How do you copy styles between documents without first copying them to the
normal (global template) and back to the second document?

Also why is it that even if a global template has been "added" to a document
the styles which are saved in that global template do not necessarily work in
the open document. I often need to copy them into the open document using
the "styles organiser" from the normal (global template) to the open document.

You can copy styles between any documents/templates. On the Tools
menu, click Templates and Add-Ins. Click the Organizer button. In the
Organizer, just click Close to close the Normal template (which is
available by default); the button changes to Open and you can open a
different document or template, and then copy its styles and other
items.

Note also that you can create a new document from a template and then
import (via ImportFile) an existing document to easily make the
styles of the template accessible to existing document text. Styles
not in the template (or, for built-in styles, unmodified in the
template) will get the formatting of the inserted document. Styles in
the template (or, for built-in styles, modified in the template) will
keep their formatting, and affect the text (from the inserted
document) using those styles. Of course, you have to manually apply
styles which are in your template and not in your inserted document.

The purpose of a global template is to make macros, keyboard
shortcuts, toolbars, and AutoText entries available to all open
documents. If you need styles and content from a specific template,
create a document from that template. In other words, if you need the
styles of a template, loading it as a global template would not help.

For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Ness T" wrote in message
...
How do you copy styles between documents without first copying them
to the
normal (global template) and back to the second document?

Also why is it that even if a global template has been "added" to a
document
the styles which are saved in that global template do not
necessarily work in
the open document. I often need to copy them into the open document
using
the "styles organiser" from the normal (global template) to the open
document.

[Rutabaga]

Good Gravy, what a helpful answer. This will eliminate gobs of potential
problems for me at work. The help from you MVP folks is invaluable.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

You can copy styles between any documents/templates. On the Tools
menu, click Templates and Add-Ins. Click the Organizer button. In the
Organizer, just click Close to close the Normal template (which is
available by default); the button changes to Open and you can open a
different document or template, and then copy its styles and other
items.

Note also that you can create a new document from a template and then
import (via ImportFile) an existing document to easily make the
styles of the template accessible to existing document text. Styles
not in the template (or, for built-in styles, unmodified in the
template) will get the formatting of the inserted document. Styles in
the template (or, for built-in styles, modified in the template) will
keep their formatting, and affect the text (from the inserted
document) using those styles. Of course, you have to manually apply
styles which are in your template and not in your inserted document.

The purpose of a global template is to make macros, keyboard
shortcuts, toolbars, and AutoText entries available to all open
documents. If you need styles and content from a specific template,
create a document from that template. In other words, if you need the
styles of a template, loading it as a global template would not help.

For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Ness T" wrote in message
...
How do you copy styles between documents without first copying them
to the
normal (global template) and back to the second document?

Also why is it that even if a global template has been "added" to a
document
the styles which are saved in that global template do not
necessarily work in
the open document. I often need to copy them into the open document
using
the "styles organiser" from the normal (global template) to the open
document.