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Modifying Default Settings
I want to change some of the default settings in Word. Can someone tell me
how to do that? In particular, I want all of my heading styles to be formatted that same for everyone of my documents without having to format them each time I start a new document. Thanks! |
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"megamble2" wrote in message ... I want to change some of the default settings in Word. Can someone tell me how to do that? In particular, I want all of my heading styles to be formatted that same for everyone of my documents without having to format them each time I start a new document. Thanks! Take a look at these articles 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 -- Regards Jonathan West - Word MVP www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Create a document template with your styles and use that for your new
documents. If your heading styles contain numbering, see: How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your Word document http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. In creating your templates, review the web pages that Jonathan West already provided. They are excellent. And yes, you _could_ save your heading style modifications in normal.dot, but I wouldn't, if they contain numbering. They'll bite you when you aren't looking. To do that, you modify the style and check the "Add to template" box. I have modified my heading styles in normal.dot that way, to make them cascading, but mine are not numbered. -- 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. "megamble2" wrote in message ... I want to change some of the default settings in Word. Can someone tell me how to do that? In particular, I want all of my heading styles to be formatted that same for everyone of my documents without having to format them each time I start a new document. Thanks! |
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Thank you that was extremely helpful. What if I want an old document created
in normal.dot to have the settings and formatting established in my new template? Is it as simple as cutting and pasting? Or can I resave the document under the new template? "Jonathan West" wrote: "megamble2" wrote in message ... I want to change some of the default settings in Word. Can someone tell me how to do that? In particular, I want all of my heading styles to be formatted that same for everyone of my documents without having to format them each time I start a new document. Thanks! Take a look at these articles 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 -- Regards Jonathan West - Word MVP www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk Please reply to the newsgroup |
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"megamble2" wrote in message ... Thank you that was extremely helpful. What if I want an old document created in normal.dot to have the settings and formatting established in my new template? Is it as simple as cutting and pasting? Or can I resave the document under the new template? That depends on your old document. If your old document was formatted by you changing the definition of the styles, then a simple copy & paste may be sufficient. If you used manual font formatting in addition to the styles, then you may need to copy & paste and then select the text and press Ctrl-Space to remove the manual font formatting. if you didn't use types at all, then you will probably have to go through paragraph by paragraph applying the new styles. If you find you have to to that regularly, either with your old documents or with documents sent to you by others, then the following article may help you. Creating Custom Toolbars for Templates http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=262 -- Regards Jonathan West - Word MVP www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk Please reply to the newsgroup |
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