I'm using Word 2003 and trying to edit the Professional Letter.dot to reflect
the fonts we use in my office. Since all the styles in the template are
based on Normal, I thought that I could simply change Normal and those
changes would cascade through the other styles.

While the changes do cascade to Signature and Salutation, they do not
cascade to Date, Inside Address, Body Text, or Closing, even though all those
styles are based on Normal.

Does anyone know why this occurs and how to "fix" it?

Are those other styles already set to fonts different from the one in
Normal?

On Oct 13, 12:23*pm, dabug007 <dabug...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> I'm using Word 2003 and trying to edit the Professional Letter.dot to reflect
> the fonts we use in my office. *Since all the styles in the template are
> based on Normal, I thought that I could simply change Normal and those
> changes would cascade through the other styles.
>
> While the changes do cascade to Signature and Salutation, they do not
> cascade to Date, Inside Address, Body Text, or Closing, even though all those
> styles are based on Normal.
>
> Does anyone know why this occurs and how to "fix" it?

Peter,

No. The font is identical. So the only thing you see on the style
definition is Normal + [changes in paragraph spacing]

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

> Are those other styles already set to fonts different from the one in
> Normal?
>
> On Oct 13, 12:23 pm, dabug007 <dabug...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > I'm using Word 2003 and trying to edit the Professional Letter.dot to reflect
> > the fonts we use in my office. Since all the styles in the template are
> > based on Normal, I thought that I could simply change Normal and those
> > changes would cascade through the other styles.
> >
> > While the changes do cascade to Signature and Salutation, they do not
> > cascade to Date, Inside Address, Body Text, or Closing, even though all those
> > styles are based on Normal.
> >
> > Does anyone know why this occurs and how to "fix" it?
>
>

I have no answer. Can a template get corrupted?

On Oct 13, 3:16*pm, dabug007 <dabug...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Peter,
>
> No. *The font is identical. *So the only thing you see on the style
> definition is Normal + [changes in paragraph spacing]
>
>
>
> "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
> > Are those other styles already set to fonts different from the one in
> > Normal?
>
> > On Oct 13, 12:23 pm, dabug007 <dabug...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> > wrote:
> > > I'm using Word 2003 and trying to edit the Professional Letter.dot toreflect
> > > the fonts we use in my office. *Since all the styles in the template are
> > > based on Normal, I thought that I could simply change Normal and those
> > > changes would cascade through the other styles.
>
> > > While the changes do cascade to Signature and Salutation, they do not
> > > cascade to Date, Inside Address, Body Text, or Closing, even though all those
> > > styles are based on Normal.
>
> > > Does anyone know why this occurs and how to "fix" it?-

The styles you mention have the font explicitly set to Arial; at least that
is the case with the Professional Letter.dot template included with my
version of Word 2003. You will have to change the styles manually. Or if you
want all styles to have the same font, you can use a macro such as the
following:

Sub ChangeFontOfAllStyles()
Dim s As Style
For Each s In ActiveDocument.Styles
s.Font.Name = "Courier New" 'specify the font name you want
Next s
End Sub

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"dabug007" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:EF691F88-01CF-475C-9DAE-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm using Word 2003 and trying to edit the Professional Letter.dot to
> reflect
> the fonts we use in my office. Since all the styles in the template are
> based on Normal, I thought that I could simply change Normal and those
> changes would cascade through the other styles.
>
> While the changes do cascade to Signature and Salutation, they do not
> cascade to Date, Inside Address, Body Text, or Closing, even though all
> those
> styles are based on Normal.
>
> Does anyone know why this occurs and how to "fix" it?

Your question may have been rhetorical, but yes: templates do corrupt. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Peter T. Daniels" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:24f84204-cd4c-42d8-b5ae-(E-Mail Removed)...
I have no answer. Can a template get corrupted?

On Oct 13, 3:16 pm, dabug007 <dabug...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Peter,
>
> No. The font is identical. So the only thing you see on the style
> definition is Normal + [changes in paragraph spacing]
>
>
>
> "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
> > Are those other styles already set to fonts different from the one in
> > Normal?
>
> > On Oct 13, 12:23 pm, dabug007 <dabug...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> > wrote:
> > > I'm using Word 2003 and trying to edit the Professional Letter.dot to
> > > reflect
> > > the fonts we use in my office. Since all the styles in the template
> > > are
> > > based on Normal, I thought that I could simply change Normal and those
> > > changes would cascade through the other styles.
>
> > > While the changes do cascade to Signature and Salutation, they do not
> > > cascade to Date, Inside Address, Body Text, or Closing, even though
> > > all those
> > > styles are based on Normal.
>
> > > Does anyone know why this occurs and how to "fix" it?-

I don't see any other indication of corruption. But I don't know. Any
suggestions of where else I can ask?

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

> I have no answer. Can a template get corrupted?
>
> On Oct 13, 3:16 pm, dabug007 <dabug...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > Peter,
> >
> > No. The font is identical. So the only thing you see on the style
> > definition is Normal + [changes in paragraph spacing]
> >
> >
> >
> > "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
> > > Are those other styles already set to fonts different from the one in
> > > Normal?
> >
> > > On Oct 13, 12:23 pm, dabug007 <dabug...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > I'm using Word 2003 and trying to edit the Professional Letter.dot to reflect
> > > > the fonts we use in my office. Since all the styles in the template are
> > > > based on Normal, I thought that I could simply change Normal and those
> > > > changes would cascade through the other styles.
> >
> > > > While the changes do cascade to Signature and Salutation, they do not
> > > > cascade to Date, Inside Address, Body Text, or Closing, even though all those
> > > > styles are based on Normal.
> >
> > > > Does anyone know why this occurs and how to "fix" it?-
>

I doubt that this is corruption. See my other message in this thread.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"dabug007" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:79253E5D-3F34-4514-9C47-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I don't see any other indication of corruption. But I don't know. Any
> suggestions of where else I can ask?
>
> "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
>
>> I have no answer. Can a template get corrupted?
>>
>> On Oct 13, 3:16 pm, dabug007 <dabug...@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Peter,
>> >
>> > No. The font is identical. So the only thing you see on the style
>> > definition is Normal + [changes in paragraph spacing]
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
>> > > Are those other styles already set to fonts different from the one in
>> > > Normal?
>> >
>> > > On Oct 13, 12:23 pm, dabug007 <dabug...@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> > > wrote:
>> > > > I'm using Word 2003 and trying to edit the Professional Letter.dot
>> > > > to reflect
>> > > > the fonts we use in my office. Since all the styles in the
>> > > > template are
>> > > > based on Normal, I thought that I could simply change Normal and
>> > > > those
>> > > > changes would cascade through the other styles.
>> >
>> > > > While the changes do cascade to Signature and Salutation, they do
>> > > > not
>> > > > cascade to Date, Inside Address, Body Text, or Closing, even though
>> > > > all those
>> > > > styles are based on Normal.
>> >
>> > > > Does anyone know why this occurs and how to "fix" it?-
>>