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Automatic Text Updates to New Documents
Don't know exactly how to ask this. I am an experienced WordPerfect user converting to Word (why?, you ask). I am accustomed to using a template with WP "open styles" containing text I can update globally in the document when I edit the "style". Can I use Word "Fields" to the in the same way? Or shoud I be learning how to do Merge operations? Just need a clue about how to proceed. Thanks -- Peter Overton |
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Automatic Text Updates to New Documents
I've not used WordPerfect so I don't quite follow the question. But does it
help to know that if you edit the format of a style in a Word document, it will change all the instances of that style throughout the document. When you save the document, you will be prompted to Save the Changes to the Document Template. If you answer Yes, all new documents based on the template will use the new style and if you open any old documents based on the template, these will update to the new style if you run AutoFormat. So there is no need to use fields. Does this help? -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Peter Overton" wrote in message ... Don't know exactly how to ask this. I am an experienced WordPerfect user converting to Word (why?, you ask). I am accustomed to using a template with WP "open styles" containing text I can update globally in the document when I edit the "style". Can I use Word "Fields" to the in the same way? Or shoud I be learning how to do Merge operations? Just need a clue about how to proceed. Thanks -- Peter Overton |
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