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special styles for a document
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 |
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No need, Jeff. The styles are saved right in your document.
******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com www.MyExpertsOnline.com "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 |
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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 : : : : |
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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 |
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Thanks for the info.
-- 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 |
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