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Custom style is missing in Word 2003
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. |
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Custom style is missing in Word 2003
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. -- 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. "ISMGR" wrote in message ... 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. |
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Custom style is missing in Word 2003
Hi ?B?SVNNR1I=?=,
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. Mmmm. first thing that comes to my mind is that the option to "update styles automatically" is activated in Tools/Templates and Addins? If that's the case, deactivate this in Word 2000 and the document should open "normally" in Word 2003. If that's not what's causing the behavior, could you describe the style(s) that are "getting lost" when you open in Word 2003? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Custom style is missing in Word 2003
The option to "Automatically update styles" was not checked, so that's not
the problem. There are about 24 user-defined styles in the one document that are used to control headings, indents, etc. The documents in question are used for Architectural specifications & need to be formatted a certain way. The styles actually came within the documents & were not created in-house. When I open the document in 2003, the styles are gone from the document. Several other similar documents can be opened in 2003 & have all of the user-defined styles appear. It is a very odd situation. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi ?B?SVNNR1I=?=, 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. Mmmm. first thing that comes to my mind is that the option to "update styles automatically" is activated in Tools/Templates and Addins? If that's the case, deactivate this in Word 2000 and the document should open "normally" in Word 2003. If that's not what's causing the behavior, could you describe the style(s) that are "getting lost" when you open in Word 2003? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Custom style is missing in Word 2003
Make sure that you are looking at the Templates and Add-Ins dialog for the
particular problem document. There are a couple of places in Word with the option to automatically update styles. It is only the one in the Templates and Add-Ins dialog that causes this problem. Otherwise, it might be a corrupt document. Doesn't seem likely, though. You could try, in Word 2003, saving one of the documents that does work under a new name and then copying the contents from one of the broken documents into it. What happens? -- 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. "ISMGR" wrote in message ... The option to "Automatically update styles" was not checked, so that's not the problem. There are about 24 user-defined styles in the one document that are used to control headings, indents, etc. The documents in question are used for Architectural specifications & need to be formatted a certain way. The styles actually came within the documents & were not created in-house. When I open the document in 2003, the styles are gone from the document. Several other similar documents can be opened in 2003 & have all of the user-defined styles appear. It is a very odd situation. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi ?B?SVNNR1I=?=, 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. Mmmm. first thing that comes to my mind is that the option to "update styles automatically" is activated in Tools/Templates and Addins? If that's the case, deactivate this in Word 2000 and the document should open "normally" in Word 2003. If that's not what's causing the behavior, could you describe the style(s) that are "getting lost" when you open in Word 2003? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Custom style is missing in Word 2003
I confirmed that I was in the Templates and Add-Ins dialog & it was unchecked.
I did try your suggestion to save a good document in 2003 under a new name then copy in the info from the bad doc. The formatting re-appeared (outline info) for the copied paragraphs in the new doc. Does this mean a corrupt doc? "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Make sure that you are looking at the Templates and Add-Ins dialog for the particular problem document. There are a couple of places in Word with the option to automatically update styles. It is only the one in the Templates and Add-Ins dialog that causes this problem. Otherwise, it might be a corrupt document. Doesn't seem likely, though. You could try, in Word 2003, saving one of the documents that does work under a new name and then copying the contents from one of the broken documents into it. What happens? -- 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. "ISMGR" wrote in message ... The option to "Automatically update styles" was not checked, so that's not the problem. There are about 24 user-defined styles in the one document that are used to control headings, indents, etc. The documents in question are used for Architectural specifications & need to be formatted a certain way. The styles actually came within the documents & were not created in-house. When I open the document in 2003, the styles are gone from the document. Several other similar documents can be opened in 2003 & have all of the user-defined styles appear. It is a very odd situation. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi ?B?SVNNR1I=?=, 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. Mmmm. first thing that comes to my mind is that the option to "update styles automatically" is activated in Tools/Templates and Addins? If that's the case, deactivate this in Word 2000 and the document should open "normally" in Word 2003. If that's not what's causing the behavior, could you describe the style(s) that are "getting lost" when you open in Word 2003? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Custom style is missing in Word 2003
Hi ?B?SVNNR1I=?=,
I did try your suggestion to save a good document in 2003 under a new name then copy in the info from the bad doc. The formatting re-appeared (outline info) for the copied paragraphs in the new doc. Does this mean a corrupt doc? Sounds like it, yes. Although it's the first time I've encountered one that exhibited this behavior .-) You might try saving these files in RTF or HTML format in Word 2000 and see if they open correctly in Word 2003 from that format (might save some time and frustration, if it works). Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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