Templates and Docs GiantFlamingo[ at ]gmail.com 11/27/2008 10:10:58 AM Dear Friends, I have a number of docs in different directories which were all originally started with a new command using a template I created which is in my template dir. I am constantly fine tuning this template by adding new styles and fixing the layout. Is there a way that I can update all the docs that are using this template to reflect the changes that I make to the dot? It seems strange that I would have to start a new doc for each one and cut and paste the contents. Thanks in advance Susan

Re: Templates and Docs "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> 11/27/2008 10:22:46 AM Nope. All you should have to do is open the documents and run AutoFormat which should then 'correct' the style changes that you made to the template. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP <GiantFlamingo[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:1d8f38b3-7b3e-4dcc-92d9-37adb507bd0d[ at ]41g2000yqf.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Dear Friends, > > I have a number of docs in different directories which were all > originally started with a new command using a template I created which > is in my template dir. I am constantly fine tuning this template by > adding new styles and fixing the layout. Is there a way that I can > update all the docs that are using this template to reflect the > changes that I make to the dot? It seems strange that I would have to > start a new doc for each one and cut and paste the contents. > > Thanks in advance > > Susan

Re: Templates and Docs GiantFlamingo[ at ]gmail.com 11/27/2008 2:17:28 PM On Nov 27, 12:22 pm, "Terry Farrell" <terryfarr...[ at ]msn.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Nope. All you should have to do is open the documents and run AutoFormat > which should then 'correct' the style changes that you made to the template. > > -- > Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP > > <GiantFlami...[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1d8f38b3-7b3e-4dcc-92d9-37adb507bd0d[ at ]41g2000yqf.googlegroups.com... Please excuse my ignorance but I don't think what you said works. 1) I have template named foo1.dotx 2) It has in it style1, style 2 3) I start new doc, doc1.docx file based on this template 4) I add some text to doc1 5) I open foo1.dotx create new style called style3 6) I save dotx file 7) I return to doc1.dotx and run autoformat 8) No style named style3 exists. This is what I need to do as well as applying many other changes made to the original dotx file. Thank You

Re: Templates and Docs "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 11/27/2008 3:25:38 PM You can reattach the template and (temporarily!) enable "Automatically update document styles." This will update *only* the styles, however, not any layout or content changes you've made in the template. To get all of those, you must, as you say, create a new document based on the revised template and insert the old one into it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA <GiantFlamingo[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:1d8f38b3-7b3e-4dcc-92d9-37adb507bd0d[ at ]41g2000yqf.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Dear Friends, > > I have a number of docs in different directories which were all > originally started with a new command using a template I created which > is in my template dir. I am constantly fine tuning this template by > adding new styles and fixing the layout. Is there a way that I can > update all the docs that are using this template to reflect the > changes that I make to the dot? It seems strange that I would have to > start a new doc for each one and cut and paste the contents. > > Thanks in advance > > Susan >

Re: Templates and Docs "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> 11/27/2008 3:46:26 PM Ah! That won't work with a new style, only updates to already existing styles. However, Suzanne's solution will work to get the new styles across to existing documents, but you will still need to apply the new styles to the appropriate bits. Terry <GiantFlamingo[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:cfc2f56a-8694-4f53-b4e8-d28d5179dc60[ at ]g38g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... On Nov 27, 12:22 pm, "Terry Farrell" <terryfarr...[ at ]msn.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Nope. All you should have to do is open the documents and run AutoFormat > which should then 'correct' the style changes that you made to the > template. > > -- > Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP > > <GiantFlami...[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1d8f38b3-7b3e-4dcc-92d9-37adb507bd0d[ at ]41g2000yqf.googlegroups.com... Please excuse my ignorance but I don't think what you said works. 1) I have template named foo1.dotx 2) It has in it style1, style 2 3) I start new doc, doc1.docx file based on this template 4) I add some text to doc1 5) I open foo1.dotx create new style called style3 6) I save dotx file 7) I return to doc1.dotx and run autoformat 8) No style named style3 exists. This is what I need to do as well as applying many other changes made to the original dotx file. Thank You

Re: Templates and Docs GiantFlamingo[ at ]gmail.com 11/27/2008 4:05:34 PM [Quoted Text] >to get all of those, you must, as you say, create a new document based on the revised >template and insert the old one into it. Hard to believe in age of technology. Boohoo.