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Creating styles that have boilerplate text in them.
Hi,
This is using Word 2003. What I'm trying to do is have styles that all include some boilerplate text. e.g. a style called "end points" that looks something like: End Points:tabThe end points are... and another called "process definition" that looks something like: Process Definition:tabThe process definition is... This worked for me by defining the numbering style for the style to include the boiler plate text, but I have more than 8 of these styles I want to define so don't think using numbering will work for me. I also suspect this is not the smartest way of doing it. Does anyone have any suggestions how to achieve the functionality I'm looking for? Regards, Anthony |
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Creating styles that have boilerplate text in them.
Numbering is the only way, and you can have as many as you want provided
you're not trying to have hierarchical outline "numbering." That is, you can include text with even a simple (single-level) list, and you can have as many nine-level outline-numbered list schemes as you want. The only advantage of having the styles as part of the same list is to be able to promote/demote levels, and it doesn't sound as if that's something that would be relevant here. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Anthony" wrote in message ... Hi, This is using Word 2003. What I'm trying to do is have styles that all include some boilerplate text. e.g. a style called "end points" that looks something like: End Points:tabThe end points are... and another called "process definition" that looks something like: Process Definition:tabThe process definition is... This worked for me by defining the numbering style for the style to include the boiler plate text, but I have more than 8 of these styles I want to define so don't think using numbering will work for me. I also suspect this is not the smartest way of doing it. Does anyone have any suggestions how to achieve the functionality I'm looking for? Regards, Anthony |
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Creating styles that have boilerplate text in them.
Thank you Suzanne and you're right. My confusion stemmed from only *seeing*
8 numbering styles in the Bullets and Numbering gallery. How do you know what Numbered styles you've created already in a template? Do I have to use VBA to get the full list? Thanks, Anthony. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Numbering is the only way, and you can have as many as you want provided you're not trying to have hierarchical outline "numbering." That is, you can include text with even a simple (single-level) list, and you can have as many nine-level outline-numbered list schemes as you want. The only advantage of having the styles as part of the same list is to be able to promote/demote levels, and it doesn't sound as if that's something that would be relevant here. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Anthony" wrote in message ... Hi, This is using Word 2003. What I'm trying to do is have styles that all include some boilerplate text. e.g. a style called "end points" that looks something like: End Points:tabThe end points are... and another called "process definition" that looks something like: Process Definition:tabThe process definition is... This worked for me by defining the numbering style for the style to include the boiler plate text, but I have more than 8 of these styles I want to define so don't think using numbering will work for me. I also suspect this is not the smartest way of doing it. Does anyone have any suggestions how to achieve the functionality I'm looking for? Regards, Anthony |
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Creating styles that have boilerplate text in them.
I'm sure that stuff like that is available via VBA, but I have no VBA
expertise. I do know that if you access the Numbering gallery via a particular style, the list to which that style belongs will be displayed. The conventional wisdom for modifying outline numbered styles is always to go through the Level 1 style (see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...umbering.html), but this may not be as crucial for styles that aren't actually numbered (or are single-level styles). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Anthony" wrote in message ... Thank you Suzanne and you're right. My confusion stemmed from only *seeing* 8 numbering styles in the Bullets and Numbering gallery. How do you know what Numbered styles you've created already in a template? Do I have to use VBA to get the full list? Thanks, Anthony. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Numbering is the only way, and you can have as many as you want provided you're not trying to have hierarchical outline "numbering." That is, you can include text with even a simple (single-level) list, and you can have as many nine-level outline-numbered list schemes as you want. The only advantage of having the styles as part of the same list is to be able to promote/demote levels, and it doesn't sound as if that's something that would be relevant here. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Anthony" wrote in message ... Hi, This is using Word 2003. What I'm trying to do is have styles that all include some boilerplate text. e.g. a style called "end points" that looks something like: End Points:tabThe end points are... and another called "process definition" that looks something like: Process Definition:tabThe process definition is... This worked for me by defining the numbering style for the style to include the boiler plate text, but I have more than 8 of these styles I want to define so don't think using numbering will work for me. I also suspect this is not the smartest way of doing it. Does anyone have any suggestions how to achieve the functionality I'm looking for? Regards, Anthony |
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