Word 2004

[PaulHigg]

Can anyone tell me how keep the same style on all new documents I
create? I had Word X and I somehow figured it out but now I can't.
Even with the help I can't figure it out.

I would really appreciate any help as I cant afford a book on Word
2004, yet.

Thanks.

Paul

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

What style do you want?

By default, new documents open up set to Normal style. You can change it to
Body Text in the Preferences, Edit--no, I lie. You can't. I think that's
a new change for Word 2004.

Anyhow, you can open up the Normal template, select all and change the
style, and then new documents will open up with that style in effect. The
Normal style should be in your MS User Data folder.

If you want to make changes to Normal style, usually hitting Default... in
whatever dialog you make changes it will do that, though you can also do it
via Format | Style.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Can anyone tell me how keep the same style on all new documents I
create? I had Word X and I somehow figured it out but now I can't.
Even with the help I can't figure it out.

New documents are based on the template you choose, by default it's the
Normal template. Open your Normal template (it's in the Microsoft User
Data folder in your Documents folder), change the styles however you
want, and save. New docs will be based on that.

I would really appreciate any help as I cant afford a book on Word
2004, yet.

You don't really need a book - check out Clive Huggan's "Bend Word to
Your Will":

http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/Bend/BendWord.htm

(use Firefox, Camino, Opera, OmniWeb, iCab, or, if you use Safari, hit
refresh a couple of times).

And see the tutorials here:

http://word.mvps.org/Tutorials/index.htm

 

[PaulHigg]

Thank you all very much. It works exactly the way I want it to now.

Paul

 

[Rob Daly [MSFT]]

There's actually an easier way too. When you create a new style or modify a
style or whatever (in the format style dialog), just check the "Add to
template" checkbox and those changes will propagate to the normal template.


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Rob Daly
Macintosh Business Unit
Word Test

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