Template Modification Troubles

[skygoneblue]

Hello everyone,

I work for a company that is trying to use Microsoft Word 2002 t
prepare a template that we can use to automatically apply styles t
documents that we prepare.

I am reasonably familiar with making a .dot file, but I am having
difficulty when I try to modify the existing styles (such as Heading 1
Normal, etc).

I need to make the 'Hyperlink' style appear as Arial 10 with a colo
(that works fine), but any time that I change the setting, when Wor
applies the 'Hyperlink' style to anything in my document, it stil
reverts back to Times New Roman.

Here is what I am doing:

From the 'Styles and Formatting' bar, I am right-clicking o
'Hyperlink' and selecting 'Modify...'.

I click the 'Format' dorp-down and select 'Font...'.
I set the font to 10 point Arial (with my color choice RG
102/102/102).

I click OK, check the 'Add to Template' checkbox, set the 'Style Base
on...' field to 'Underlying Properties', then click OK.

Now, when I go make a new hyperlink in the document, the text stil
appears as Times New Roman. I am confused! Can anyone tell me what I a
doing wrong?

I would greatly appreciate any help or advice. Let me know if you nee
more information!

Thank you! :

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It's not just you. I'm seeing the same thing. I even tried creating a New
Character Style that was 10-pt Arial and basing the Hyperlink style on that;
it still reverts to TNR 12.

I suspect this is by design: if you leave the Hyperlink font and font size
alone and just change the color, underline, or other font characteristics,
then these will be applied to any font, at whatever size, wherever
hyperlinks appear. For example, if an URL appeared in a heading, you
wouldn't want a 16-pt Arial Bold heading to suddenly become 10-pt Arial
regular.

A workaround is to create a different character style (I call mine URL) and
apply that to your hyperlinks instead. They can remain hyperlinks without
having the hyperlink character style, and they will have the appearance you
want. You can use Find and Replace to replace the Hyperlink style with the
URL (or whatever you call it) style when editing is complete.

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

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