Microsoft KB Archive/36510

Copying an Existing Style to Another Style

PSS ID Number: Q36510 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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You can use the Copy and Paste commands while in the Define Styles dialog box to copy a style’s formatting instructions to another style. You can also copy formatting from a selected paragraph and then paste it into another style. You then can modify the copied formatting instructions as you wish.

To copy a different style’s formatting instructions to another style, do the following:


 * 1) From the Format menu, choose Define Styles.
 * 2) From the list box, select the style with the formatting instructions you want to copy.
 * 3) From the Edit menu, choose Copy.
 * 4) Select the style to which you want to paste the formatting instructions or choose New Style to create a new style.
 * 5) From the Edit menu, choose Paste.
 * 6) Change or add to the style’s formatting instructions as needed.
 * 7) Click OK, Define, or Apply to accept the copied style, or click Cancel to retain the current style.

To copy a style’s formatting instructions from the selected paragraph, do the following:


 * 1) Select the paragraph with the style you want to copy.
 * 2) From the Format menu, choose Define Styles. Word automatically copies the formatting instructions for the selected paragraph.
 * 3) Select the style to which you want to paste the formatting instructions, or choose New Style to create a new style.
 * 4) From the Edit menu, choose Paste.
 * 5) Change or add to the style’s formatting instructions as needed.
 * 6) Click OK, Define, or Apply to accept the copied style, or click Cancel to retain the current style. KBCategory: kbusage kbui KBSubCategory: Additional reference words: macword macword5

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