Reformating a document

[Peter Tragardh]

I have an old document that I want to reformat according to a new template.
Is it possible to do this automatically, to tell the document which
template is the one it should be based on?

 

[Brandon]

In Word 2002 or above, you can click on Tools | Templates
and Add-ins, and attach a new document template (it will
automatically update your styles to that new template's).
I suggest you then immediately return to this dialogue
box and uncheck the auto-update feature.

I'm not sure of this feature in earlier versions of Word.

Brandon

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It's the same in all versions of Word. Note, however, that this will *only*
affect styles. Document-level formatting (margins, page
size/orientation/columns, header/footer, etc.) is not changed. If you want
to apply this type of formatting as well, the best way is to create a new
blank document based on the desired template, press Enter a couple of times,
then use Insert | File to insert the old document.

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

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