
I've
changed to make those are justification and indenting)... then, if I
change
ME_Normal to Algerian, 15 pt, Bold... all the rest will be
Algerian, 15 pt,
Bold.

Sound close?

Shane

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
IF all the Arial Narrow styles are based on the same style, you
could
probably get away with changing the font in the base style.

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"SV" wrote in message
...
Greetings,
Thanks to Suzanne's help and pointers, I have a grasp of updating
styles.
First I learned basics of styles.. then of changing them...
coolness!

Now comes the fun... I have about 30 styles outlined in a
template I
created (none of them are the 'usual' names like 'Normal" and
"Table
Grid"
and the like).

I've been asked to change ALL fonts that are Arial Narrow to
Arial and
all
that are 11 point to 12 point.
I can highlight/right-click/modify/automatically update & add to
template,
but it got me thinking:
Can I do a "Find and Replace" type action on STYLES so that all
of my
styles
go from 11 point Arial Narrow to 12 point Arial?

If I do find/replace in the document, I end up with new styles
that have
"+12" and "+Arial" in their names. But now even my updated
template
won't
be of help, as they're all new names.


So, is there a way to do a global "12-point Arial" swap?

Thanks,
Shane