I've set up the normal.dot file so that it has the styles I need for all word
documents.

My problem is this (for example):

When I work in a new document in word and decide to just change one word to
bold or left aligned (so it's slightly different to the style that is
selected) it also changes the attributes of all the text in that document
that has been based on that style.

How do I set up the document so there are specific styles set but there is
the flexibility to modify some text without changing any other text in that
document?

Thanks,
Helen

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Helenh" wrote in message
...
I've set up the normal.dot file so that it has the styles I need for
all word
documents.

My problem is this (for example):

When I work in a new document in word and decide to just change one
word to
bold or left aligned (so it's slightly different to the style that
is
selected) it also changes the attributes of all the text in that
document
that has been based on that style.

How do I set up the document so there are specific styles set but
there is
the flexibility to modify some text without changing any other text
in that
document?

Thanks,
Helen

Thank you, that's exactly what I needed to know!! This forum is a huge help,
thanks again Stefan!
--
Regards,
Helen


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Helenh" wrote in message
...
I've set up the normal.dot file so that it has the styles I need for
all word
documents.

My problem is this (for example):

When I work in a new document in word and decide to just change one
word to
bold or left aligned (so it's slightly different to the style that
is
selected) it also changes the attributes of all the text in that
document
that has been based on that style.

How do I set up the document so there are specific styles set but
there is
the flexibility to modify some text without changing any other text
in that
document?

Thanks,
Helen

You are welcome. Thank you for the feedback!

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Helenh" wrote in message
...
Thank you, that's exactly what I needed to know!! This forum is a
huge help,
thanks again Stefan!
--
Regards,
Helen


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Helenh" wrote in message
...
I've set up the normal.dot file so that it has the styles I need
for
all word
documents.

My problem is this (for example):

When I work in a new document in word and decide to just change
one
word to
bold or left aligned (so it's slightly different to the style
that
is
selected) it also changes the attributes of all the text in that
document
that has been based on that style.

How do I set up the document so there are specific styles set
but
there is
the flexibility to modify some text without changing any other
text
in that
document?

Thanks,
Helen