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At 10:22 AM 9/3/98 -0700, Dave Neufeld wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Does anyone know how to prevent Word95 documents which have the
>"Automatically Update Document Styles" box checked, from doing this when
>they are opened? Is there a way to disable this attribute without opening
>the document in Word?
This is a kludge, but may work.
Move or rename the template file.
Open the DOC.
Move the DOT back to its original location or rename it back.
Clear the checkbox
Save the DOC
good luck!
walter
Walter Hanig
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