Styles in Word 2007

[Greg Maxey]

<Personally, I leave the Prompt To Update Styles turned off since
styles are
<so easy to update these days.

I don't know that much about styles because I rarely use Word for
anything. I just like figuring out how it works ;-)

Is there a way to open the same dialog that "Prompt to update style"
provides? I like how it gives you the option to update the style to
match the selection or to reapply the style all in one place.

 

[Beth Melton]

That's the only dialog box I know of that provides you with the choice. In
previous versions I used the Styles pane and selected "Update <style name>
to match selection" when I wanted to update the style. In Word 2007 you can
also right-click the style in the Quick Style gallery and use the Update
command. (There are several places you'll find this command.)

What I find handy about using this method is it will update the style and
apply it if it's not already applied. I also use this for removing direct
formatting in documents and replacing it with styles. First I'll use the
"Select text with Similar formatting command" (available when you
right-click a paragraph - depending on the version you're using it's under
the Styles menu when you right-click), and then use the Update Style
command. If the user was consistent with their direct formatting this
process is fairly quick.

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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

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[Greg Maxey]

Hmm...that's too bad. I hope they get that bug resolved or that I can
figure out how to bring up that dialog with VBA. I like it.