This is a rather basic question, but I do not know the answer to it. I'm
using Word 2002 from Office XP.

I am in the early stages of writing what will be a long document (400+
pages) for which I want special style definitions (Headings formats, etc.).
I do not plan to use these settings for any other documents. If I change the
style settings while working within that document, will they still be
available there after I save and close the document and then reopen it to
add more text, or do I need to create a special template just for that
document for the style changes to remain what I changed them to?

I vaguely remember that when I change styles in a document, Word asks me on
saving if I want to change the default template doc. I do not want these
changes for the default document template, just for this one.

Thanks.

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Jeff Stevens
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam

No need, Jeff. The styles are saved right in your document.
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~Anne Troy

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"Jeff" wrote in message
...
This is a rather basic question, but I do not know the answer to it. I'm
using Word 2002 from Office XP.

I am in the early stages of writing what will be a long document (400+
pages) for which I want special style definitions (Headings formats,
etc.).
I do not plan to use these settings for any other documents. If I change
the
style settings while working within that document, will they still be
available there after I save and close the document and then reopen it to
add more text, or do I need to create a special template just for that
document for the style changes to remain what I changed them to?

I vaguely remember that when I change styles in a document, Word asks me
on
saving if I want to change the default template doc. I do not want these
changes for the default document template, just for this one.

Thanks.

--

Jeff Stevens
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam

Anne is correct, but maybe you should note that every time you save (and
that should be VERY frequently with a large document), you will be prompted
to save changes to the template. I would recommend that to stop this
behaviour, you create another template with a slightly different name and
create your document for that template. Then when you customise a style and
save it to the template, it won't matter!

Terry Farrell

"Jeff" wrote in message
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: This is a rather basic question, but I do not know the answer to it. I'm
: using Word 2002 from Office XP.
:
: I am in the early stages of writing what will be a long document (400+
: pages) for which I want special style definitions (Headings formats,
etc.).
: I do not plan to use these settings for any other documents. If I change
the
: style settings while working within that document, will they still be
: available there after I save and close the document and then reopen it to
: add more text, or do I need to create a special template just for that
: document for the style changes to remain what I changed them to?
:
: I vaguely remember that when I change styles in a document, Word asks me
on
: saving if I want to change the default template doc. I do not want these
: changes for the default document template, just for this one.
:
: Thanks.
:
: --
:
: Jeff Stevens
: Email address deliberately false to avoid spam
:
:
:
:

Thank you both.

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Jeff Stevens
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam




TF wrote:
Anne is correct, but maybe you should note that every time you save
(and that should be VERY frequently with a large document), you will
be prompted to save changes to the template. I would recommend that
to stop this behaviour, you create another template with a slightly
different name and create your document for that template. Then when
you customise a style and save it to the template, it won't matter!

Terry Farrell

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
This is a rather basic question, but I do not know the answer to it.
I'm using Word 2002 from Office XP.

I am in the early stages of writing what will be a long document
(400+ pages) for which I want special style definitions (Headings
formats, etc.). I do not plan to use these settings for any other
documents. If I change the style settings while working within that
document, will they still be available there after I save and close
the document and then reopen it to add more text, or do I need to
create a special template just for that document for the style
changes to remain what I changed them to?

I vaguely remember that when I change styles in a document, Word
asks me on saving if I want to change the default template doc. I
do not want these changes for the default document template, just
for this one.

Thanks.

--

Jeff Stevens
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam

If you are getting the question about saving changes to the template because
of style changes it is because you are telling Word make changes to the
template by checking the box in the style modification dialog. Stop doing
this.

Also make sure under Tools Templates and Add-Ins that the checkbox for
updating styles automatically upon opening is not checked, or you will lose
any changes you make that you don't save back to your template.

http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm

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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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Jeff" wrote in message
...
This is a rather basic question, but I do not know the answer to it. I'm
using Word 2002 from Office XP.

I am in the early stages of writing what will be a long document (400+
pages) for which I want special style definitions (Headings formats,
etc.). I do not plan to use these settings for any other documents. If I
change the style settings while working within that document, will they
still be available there after I save and close the document and then
reopen it to add more text, or do I need to create a special template just
for that document for the style changes to remain what I changed them to?

I vaguely remember that when I change styles in a document, Word asks me
on saving if I want to change the default template doc. I do not want
these changes for the default document template, just for this one.

Thanks.

--

Jeff Stevens
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam

Thanks for the info.

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Jeff Stevens
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam



"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
If you are getting the question about saving changes to the template
because of style changes it is because you are telling Word make changes
to the template by checking the box in the style modification dialog. Stop
doing this.

Also make sure under Tools Templates and Add-Ins that the checkbox for
updating styles automatically upon opening is not checked, or you will
lose any changes you make that you don't save back to your template.

http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm

--
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://www.mvps.org/word 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.

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
This is a rather basic question, but I do not know the answer to it. I'm
using Word 2002 from Office XP.

I am in the early stages of writing what will be a long document (400+
pages) for which I want special style definitions (Headings formats,
etc.). I do not plan to use these settings for any other documents. If I
change the style settings while working within that document, will they
still be available there after I save and close the document and then
reopen it to add more text, or do I need to create a special template
just for that document for the style changes to remain what I changed
them to?

I vaguely remember that when I change styles in a document, Word asks me
on saving if I want to change the default template doc. I do not want
these changes for the default document template, just for this one.

Thanks.

--

Jeff Stevens
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam