Attaching a template to a ocument

[Alex Hammerstein]

Hi I have some older documents that I want to update using a new template
that I have designed.

Is this possible please -
Using Word 2007

Thanks

Alex

 

[Graham Mayor]

It rather depends on what it is you want to adopt from the new template.
Certainly you can attach the new template from the Developer tab > Document
Template (don't for get to temporarily check the update styles box) and this
will reapply the styles with matching names to reveal their new parameters.

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[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

If the new template just adds or revises style settings and adds macros and
keyboard shortcuts, you can attach the template to the old document and check
the automatically update box (and then go back to the dialog and uncheck it).

If the new template includes new section properties such as margins and
headers/footers, you can copy all but the last paragraph of the older
document into a new document based on your new template.

In either case there may be quite a bit of cleanup, depending, in large part,
on whether the style names changed and how many unused styles remain.

PamC

 

[Alex Hammerstein]

Thanks

Alex

 

[Alex Hammerstein]

Thanks

Alex

If the new template just adds or revises style settings and adds macros and
keyboard shortcuts, you can attach the template to the old document and check
the automatically update box (and then go back to the dialog and uncheck it).

If the new template includes new section properties such as margins and
headers/footers, you can copy all but the last paragraph of the older
document into a new document based on your new template.

In either case there may be quite a bit of cleanup, depending, in large part,
on whether the style names changed and how many unused styles remain.

PamC