MS Word Styles & Formatting

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I have created a style using the instruction about the list styles. I named
this style and I thought I had saved to my template, but I can't find it. Can
you help?

I had also set-up this same style with a shortcut keystroke. The style will
come up, but I don't have any of my original formatting.
 
How do you save a style to your Normal.dot? Whenever I create a style it
always just stays in the document I'm working in so what I've been doing is
opening my Normal.dot and creating it there, LOL. I know that has to be
wrong.
 
Are you asking me a question or is this a response to my question. I'm not
sure I even know how to open Normal.dot and if you do is it safe? And will
that style be there forever?
 
When you create (or modify) a style in a document based on Normal.dot and
check the box for "Add to template," it will be added.

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

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I'm sorry, I was asking you a question. I was wondering if there was an
easier way to save a style to your Normal.dot without opening the Normal.dot
or using the organizer like I've been doing. From Word, click on TOOLS,
OPTIONS, FILE LOCATIONS. Where it says User Template, double click on it.
That is your Normal template and it shows you where it's stored on your
computer. Then what I do is go to MY COMPUTER on my desktop and go to where
it said my Normal Template is stored. Then when you see it, right click on
Normal.dot and choose Open. Now it's opened in Word, the title bar (the top
line in Word) will say Normal.dot. Make whatever changes you want there.
Your margins, spacing, styles, anything that you would want to show up in a
blank document in Word. When you are done, press Save.

OH, before you open Normal.dot, make sure you have Word closed. so when you
are done editting your Normal.dot and pressed save and close, Close Word and
reopen it and you'll see in that blank document all your changes were made.
For instances I hate that Word gives you the 1.25 left and right margins so I
opened Normal.dot and changes my margins to 1" all around so now every
document I create has those margins.

Good luck.
 
I've done that so many times in the past and it still wasn't in my list of
styles. I'm sure it's me and that I have done something wrong. I shall try
again.

Thank you. You have answered many of my questions posted today. Thank God
for people like you out there in Word land.
 
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