[SV]

Greetings,
I'm using 2003, SP1 and have a large number of inherited documents to
update. Unfortunately, they were all created by different people and don't
follow a standardized outline format.
I've created a 'blank' document with the outline numbering on it (I went and
created the outline to 5 or 6 levels without typing anything in the
different levels). Is there a way for me to 'capture' that custom outline
and propogate it through the other documents, or somehow have it be
selectable when I go into their outlines and select Format/Bullets &
Numbering/Outline Numbered? It gives 'None" and some stock items and I
really don't have any way of identifying if one of those is the one I
created especially for this task.

Any ideas??

Thanks,
Shane

[Stefan Blom]

1. Set up numbered styles in your "blank" document according to the
instructions at
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. Save
the document as a template.

2. Create a new document based on your new template.

3. On the Insert menu, click File. Select the document to which you
want to apply the new outline format, and click the Insert button.
This brings the text of the source document into the newly created
document. Any styles already used in the source documents will assume
the formatting of the target document. If styles wasn't applied to the
source document, you have to do so manually.

Repeat steps 2-3 for each document to modify.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"SV" wrote in message
...
Greetings,
I'm using 2003, SP1 and have a large number of inherited documents
to
update. Unfortunately, they were all created by different people
and don't
follow a standardized outline format.
I've created a 'blank' document with the outline numbering on it (I
went and
created the outline to 5 or 6 levels without typing anything in the
different levels). Is there a way for me to 'capture' that custom
outline
and propogate it through the other documents, or somehow have it be
selectable when I go into their outlines and select Format/Bullets &
Numbering/Outline Numbered? It gives 'None" and some stock items
and I
really don't have any way of identifying if one of those is the one
I
created especially for this task.

Any ideas??

Thanks,
Shane

[SV]

Stefan,
That's a lot of info, but it looks pretty good so I'll give it a go. I
figured templates would have something to do with it, now I'm beginning to
catch on a bit.

Thanks,

Shane

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
1. Set up numbered styles in your "blank" document according to the
instructions at
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. Save
the document as a template.

2. Create a new document based on your new template.

3. On the Insert menu, click File. Select the document to which you
want to apply the new outline format, and click the Insert button.
This brings the text of the source document into the newly created
document. Any styles already used in the source documents will assume
the formatting of the target document. If styles wasn't applied to the
source document, you have to do so manually.

Repeat steps 2-3 for each document to modify.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"SV" wrote in message
...
Greetings,
I'm using 2003, SP1 and have a large number of inherited documents
to
update. Unfortunately, they were all created by different people
and don't
follow a standardized outline format.
I've created a 'blank' document with the outline numbering on it (I
went and
created the outline to 5 or 6 levels without typing anything in the
different levels). Is there a way for me to 'capture' that custom
outline
and propogate it through the other documents, or somehow have it be
selectable when I go into their outlines and select Format/Bullets &
Numbering/Outline Numbered? It gives 'None" and some stock items
and I
really don't have any way of identifying if one of those is the one
I
created especially for this task.

Any ideas??

Thanks,
Shane

[Stefan Blom]

If you need more information about templates, take a look at:

Creating a Template – The Basics (Part I)
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...platePart1.htm

Creating a Template (Part II)
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...platePart2.htm

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"SV" wrote in message ...
Stefan,
That's a lot of info, but it looks pretty good so I'll give it a go.
I
figured templates would have something to do with it, now I'm
beginning to
catch on a bit.

Thanks,

Shane

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
1. Set up numbered styles in your "blank" document according to
the
instructions at
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html.
Save
the document as a template.

2. Create a new document based on your new template.

3. On the Insert menu, click File. Select the document to which
you
want to apply the new outline format, and click the Insert button.
This brings the text of the source document into the newly created
document. Any styles already used in the source documents will
assume
the formatting of the target document. If styles wasn't applied to
the
source document, you have to do so manually.

Repeat steps 2-3 for each document to modify.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"SV" wrote in message
...
Greetings,
I'm using 2003, SP1 and have a large number of inherited
documents
to
update. Unfortunately, they were all created by different people
and don't
follow a standardized outline format.
I've created a 'blank' document with the outline numbering on it
(I
went and
created the outline to 5 or 6 levels without typing anything in
the
different levels). Is there a way for me to 'capture' that
custom
outline
and propogate it through the other documents, or somehow have it
be
selectable when I go into their outlines and select
Format/Bullets &
Numbering/Outline Numbered? It gives 'None" and some stock items
and I
really don't have any way of identifying if one of those is the
one
I
created especially for this task.

Any ideas??

Thanks,
Shane