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Style names in Word 03 template change when attached to existing d
A tech. writer I work with created a template for the training guides we
develop. Why do the names of styles in this template change when I attach it to a document I'm working on? For example, "Heading 1" changes to to "Heading 2, h2, H2". Also, Available Styles in the document lists many unwanted and unused styles that don't appear in Available Styles for the template. This is driving us bonkers. Why doesn't the template maintain its integrity when attached to our documents? Thanks in advance. |
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Style names in Word 03 template change when attached to existing d
The styles in the template do not change.
When you attach a template to a document not created using the template the styles in the template become available to the document except that styles already in use in the document retain their definitions. You can override this when you attach the template by checking the box to update styles. It is not, though, a good idea to leave this box checked! Nevertheless, Heading 1 does not change to Heading 2. If Heading 2 is already applied to text, it will still be applied when your template is attached, either with its original definition or with the definition in the template. The solution is, after you attach your template and update the styles in the document (and then uncheck that option), you need to go through and apply the styles you want used to the text involved. Word isn't going to figure this out for you. If it thought it could, I promise you that you would not like the results anyway. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Caroline O." wrote in message ... A tech. writer I work with created a template for the training guides we develop. Why do the names of styles in this template change when I attach it to a document I'm working on? For example, "Heading 1" changes to to "Heading 2, h2, H2". Also, Available Styles in the document lists many unwanted and unused styles that don't appear in Available Styles for the template. This is driving us bonkers. Why doesn't the template maintain its integrity when attached to our documents? Thanks in advance. |
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Style names in Word 03 template change when attached to existi
This is a bit off the subject---but I have a problem in my document where
after pasting some text from a webpage in TimesNewRoman, the doc I'm writing has places in my own composition where it seems to have web style so that it automatically retains the line below the text as a space [it double-spaces the text automatically] and I can't fix it by going to Style and clicking Normal or Clear Formatting. Any suggestions how to get the text to be single-spaced throughout? Thanks, Frank "Charles Kenyon" wrote: The styles in the template do not change. When you attach a template to a document not created using the template the styles in the template become available to the document except that styles already in use in the document retain their definitions. You can override this when you attach the template by checking the box to update styles. It is not, though, a good idea to leave this box checked! Nevertheless, Heading 1 does not change to Heading 2. If Heading 2 is already applied to text, it will still be applied when your template is attached, either with its original definition or with the definition in the template. The solution is, after you attach your template and update the styles in the document (and then uncheck that option), you need to go through and apply the styles you want used to the text involved. Word isn't going to figure this out for you. If it thought it could, I promise you that you would not like the results anyway. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Caroline O." wrote in message ... A tech. writer I work with created a template for the training guides we develop. Why do the names of styles in this template change when I attach it to a document I'm working on? For example, "Heading 1" changes to to "Heading 2, h2, H2". Also, Available Styles in the document lists many unwanted and unused styles that don't appear in Available Styles for the template. This is driving us bonkers. Why doesn't the template maintain its integrity when attached to our documents? Thanks in advance. |
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Style names in Word 03 template change when attached to existi
Line spacing is an attribute of the paragraph object so if you change it, it
will change the space between all lines in the paragraph. Depending exactly upon what you are doing, the best thing might be to insert a hard return [Enter] at the end of the first line to create two separate paragraphs and then use the Space before or Space after attribute of the relevant paragraph to achieve the increased space between the two paragraphs (lines). -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP " wrote in message ... This is a bit off the subject---but I have a problem in my document where after pasting some text from a webpage in TimesNewRoman, the doc I'm writing has places in my own composition where it seems to have web style so that it automatically retains the line below the text as a space [it double-spaces the text automatically] and I can't fix it by going to Style and clicking Normal or Clear Formatting. Any suggestions how to get the text to be single-spaced throughout? Thanks, Frank "Charles Kenyon" wrote: The styles in the template do not change. When you attach a template to a document not created using the template the styles in the template become available to the document except that styles already in use in the document retain their definitions. You can override this when you attach the template by checking the box to update styles. It is not, though, a good idea to leave this box checked! Nevertheless, Heading 1 does not change to Heading 2. If Heading 2 is already applied to text, it will still be applied when your template is attached, either with its original definition or with the definition in the template. The solution is, after you attach your template and update the styles in the document (and then uncheck that option), you need to go through and apply the styles you want used to the text involved. Word isn't going to figure this out for you. If it thought it could, I promise you that you would not like the results anyway. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Caroline O." wrote in message ... A tech. writer I work with created a template for the training guides we develop. Why do the names of styles in this template change when I attach it to a document I'm working on? For example, "Heading 1" changes to to "Heading 2, h2, H2". Also, Available Styles in the document lists many unwanted and unused styles that don't appear in Available Styles for the template. This is driving us bonkers. Why doesn't the template maintain its integrity when attached to our documents? Thanks in advance. |
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