I have a long document (100+ pages) in Word 2003 in which the styles are now
set. I want to preserve this document so that no new styles --- whether by
design or user-created through direct formatting --- can be added. I plan to
save this document as a template and protect the styles. Any new styles would
be made by me and only on the template.

Is there anything I should be aware of or should do to accomplish this? Thanks
--
Wallace

Why as a template? What are other users intended to be able to do with the
document?

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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Wallace" wrote in message
...
I have a long document (100+ pages) in Word 2003 in which the styles are
now
set. I want to preserve this document so that no new styles --- whether
by
design or user-created through direct formatting --- can be added. I plan
to
save this document as a template and protect the styles. Any new styles
would
be made by me and only on the template.

Is there anything I should be aware of or should do to accomplish this?
Thanks
--
Wallace

Eventually, nothing. I was looking for a way to preserve the existing styles
and prevent direct formatting and the addition of any user-created styles. I
suppose that can be done by using the protection feature in W2003, but I also
wanted to protect the underlying document structure, so I thought saving the
document as a template would do that.
--
Wallace


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Why as a template? What are other users intended to be able to do with the
document?

--
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

"Wallace" wrote in message
...
I have a long document (100+ pages) in Word 2003 in which the styles are
now
set. I want to preserve this document so that no new styles --- whether
by
design or user-created through direct formatting --- can be added. I plan
to
save this document as a template and protect the styles. Any new styles
would
be made by me and only on the template.

Is there anything I should be aware of or should do to accomplish this?
Thanks
--
Wallace

The purpose of templates is to provide a uniform basis for the repeated
production of documents so I hardly think that saving as a template is
applicable to what you aim to do.

--
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

"Wallace" wrote in message
...
Eventually, nothing. I was looking for a way to preserve the existing
styles
and prevent direct formatting and the addition of any user-created styles.
I
suppose that can be done by using the protection feature in W2003, but I
also
wanted to protect the underlying document structure, so I thought saving
the
document as a template would do that.
--
Wallace


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Why as a template? What are other users intended to be able to do with
the
document?

--
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

"Wallace" wrote in message
...
I have a long document (100+ pages) in Word 2003 in which the styles are
now
set. I want to preserve this document so that no new styles ---
whether
by
design or user-created through direct formatting --- can be added. I
plan
to
save this document as a template and protect the styles. Any new styles
would
be made by me and only on the template.

Is there anything I should be aware of or should do to accomplish this?
Thanks
--
Wallace

What you want to do is not possible. Any document you allow a user to see
can be altered.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Wallace wrote:
Eventually, nothing. I was looking for a way to preserve the existing
styles and prevent direct formatting and the addition of any
user-created styles. I suppose that can be done by using the
protection feature in W2003, but I also wanted to protect the
underlying document structure, so I thought saving the document as a
template would do that.

Why as a template? What are other users intended to be able to do
with the document?

--
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

"Wallace" wrote in message
...
I have a long document (100+ pages) in Word 2003 in which the
styles are now
set. I want to preserve this document so that no new styles ---
whether by
design or user-created through direct formatting --- can be added.
I plan to
save this document as a template and protect the styles. Any new
styles would
be made by me and only on the template.

Is there anything I should be aware of or should do to accomplish
this? Thanks
--
Wallace