how do i apply .dot template to existing document in word?

[Guest]

same as changing a .css stylesheet on a web page, I have about 50 docs that
have all been done in lots different styles.

want to apply the one .dot template i have made, and make all the other docs
take on the characteristics. in other words, apply the formatting of this
template to the existing docs.

it's nowhere to be found in the helps - HELP! ; )

 

[Charles Kenyon]

If your 50 documents consistently use styles for formatting and those styles
are in your new template, you can attach the template and have it update the
styles. Better, though, is to create a new document based on your template
and copy and paste the contents of the old document into the new one.

I understand that the next version of Word will have something like a .css
stylesheet.

A template handles the formatting of a new document based on the template.
For an existing document, it can change the styles but not margins or
standard text. For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the
file new dialog, and locations of templates folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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[Guest]

thanks.
you wrote "...you can attach the template and have it update..."
how do i do that?

thanks again.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Tools > Templates and Add-Ins...
After you attach the template and are back in your document, go back in and
uncheck the box to update styles. (This is not a good option to leave
checked, and it is set for each document separately.)
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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