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Subject:RE: MS Word template question From:"Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:41:04 -0500
Perhaps calling Word functions "Bad" was an exaggeration on my part. But as
Venkman says in Ghostbusters, "I'm fuzzy on the whole good-bad thing."
You can see from Katie's original message that the "Automatically update
document styles" function is not working as expected. Word appears to be
changing the *templates* (not just the doc) without her permission.
In your work environment, "Automatically update document styles" might be
useful for restoring a doc that's been destyled by your colleagues. Use it
in good health. But if clearing that check box solves Katie's problem, then
she's better off without it.
Dan Goldstein
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 2:17 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: MS Word template question
>
> GOOD: Update styles from a template
> 1. From the Tools menu, choose Templates and Add-Ins.
> 2. Click Attach, and then select the template you want.
> 3. Select the "Automatically update document styles" check box.
> 4. Click Open.
> Every time you open the document, Word will update any styles in the
> document that are also defined in the template to match the template
> style definitions.
>
> This last mechanism is THE easiest way to maintain stylistic
> consistency
> across a department doc set and particularly within a single
> document with
> multiple authors...
>
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