Formatting Styles in Office 2003

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As Victor Meldrew would say, 'I don't believe it!'

I've just spent a couple of days getting to grips with formatting text and
headings using Styles (with the fantastic help of this web site) and now I've
installed Office 2003 I don't know how to do it! It looks totally different
to Word 2000!

Here's what I'm trying to do. I have a document based on a template. I
decided I wanted to change the font in the document and update the template
at the same time. I've tried three times to do this but the document styles
remain the same.

Can someone tell me how to go about this in 2003?
 
Hi, Jackie. That's why I still use Word 2000 to do a lot of my formatting,
particularly when creating styles. However, in 2003, we have the formatting
and styles task pane. Change some text of a style, then right-click the
style name and choose "Update to match current selection". That should help.
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~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com
 
Hi Anne

Maybe I'm tired (or perhaps I've had too much wine) but I don't think I
fully understand what you're suggesting I do. Where do I change the text of a
style? In the task pane or in the text within the document?

PS You say you still use Word 2000 to do your styles? Does that mean you are
running Word 2000 AND 2003?
 
There is no essential difference between the formatting options in 2000 and
2003 - merely the dialog access is different. You can access the styles you
want to change from the style task pane Format > Styles & Formatting. Right
click the style you want to change and select 'modify'. Check the 'add to
template' box to update the template or the changes will apply only to the
document. Save the template when prompted.

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If you could drive Word 2000, Word 2003 shouldn't present many problems.
Those that you discover you can always ask about here :)

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It's certainly an idea wirth considering. I think Word 2000 Format >Styles
function is more user friendly. But maybe that's because I'm not used to 2003
yet. Thanks for the help. Invaluable as always...
 
You can put a button on the toolbar to access the old Format Style dialog.

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I'm getting the impression many people think it's a good idea to have Word
2000 on the same pc in order to access the old style formatting?

How would I go about putting an icon on the toolbar to access the old style
formatting?
 
Try this, Jackie:
Tools-->Customize.
Go to the Commands tab, and choose All.
Scroll down on the right to FormatStyleModify and drag that up onto your
toolbar.
Close the Customize dialog.
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~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com
 
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