20081226: Can't get styles into a template Keith Tuttle 12/26/2008 2:42:00 PM I created a document (abc.doc) that has many new styles. It was based on the global Normal.dot. I save the document as a .dot file (abc.dot), because I want to copy those styles into a new file (def.doc, which is based on xyz.dot). I got to Templates and Add-Ins, etc., as the Help instructs. When I open the new .dot file (abc.dot), it only list the styles from the original Normal.dot. It does not list any of the new styles. What am I doing wrong? This is Word 2002. This is fustrating. Any guidance is appreciated.

Re: 20081226: Can't get styles into a template "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/26/2008 4:28:40 PM It may be that you just need to change the display in the Styles and Formatting task pane from "Available styles" or "Styles in use" to "All styles." Once you've used your new styles, they should be listed at least in "Styles in use." You can also customize style visibility by choosing "Custom..." and checking the styles you want displayed as "Available styles." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Keith Tuttle" <KeithTuttle[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F1F61DBA-6633-46D6-9949-514F1798A349[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I created a document (abc.doc) that has many new styles. It was based on >the > global Normal.dot. I save the document as a .dot file (abc.dot), because > I > want to copy those styles into a new file (def.doc, which is based on > xyz.dot). I got to Templates and Add-Ins, etc., as the Help instructs. > When > I open the new .dot file (abc.dot), it only list the styles from the > original > Normal.dot. It does not list any of the new styles. What am I doing > wrong? > > This is Word 2002. > > This is fustrating. Any guidance is appreciated. >