A question of style

[Carol NS]

The finance department have asked me to include a 27 page
file in the annual report. They have their own heading
styles to which they are pathologically attached. When I
copy and paste their file into the annual report, their
headings convert to the annual report headings. How can I
keep their heading styles? (I thought it would be okay
because their heading styles have a different name.)
Any assistance most gratefully accepted.
Carol NS

 

[Jezebel]

Don't try it. Output all the parts, independently, to PDF and combine the
PDF files. Or ignore their pathological concerns and reformat the document
as you choose. Feel free to point out that finance department's competence
extends no further than the *content* of their document. They have no right
to any influence over graphic style. Just do it and ignore their complaints.
If the finished product looks OK no-one will be interested in their whining.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This should work if the heading styles have a different name, but if they
are based on Normal, then they will be based on Normal in the target
document (which may be different). If you change them to be based on "(no
style)," you may have more success. This is not to discount Jezebel's reply
as suggesting perhaps (a) better approach(es).

 

[Carol NS]

Thank you to you both for your suggestions. Unfortunately
I do have to include the finance section in the ToC at
the front, so the PDF idea may not be an option. The
Finance Headings are based on no style and do have
different names, so I'm not sure why they're changing
when I insert them into the Report.
Also, just to make things interesting, the
Finance 'Normal' is Times Roman 9.5, not Times Roman 12,
so that also changes to 12 when I insert it!
Carol

 

[Jonathan West]

If you need a consolidated ToC and have to have differently styled
documents/sections, this article may be of interest to you.

Creating a Table of Contents Spanning Multiple Documents
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=148

 

[Carol NS]

Thank you!

-----Original Message-----
If you need a consolidated ToC and have to have differently styled
documents/sections, this article may be of interest to you.

Creating a Table of Contents Spanning Multiple Documents
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp ?ID=148

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Regards
Jonathan West - Word MVP
www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk
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[Brenda]

My answer applies to instances when you are trying to
paste text that uses the same style name (but different
formatting) between documents, and you want the pasted
text to retain its original formatting (not take on the
formatting of the same style in the destination document):

The Paste options button will allow you to choose 'Keep
Source Formatting' instead of the default setting 'Use
Destination Styles':

After you have pasted the text into the source document,
click on the Paste Options button (Word 2002) which will
appear immediately below the pasted text, and select 'Use
Destination Styles'. Your pasted text will immediately
reformat to its original look.

Have a look in the Style Name box. Note that the style
name for the pasted text will change (eg it will now not
be eg Heading Level 1. It will be something like Normal +
16pt, bold for example). This won't matter. It will LOOK
like it did in the source document.

Note - after you have Closed the document, the Paste
Options button will disappear from beneath previously
pasted text.
The Save operation is ok (ie, you can Save the document,
and the Paste Options button will still appear).

Hope this helps
Cheers
Brenda