How can I freeze the styles in Word?

[Guest]

Hi,

I have a problem with the styles and formatting tool in word (version 2003).
When I write a document, I apply my own formatting, e.g. I change normal,
heading 1, etc.
The problem appears when I send a document to other people: then Word
applies their styles to my document, resulting in a very poor appearance.
I have tried to protect the formatting, and to protect the whole document,
it doesn't change anything.

Does anyone know how to "freeze" the styles?

Thank you,

Marion.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Restricting formatting should work. See:

"Restrict formatting of a document"
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP010447461033.aspx

Did you remember to type a password at step 3? If not, anyone can
remove the restrictions.

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[Guest]

Thanks for the answer.
However, that's exactly what I did the first time, and I put a password too,
but it doesn't work. I tried again with less formatting styles, but the
result is the same.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/sharing/WillMyFormatChange.html

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Charles Kenyon]

I suspect that you have your document set to update styles from the attached
template. Tools > Templates and Add-Ins... You almost always want to leave
this unchecked. The web page that Suzanne refers you to give more
information about this.
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