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2007 themes can't be changed once the file is saved as Word 97-200
Hi - I've come across a frustration you may be able to help me get past.
I have a heavily formatted document using styles in a way that showed off how themes can change it live, using the Theme selector (Page Layout=Themes). I (accidentally) saved it as Word 97-2003 file format, and despite saving it again back in Word 2007 format, the doc's theme now can't be changed. I created another doc to test how themes break when saved in Word '97-2003 format, using lots of styles. I saved one copy as Word 2007, and another in Word '97-2003 format, then opening both and examining the styles with the Style Inspector (Home=Styles=Styles 'launcher' (arrow/square at bottom-right of Styles group)='Style Inspector' (from the middle icon at the bottom of that work pane.) The only difference I could see between the two docs is in the Font style - the 2003 format version explicitly names the font -- "(Default( Candara 14 pt Bold ...", while the Word 2007 version references a style -- "(Default) +Heading 14 pt Bold ..." Even if I re-apply a style (like "Heading 1") from the style selector (Home=Styles='Heading 1"), I *still* can't use the Theme selector. So, my question is this: Can I rescue my heavily formatted document? How do I change the explicit font names to style references? Can I even un-set the explicit font name? Thanks! Charles. |
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2007 themes can't be changed once the file is saved as Word 97-200
I'm afraid you're out of luck if you don't have a backup. The new (2007)
Themes cannot be saved in 97-2003 format and Word converts all the theme references to absolute colours, fonts, etc. and the change is irreversible. When you saved as .doc, did it actually overwrite the .docx file you had? Off the top of my head I didn't think it would do that unless you explicitly downgraded the document which wouldn't be accidental. -- Enjoy, Tony "Charles.Lindsay" wrote in message ... Hi - I've come across a frustration you may be able to help me get past. I have a heavily formatted document using styles in a way that showed off how themes can change it live, using the Theme selector (Page Layout=Themes). I (accidentally) saved it as Word 97-2003 file format, and despite saving it again back in Word 2007 format, the doc's theme now can't be changed. I created another doc to test how themes break when saved in Word '97-2003 format, using lots of styles. I saved one copy as Word 2007, and another in Word '97-2003 format, then opening both and examining the styles with the Style Inspector (Home=Styles=Styles 'launcher' (arrow/square at bottom-right of Styles group)='Style Inspector' (from the middle icon at the bottom of that work pane.) The only difference I could see between the two docs is in the Font style - the 2003 format version explicitly names the font -- "(Default( Candara 14 pt Bold ...", while the Word 2007 version references a style -- "(Default) +Heading 14 pt Bold ..." Even if I re-apply a style (like "Heading 1") from the style selector (Home=Styles='Heading 1"), I *still* can't use the Theme selector. So, my question is this: Can I rescue my heavily formatted document? How do I change the explicit font names to style references? Can I even un-set the explicit font name? Thanks! Charles. |
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2007 themes can't be changed once the file is saved as Word 97-200
I don't think Charles has actually lost the 2007 docx; he's asking
hypothetically whether it's possible to recover 2007 formatting after a document has been saved in .doc format. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com wrote in message ... I'm afraid you're out of luck if you don't have a backup. The new (2007) Themes cannot be saved in 97-2003 format and Word converts all the theme references to absolute colours, fonts, etc. and the change is irreversible. When you saved as .doc, did it actually overwrite the .docx file you had? Off the top of my head I didn't think it would do that unless you explicitly downgraded the document which wouldn't be accidental. -- Enjoy, Tony "Charles.Lindsay" wrote in message ... Hi - I've come across a frustration you may be able to help me get past. I have a heavily formatted document using styles in a way that showed off how themes can change it live, using the Theme selector (Page Layout=Themes). I (accidentally) saved it as Word 97-2003 file format, and despite saving it again back in Word 2007 format, the doc's theme now can't be changed. I created another doc to test how themes break when saved in Word '97-2003 format, using lots of styles. I saved one copy as Word 2007, and another in Word '97-2003 format, then opening both and examining the styles with the Style Inspector (Home=Styles=Styles 'launcher' (arrow/square at bottom-right of Styles group)='Style Inspector' (from the middle icon at the bottom of that work pane.) The only difference I could see between the two docs is in the Font style - the 2003 format version explicitly names the font -- "(Default( Candara 14 pt Bold ...", while the Word 2007 version references a style -- "(Default) +Heading 14 pt Bold ..." Even if I re-apply a style (like "Heading 1") from the style selector (Home=Styles='Heading 1"), I *still* can't use the Theme selector. So, my question is this: Can I rescue my heavily formatted document? How do I change the explicit font names to style references? Can I even un-set the explicit font name? Thanks! Charles. |
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2007 themes can't be changed once the file is saved as Word 97-200
Hi Suzanne,
It did sound as if he saved an existing document as .doc then resaved it back to its prior .docx name, which would have extended some of the 97-2003 legacy limitations into the .docx file as well. =============== "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I don't think Charles has actually lost the 2007 docx; he's asking hypothetically whether it's possible to recover 2007 formatting after a document has been saved in .doc format. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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