Document style attribute and export style to other doc.

[ALEX]

I am setting up style for a document and it lists:
Kern at 16pt.
What does Kern mean?

I have style in one document that I want to use in another
Word document. How would I export the styles into another
document?
For example, I have Heading 1, 2, and 3 styles in file
a.doc and I want to use those styles in b.doc. How would
I make this change?


Much obliged.
LX

 

[Shauna Kelly]

Hi Alex

Kerning is a process that goes back to the days of metal type, where each
individual letter used was a single piece of metal. In the normal course of
events, a letter such as "T" would be set to start a right next to another
letter, say "A". Like "AT". Kerning is the process of moving the "T" to the
left so that it actually starts before the "A" has finished, so the top of
the "T" moves into the space created by the slanted line of the "A". It's
done because, especially for big letters, the space between the letters in
"AT" looks too large.

To experiment, type "AT" in a Word document. Set it to have Arial 72 pt, and
toggle Kerning on and off.

To copy a style from one document to another, use the Organizer. Tools >
Templates and Add-ins. Click Organizer. Get your document on one side and
the document from which you want to copy on the other. Choose your styles
and click Copy. Do the copy process three times (silly, I know, but that's
just how it works!).

There's some more info about that at

How to safely update a document's styles from its template
without using the Organizer (and how to make the Tools + Templates and
Add-ins dialog safe)
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UpdateStyles.htm

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

 

[Klaus Linke]

Hi Shauna, Alex,

It's a pet hate of mine that Word has kerning turned off by default.
I turn it on for all styles and all font sizes above 7 pt in all my
templates, but text without kerning keeps coming back (another "Jason")
through the built-in styles.

Regards,
Klaus