Carrying outline formats across documents "SV" <Espy.Vee[ at ]DoYouLikeGreenEggsAnd.Spam> 06.07.2006 23:32:13 Greetings, I'm using 2003, SP1 and have a large number of inherited documents to update. Unfortunately, they were all created by different people and don't follow a standardized outline format. I've created a 'blank' document with the outline numbering on it (I went and created the outline to 5 or 6 levels without typing anything in the different levels). Is there a way for me to 'capture' that custom outline and propogate it through the other documents, or somehow have it be selectable when I go into their outlines and select Format/Bullets & Numbering/Outline Numbered? It gives 'None" and some stock items and I really don't have any way of identifying if one of those is the one I created especially for this task. Any ideas?? Thanks, Shane

Re: Carrying outline formats across documents "Stefan Blom" <no.spam[ at ]please.xyz> 07.07.2006 07:56:15 1. Set up numbered styles in your "blank" document according to the instructions at http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html. Save the document as a template. 2. Create a new document based on your new template. 3. On the Insert menu, click File. Select the document to which you want to apply the new outline format, and click the Insert button. This brings the text of the source document into the newly created document. Any styles already used in the source documents will assume the formatting of the target document. If styles wasn't applied to the source document, you have to do so manually. Repeat steps 2-3 for each document to modify. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "SV" wrote in message news:%23ayuaRVoGHA.1140[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Greetings, > I'm using 2003, SP1 and have a large number of inherited documents to > update. Unfortunately, they were all created by different people and don't > follow a standardized outline format. > I've created a 'blank' document with the outline numbering on it (I went and > created the outline to 5 or 6 levels without typing anything in the > different levels). Is there a way for me to 'capture' that custom outline > and propogate it through the other documents, or somehow have it be > selectable when I go into their outlines and select Format/Bullets & > Numbering/Outline Numbered? It gives 'None" and some stock items and I > really don't have any way of identifying if one of those is the one I > created especially for this task. > > Any ideas?? > > Thanks, > Shane > >

Re: Carrying outline formats across documents "SV" <Espy.Vee[ at ]DoYouLikeGreenEggsAnd.Spam> 07.07.2006 11:56:47 Stefan, That's a lot of info, but it looks pretty good so I'll give it a go. I figured templates would have something to do with it, now I'm beginning to catch on a bit. Thanks, Shane "Stefan Blom" <no.spam[ at ]please.xyz> wrote in message news:eQ$rTrZoGHA.4768[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > 1. Set up numbered styles in your "blank" document according to the > instructions at > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html. Save > the document as a template. > > 2. Create a new document based on your new template. > > 3. On the Insert menu, click File. Select the document to which you > want to apply the new outline format, and click the Insert button. > This brings the text of the source document into the newly created > document. Any styles already used in the source documents will assume > the formatting of the target document. If styles wasn't applied to the > source document, you have to do so manually. > > Repeat steps 2-3 for each document to modify. > > -- > Stefan Blom > Microsoft Word MVP > > > "SV" wrote in message > news:%23ayuaRVoGHA.1140[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Greetings, >> I'm using 2003, SP1 and have a large number of inherited documents > to >> update. Unfortunately, they were all created by different people > and don't >> follow a standardized outline format. >> I've created a 'blank' document with the outline numbering on it (I > went and >> created the outline to 5 or 6 levels without typing anything in the >> different levels). Is there a way for me to 'capture' that custom > outline >> and propogate it through the other documents, or somehow have it be >> selectable when I go into their outlines and select Format/Bullets & >> Numbering/Outline Numbered? It gives 'None" and some stock items > and I >> really don't have any way of identifying if one of those is the one > I >> created especially for this task. >> >> Any ideas?? >> >> Thanks, >> Shane >> >> > > > > > > >

Re: Carrying outline formats across documents "Stefan Blom" <no.spam[ at ]please.xyz> 12.07.2006 08:36:47 If you need more information about templates, take a look at: Creating a Template – The Basics (Part I) http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/CreateATemplatePart1.htm Creating a Template (Part II) http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "SV" wrote in message news:%23O89exboGHA.3808[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Stefan, > That's a lot of info, but it looks pretty good so I'll give it a go. I > figured templates would have something to do with it, now I'm beginning to > catch on a bit. > > Thanks, > > Shane > > "Stefan Blom" <no.spam[ at ]please.xyz> wrote in message > news:eQ$rTrZoGHA.4768[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > > 1. Set up numbered styles in your "blank" document according to the > > instructions at > > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html. Save > > the document as a template. > > > > 2. Create a new document based on your new template. > > > > 3. On the Insert menu, click File. Select the document to which you > > want to apply the new outline format, and click the Insert button. > > This brings the text of the source document into the newly created > > document. Any styles already used in the source documents will assume > > the formatting of the target document. If styles wasn't applied to the > > source document, you have to do so manually. > > > > Repeat steps 2-3 for each document to modify. > > > > -- > > Stefan Blom > > Microsoft Word MVP > > > > > > "SV" wrote in message > > news:%23ayuaRVoGHA.1140[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > >> Greetings, > >> I'm using 2003, SP1 and have a large number of inherited documents > > to > >> update. Unfortunately, they were all created by different people > > and don't > >> follow a standardized outline format. > >> I've created a 'blank' document with the outline numbering on it (I > > went and > >> created the outline to 5 or 6 levels without typing anything in the > >> different levels). Is there a way for me to 'capture' that custom > > outline > >> and propogate it through the other documents, or somehow have it be > >> selectable when I go into their outlines and select Format/Bullets & > >> Numbering/Outline Numbered? It gives 'None" and some stock items > > and I > >> really don't have any way of identifying if one of those is the one > > I > >> created especially for this task. > >> > >> Any ideas?? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Shane > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >