This is from a response to what I imagine is the same question as yours
See:
Text that was formatted with a paragraph style is formatted with a
character style when you paste the text to another document in Word
2003 or in Word 2002
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=902064
A macro solution is suggested at
http://homepage.hispeed.ch/cindymeister/MyFavTip.htm#CharStyl.
Note that it might be easier to recreate the template from a fresh
blank file. Make sure to apply paragraph styles to entire paragraphs
(not to selected parts of a paragraph).

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Stefan Blom
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