I've been creating Styles for use in documents. For example "MyStyle1" for
use in document A. But when I open document B, "MyStyle1" isn't available.
I've tried clicking on "organize..." in the Style menu, and copying
"MyStyle1" into the Normal template. But this doesn't work (at least, my
new Style isn't available in a different document). Anyone got any tips?
Also, anyone have a link to a FAQ or something on how to create new
templates? The MS help files in Word itself are not particularly helpful,
IMO.
Suzanne S. Barnhill - 10 Jun 2004 21:02 GMT
When you create the style, be sure you check the "Add to template" box to
make it available to new documents. If you will be creating a lot of new
styles, I'd advise creating a document template to store them in rather than
clutter Normal.dot. You may also find (though again I would not advise doing
it in Normal.dot) that it is more efficient to modify the built-in styles
rather than create new ones.
For information on creating and modifying styles and templates, see these
articles:
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
Shauna Kelly’s article on styles
http://www.microsoft.com/office/using/column14.asp
How to modify a style in Word
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/ModifyAStyle.html
How styles in Word cascade
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/HowStylesCascade.html
Why use Word's built-in heading styles?
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/UseBuiltInHeadingStyles.html
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> I've been creating Styles for use in documents. For example "MyStyle1" for
> use in document A. But when I open document B, "MyStyle1" isn't available.
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> templates? The MS help files in Word itself are not particularly helpful,
> IMO.
Charles Kenyon - 11 Jun 2004 00:59 GMT
If document B was created after you saved the style in normal.dot, it should
have MyStyle1. If it was created before, it will not. Like Suzanne, I
recommend storing your custom styles in your custom document templates
rather than in normal.dot.
See http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm and
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm as well as the pages that
Suzanne referred you to.

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> I've been creating Styles for use in documents. For example "MyStyle1" for
> use in document A. But when I open document B, "MyStyle1" isn't available.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> templates? The MS help files in Word itself are not particularly helpful,
> IMO.