[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

robruth wrote:
Thanks for your time. That does help a little bit. But what I really want
to do is have those default settings automatically applied to pre- existing
documents. So, I want to be able to open old files and have those headers
applied automatically. If this is not possible, then is there a way to do
that simply?

Two steps for this process:

1. Create a macro that carries through your desired changes. You can
start with recording it, though in case of H&F it might need a lot a
tweaking for the code to be working for "all kinds of" documents. There
are good introductory articles (and of course good advanced ones, too!)
in the VBA section on http://word.mvps.org

2. If you really want to apply these changes to each and every document
you are opening (that's a pretty heavy constraint), then you need to
pack the code into an AutoOpen Macro of a global template. See:
WD2000: Auto Macros in Word
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211659/en-us

HTH
Robert
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[robruth]

Robert,

Wow. You are speaking greek to me! I don't even know what a macro is..
so I guess I have my work cut out for me. Thanks for the tips. This is
something I need to figure out, so I will get cracking with the links you
provided. Thanks for your time on this.
sincerely,
RM