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Style templates and master documents
I have a large document that requires specific styling, etc. I therefore
created it as a master and subdocuments with its own style template. Trouble is that every time I open it some of the headings have changed style and I have to use the styles organiser to re-copy the styles from the appropriate template over the document ones. Then the headings become properly formatted. However, I keep finding headings and lists, etc that have lost their formatting. These text sections are still labelled with the appropriate style, but it has to be re-applied before the format appears correct. I am using Word 2000 on XP machines, although the problem may have first started to occur when I transferred the document (and template) onto a machine using Word 2003. (I had to reapply all the styles from about a third of the way in - it's a large document and I was very unhappy!) |
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Style templates and master documents
Sorry, I don't have an answer because I don't use Master Documents. However,
you may need the reason I don't use them more than you need an answer to your question. "Master Document" is a term of art in Word referring to a "feature" that not only doesn't work but also destroys documents. The consensus (with the limited exception of Steve Hudson) among those offering advice on these newsgroups is that using the Master Document feature is a good way to destroy your document. It can destroy parts of your document that you are not even working on! I think John McGhie said it succinctly when he said that there are two kinds of Master Documents: Those that are corrupt and those that will be corrupt soon. See http://www.addbalance.com/word/masterdocuments.htm for information on the Master Document feature and workarounds. See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm for more information on what goes wrong, and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm for ideas on how to salvage what you can. See http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ma...masterdocs.doc for Steve Hudson's instructions if you are willing to follow them very carefully. -- 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. "sue p" wrote in message ... I have a large document that requires specific styling, etc. I therefore created it as a master and subdocuments with its own style template. Trouble is that every time I open it some of the headings have changed style and I have to use the styles organiser to re-copy the styles from the appropriate template over the document ones. Then the headings become properly formatted. However, I keep finding headings and lists, etc that have lost their formatting. These text sections are still labelled with the appropriate style, but it has to be re-applied before the format appears correct. I am using Word 2000 on XP machines, although the problem may have first started to occur when I transferred the document (and template) onto a machine using Word 2003. (I had to reapply all the styles from about a third of the way in - it's a large document and I was very unhappy!) |
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Hi ?B?c3VlIHA=?=,
Did you actually use this "style template" to create both the master document and all the sub-documents? Or did you simply copy the styles from this "style template" to the individual files? If the latter, then check all the files that "update style automatically" in Tools/Templates and Addins is NOT activated. I have a large document that requires specific styling, etc. I therefore created it as a master and subdocuments with its own style template. Trouble is that every time I open it some of the headings have changed style and I have to use the styles organiser to re-copy the styles from the appropriate template over the document ones. Then the headings become properly formatted. However, I keep finding headings and lists, etc that have lost their formatting. These text sections are still labelled with the appropriate style, but it has to be re-applied before the format appears correct. I am using Word 2000 on XP machines, although the problem may have first started to occur when I transferred the document (and template) onto a machine using Word 2003. (I had to reapply all the styles from about a third of the way in - it's a large document and I was very unhappy!) 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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