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Reset default theme after changes to styles?
I was used to creating my own styles and templates in Word 2003, so I did
that for a couple of projects I'm working on that use unique styles. But somehow in the process of figuring out how to do that in Word 2007, I managed to change the styles in Normal.dot too. Now, even when I change the Theme (even the default theme in Normal.dot), I can't get rid of the old styles that automatically show up. For instance, even when it shows Solstice (for example) as the default theme in Normal.dot now, the styles for Headings are still showing for the template styles I created for one of these other projects. I have the project styles saved in separate templates, so I'm not afraid I might lose them. But I'm afraid to just delete the styles from Normal.dot (as a solution to resetting them) because they're basic styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, etc.). Changing the various style components (under Colours or Fonts in Page Layout) doesn't affect the styles I changed (although changing the theme, colours or fonts does affect the styles I didn't change). How can I reset the Normal template so that it responds to changes in the theme, colours, etc.? I can't seem to find any reference to this in the Help section or in this newsgroup. Thanks! Jo |
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Reset default theme after changes to styles?
Themes and style sets change the document defaults. They work best when the
document default font is +Body and when in the template, the heading font is +Headings. To make your normat.dotm theme ready again, you should change the heading fonts to +Headings and empty the normal style of settings so that its description looks something like this ... Font: (Default) +Body, Left, Line spacing: single, Widow/Orphan control, Style: Quick Style. A fast way to do this is to exit Word, rename your old normal.dotm, and restart Word, which will generate a new normal template. If you want your template styles to be available in your other documents, you could create a style set. I'm guessing that you may want to fix the defaults and font settings in your templates too. I had to do that with templates I brought over from W2003. HTH, Pam Jo wrote: I was used to creating my own styles and templates in Word 2003, so I did that for a couple of projects I'm working on that use unique styles. But somehow in the process of figuring out how to do that in Word 2007, I managed to change the styles in Normal.dot too. Now, even when I change the Theme (even the default theme in Normal.dot), I can't get rid of the old styles that automatically show up. For instance, even when it shows Solstice (for example) as the default theme in Normal.dot now, the styles for Headings are still showing for the template styles I created for one of these other projects. I have the project styles saved in separate templates, so I'm not afraid I might lose them. But I'm afraid to just delete the styles from Normal.dot (as a solution to resetting them) because they're basic styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, etc.). Changing the various style components (under Colours or Fonts in Page Layout) doesn't affect the styles I changed (although changing the theme, colours or fonts does affect the styles I didn't change). How can I reset the Normal template so that it responds to changes in the theme, colours, etc.? I can't seem to find any reference to this in the Help section or in this newsgroup. Thanks! Jo -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/200904/1 |
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Hi Pam,
Thanks for your reply. I'm afraid I'm finding it more difficult than I thought getting used to the new way Word 2007 does things, so I like the idea of just deleting the old Normal.dotm and letting Word generate a new one. However, a search only shows shortcuts called Normal.dotm. Where would I find it in the new file structure? Thx! Jo "PamC via OfficeKB.com" wrote: Themes and style sets change the document defaults. They work best when the document default font is +Body and when in the template, the heading font is +Headings. To make your normat.dotm theme ready again, you should change the heading fonts to +Headings and empty the normal style of settings so that its description looks something like this ... Font: (Default) +Body, Left, Line spacing: single, Widow/Orphan control, Style: Quick Style. A fast way to do this is to exit Word, rename your old normal.dotm, and restart Word, which will generate a new normal template. If you want your template styles to be available in your other documents, you could create a style set. I'm guessing that you may want to fix the defaults and font settings in your templates too. I had to do that with templates I brought over from W2003. HTH, Pam Jo wrote: I was used to creating my own styles and templates in Word 2003, so I did that for a couple of projects I'm working on that use unique styles. But somehow in the process of figuring out how to do that in Word 2007, I managed to change the styles in Normal.dot too. Now, even when I change the Theme (even the default theme in Normal.dot), I can't get rid of the old styles that automatically show up. For instance, even when it shows Solstice (for example) as the default theme in Normal.dot now, the styles for Headings are still showing for the template styles I created for one of these other projects. I have the project styles saved in separate templates, so I'm not afraid I might lose them. But I'm afraid to just delete the styles from Normal.dot (as a solution to resetting them) because they're basic styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, etc.). Changing the various style components (under Colours or Fonts in Page Layout) doesn't affect the styles I changed (although changing the theme, colours or fonts does affect the styles I didn't change). How can I reset the Normal template so that it responds to changes in the theme, colours, etc.? I can't seem to find any reference to this in the Help section or in this newsgroup. Thanks! Jo -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/200904/1 |
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As with earlier versions, the normal template (here normal.dotm) is stored
in the User Templates folder, here defined in Word Options Advanced File locations. By default it will be a hidden folder which you can access by typing (or copying) C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates into the Explorer address bar. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Jo wrote: Hi Pam, Thanks for your reply. I'm afraid I'm finding it more difficult than I thought getting used to the new way Word 2007 does things, so I like the idea of just deleting the old Normal.dotm and letting Word generate a new one. However, a search only shows shortcuts called Normal.dotm. Where would I find it in the new file structure? Thx! Jo "PamC via OfficeKB.com" wrote: Themes and style sets change the document defaults. They work best when the document default font is +Body and when in the template, the heading font is +Headings. To make your normat.dotm theme ready again, you should change the heading fonts to +Headings and empty the normal style of settings so that its description looks something like this ... Font: (Default) +Body, Left, Line spacing: single, Widow/Orphan control, Style: Quick Style. A fast way to do this is to exit Word, rename your old normal.dotm, and restart Word, which will generate a new normal template. If you want your template styles to be available in your other documents, you could create a style set. I'm guessing that you may want to fix the defaults and font settings in your templates too. I had to do that with templates I brought over from W2003. HTH, Pam Jo wrote: I was used to creating my own styles and templates in Word 2003, so I did that for a couple of projects I'm working on that use unique styles. But somehow in the process of figuring out how to do that in Word 2007, I managed to change the styles in Normal.dot too. Now, even when I change the Theme (even the default theme in Normal.dot), I can't get rid of the old styles that automatically show up. For instance, even when it shows Solstice (for example) as the default theme in Normal.dot now, the styles for Headings are still showing for the template styles I created for one of these other projects. I have the project styles saved in separate templates, so I'm not afraid I might lose them. But I'm afraid to just delete the styles from Normal.dot (as a solution to resetting them) because they're basic styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, etc.). Changing the various style components (under Colours or Fonts in Page Layout) doesn't affect the styles I changed (although changing the theme, colours or fonts does affect the styles I didn't change). How can I reset the Normal template so that it responds to changes in the theme, colours, etc.? I can't seem to find any reference to this in the Help section or in this newsgroup. Thanks! Jo -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/200904/1 |
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Thanks Graham. I found it with your help. Renaming the old Normal.dotm has
indeed cleared te old changes. Thanks very much. Jo "Graham Mayor" wrote: As with earlier versions, the normal template (here normal.dotm) is stored in the User Templates folder, here defined in Word Options Advanced File locations. By default it will be a hidden folder which you can access by typing (or copying) C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates into the Explorer address bar. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Jo wrote: Hi Pam, Thanks for your reply. I'm afraid I'm finding it more difficult than I thought getting used to the new way Word 2007 does things, so I like the idea of just deleting the old Normal.dotm and letting Word generate a new one. However, a search only shows shortcuts called Normal.dotm. Where would I find it in the new file structure? Thx! Jo "PamC via OfficeKB.com" wrote: Themes and style sets change the document defaults. They work best when the document default font is +Body and when in the template, the heading font is +Headings. To make your normat.dotm theme ready again, you should change the heading fonts to +Headings and empty the normal style of settings so that its description looks something like this ... Font: (Default) +Body, Left, Line spacing: single, Widow/Orphan control, Style: Quick Style. A fast way to do this is to exit Word, rename your old normal.dotm, and restart Word, which will generate a new normal template. If you want your template styles to be available in your other documents, you could create a style set. I'm guessing that you may want to fix the defaults and font settings in your templates too. I had to do that with templates I brought over from W2003. HTH, Pam Jo wrote: I was used to creating my own styles and templates in Word 2003, so I did that for a couple of projects I'm working on that use unique styles. But somehow in the process of figuring out how to do that in Word 2007, I managed to change the styles in Normal.dot too. Now, even when I change the Theme (even the default theme in Normal.dot), I can't get rid of the old styles that automatically show up. For instance, even when it shows Solstice (for example) as the default theme in Normal.dot now, the styles for Headings are still showing for the template styles I created for one of these other projects. I have the project styles saved in separate templates, so I'm not afraid I might lose them. But I'm afraid to just delete the styles from Normal.dot (as a solution to resetting them) because they're basic styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, etc.). Changing the various style components (under Colours or Fonts in Page Layout) doesn't affect the styles I changed (although changing the theme, colours or fonts does affect the styles I didn't change). How can I reset the Normal template so that it responds to changes in the theme, colours, etc.? I can't seem to find any reference to this in the Help section or in this newsgroup. Thanks! Jo -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/200904/1 |
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You are welcome
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Jo wrote: Thanks Graham. I found it with your help. Renaming the old Normal.dotm has indeed cleared te old changes. Thanks very much. Jo "Graham Mayor" wrote: As with earlier versions, the normal template (here normal.dotm) is stored in the User Templates folder, here defined in Word Options Advanced File locations. By default it will be a hidden folder which you can access by typing (or copying) C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates into the Explorer address bar. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Jo wrote: Hi Pam, Thanks for your reply. I'm afraid I'm finding it more difficult than I thought getting used to the new way Word 2007 does things, so I like the idea of just deleting the old Normal.dotm and letting Word generate a new one. However, a search only shows shortcuts called Normal.dotm. Where would I find it in the new file structure? Thx! Jo "PamC via OfficeKB.com" wrote: Themes and style sets change the document defaults. They work best when the document default font is +Body and when in the template, the heading font is +Headings. To make your normat.dotm theme ready again, you should change the heading fonts to +Headings and empty the normal style of settings so that its description looks something like this ... Font: (Default) +Body, Left, Line spacing: single, Widow/Orphan control, Style: Quick Style. A fast way to do this is to exit Word, rename your old normal.dotm, and restart Word, which will generate a new normal template. If you want your template styles to be available in your other documents, you could create a style set. I'm guessing that you may want to fix the defaults and font settings in your templates too. I had to do that with templates I brought over from W2003. HTH, Pam Jo wrote: I was used to creating my own styles and templates in Word 2003, so I did that for a couple of projects I'm working on that use unique styles. But somehow in the process of figuring out how to do that in Word 2007, I managed to change the styles in Normal.dot too. Now, even when I change the Theme (even the default theme in Normal.dot), I can't get rid of the old styles that automatically show up. For instance, even when it shows Solstice (for example) as the default theme in Normal.dot now, the styles for Headings are still showing for the template styles I created for one of these other projects. I have the project styles saved in separate templates, so I'm not afraid I might lose them. But I'm afraid to just delete the styles from Normal.dot (as a solution to resetting them) because they're basic styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, etc.). Changing the various style components (under Colours or Fonts in Page Layout) doesn't affect the styles I changed (although changing the theme, colours or fonts does affect the styles I didn't change). How can I reset the Normal template so that it responds to changes in the theme, colours, etc.? I can't seem to find any reference to this in the Help section or in this newsgroup. Thanks! Jo -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/200904/1 |
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