On the Edit tab of Tools | Options, check the box for "Prompt to update
style." But note that if you use the Styles and Formatting task pane, it's
even easier to click "Update to Match Selection" for the style. You can even
change the formatting of another style to the formatting of the current
selection this way, something that could not be done in previous versions.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Francis Hookham" wrote in message
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Using Word 2000 and 2002 I can name a new style by typing the new style's
name in the style box and pressing Return. (2002 unnecessarily suggests a
name)
Subsequently the easiest way to make a change to an existing style in 2000
is to make the change in a paragraph and then click in the style box and
press Return which brings up a dialog box asking to confirmation of the
change (the default) or reverting back. Since I normally want the change,
a
second Return confirms the change throughout the document. (Normal seems
to
be the one style where this method does not work.
Annoyingly 2002 does not seem to have this simple quick way of
facilitating
changes to styles.
.or have I missed a default setting?
(Maybe I shall have to write a macro to do the trick.)
Francis Hookham