word locks up when I click Automatically Update document styles

[James Pearson]

I have word 2000 running on XP.

I've created a new template with about 16 styles, then I composed several
document using that template. I then decided to change the formatting of
several of the styles on the template, and I would like to have those
changes carried over to the documents that I have already composed. For any
of the documents, when I click the 'Automatically Update document styles'
under the Templates and Add-in section of the Tools menu, Word locks up.

I've also tried to use the style organizer on the Templates and Add-in
screen, but for some reason that always alters the formatting of the styles
in unexpected ways. This includes the 'Heading 1' style which I have based
on the 'Normal' style and as far as I can tell the 'Normal' style in the
template and documents are the same. I have these problems on both my work
computer and home computer.

How can I get around this problem?

Thanks,

James

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Don't know about the locking up but...

(1) Make sure your saved documents do not have automatically update styles
checked. That is, uncheck it after you use it.
(2) When using the organizer to copy styles, copy them three times to
maintain the links between styles.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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