This does not have to do with Word 2000/2003 but probably with two different
normal.dot templates and with a setting in your documents to update styles
from the template. Open your documents in Word 2000. Under Tools Templates
and Add-Ins, uncheck this option for each of the documents. Then see if the
problem persists.
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Charles Kenyon

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See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"ISMGR" wrote in message
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I have several documents created in Word 2000 that contain user-defined
styles. When the documents are opened in 2003, the styles are missing &
the
formatting of the document is changed. If the document is re-opened in
2000,
it is back to being fine. Is this a setting or a glitch? Need to know soon
before we upgrade any more computers with the latest version.