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word 2007 linked css
I am trying to understand the functionality of linking a style sheet to a
word document. Conceptually, it seems if I link a document to a CSS sheet on a corporate web site (internally) or even share the CSS for local usage on a work station, I should be able to control the formatting of the document. If we change the CSS, then all documents linked to it should change as well. Here is the thing, we have corporate documents that we write up BUT if the template we use changes, we all have to update our documents with a cut-n-paste to the new template which, as you can guess, is a pain. There has GOT to be a better way to leverage word to update the formatting WITHOUT having to cut and past to a new format. Has anyone done this? I have tried to find information on the linked CSS but there is pretty much nothing out there that does not relate to CSS for web sites and web pages. Conceptually the same. I tested by creating a CSS and linking it but none of the tags changed my document in any way nor did H1 or H2 show up as a valid style. |
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Hello Craigh
CraigAP wrote: I am trying to understand the functionality of linking a style sheet to a word document. Conceptually, it seems if I link a document to a CSS sheet on a corporate web site (internally) or even share the CSS for local usage on a work station, I should be able to control the formatting of the document. If we change the CSS, then all documents linked to it should change as well. Here is the thing, we have corporate documents that we write up BUT if the template we use changes, we all have to update our documents with a cut-n-paste to the new template which, as you can guess, is a pain. There has GOT to be a better way to leverage word to update the formatting WITHOUT having to cut and past to a new format. I've never really touched CSS (in Word, that is), but you are aware of the basic methods of updating a document (at least it's styles) if you change the template the document is based on and either copy the styles from template to document through the organizer, or set the document to (temporarily) update it's styles from the template? In versions up to 2003, this was done through Tools | Templates and Add-Ins (and the Organizer can be found there, too). In 2007's Ribbon, this is in the Developer tab | Templates | Template. HTH Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MSFT | \ / | MVP | Scientific Reports X Against HTML | for | with Word? / \ in e-mail & news | Word | http://www.masteringword.eu/ |
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Robert M. Franz (RMF) wrote: [..] I've never really touched CSS (in Word, that is), but you are aware of the basic methods of updating a document (at least it's styles) if you change the template the document is based on and either copy the styles from template to document through the organizer, or set the document to (temporarily) update it's styles from the template? mind you, this only works with style formatting, not with any section properties. HTH Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MSFT | \ / | MVP | Scientific Reports X Against HTML | for | with Word? / \ in e-mail & news | Word | http://www.masteringword.eu/ |
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