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Subject:Q: Word Template From:Morgan Johnson <MORGAN -dot- JOHNSON -at- CHASE -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 3 Sep 1998 13:28:53 -0500
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?
The answer is: Yup.
Open Word. You have blank document. Go to Tools, Templates and Add-Ins.
Uncheck the first box which says "Automatically update template styles."