WD2000: Styles Are Not Automatically Updated When Attaching to a Template (211556)

CAUSE

This problem occurs when all of the following conditions are true:

You create a document that is based on a template other than your current Normal template (Normal.dot).

For example, you create a new document that is based on the Professional Report.dot template, or the document you are working on was created by using a different Normal.dot template, as in the case when you upgrade from Word 95 to 97.

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The Automatically Update Document Styles check box is selected.

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You attach the document to the Normal template.

NOTE: This problem does not occur if you attach the document to any template other than Normal.dot. This problem also does not occur if you attach a document that is based on Normal.dot to any other template.

This problem occurs because Word retains the styles from the previous template and doesn't make the styles from the Normal.dot template available.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use one of these methods:

Method 1: Copy the Style to the Document

To copy the style to the document, follow these steps:

Open the document in Word.
On the Tools menu, click Templates and Add-ins.
Click Organizer.
Click the Styles tab.

The styles in your document are listed on one side of the dialog box and the styles in Normal.dot (global template) are listed on the other side.

NOTE: If these two files are not open in the Organizer, close the file on the appropriate side, and then open the file that is not open.
In the Normal.dot list, click the style that you want to copy to your document, and then click Copy. You should receive the following message
Do you wish to overwrite the existing style entry stylename?
where stylename is the name of the style that you want to copy.
Click Yes, and then click Close.

The style is copied to the document.

Method 2: Apply Manual Formatting

To manually apply formatting, follow these steps:

Select the text that you want to change.
On the Format menu, click Font. Modify the font, and then click OK.
On the Format menu, click Paragraph. Modify the paragraph formatting, and then click OK.

NOTE: Repeat these steps for text that you want to change.

Method 3: Change the Applied Style

To change the style, follow these steps:

On the Format menu, click Style, and then click All styles.
In the Styles list, click the style that you want to change, and then click Modify.
In the Modify Style dialog box, follow these steps:
1. Click Format, and then click Font. Modify the font, and then click OK.
2. Click Format, and then click Paragraph. Modify the paragraph formatting, and then click OK.
Click OK to close the Modify Style dialog box.

NOTE: If you click to select the Add to template check box, the changes that you make are applied to all of the documents that you subsequently create. If you want the changes to be applied to only the active document, leave this check box cleared.
Click OK to close the Modify Style dialog box.
Click Close to close the Style dialog box.

The changes are applied to all text that is formatted with the style.