Microsoft KB Archive/51523

Default Style Sheet Not Used When Settings File Opened

PSS ID Number: Q51523 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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In versions 4.0 and 5.0 of Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, if you open the Word Settings (5) or Word Settings (4) files through the Commands dialog box (in Word 4.0, choose Commands from the Edit menu; in Word 5.0, choose Commands from the Tools menu), the default styles of the Word Settings file will not appear in the Define Styles dialog box (the Style dialog box in Word 5.0) of a new file.

This feature is by program design.

Because the new document is already open, it has used the default style sheet from the Word Settings (5) or Word Settings (4) file that was available when Word was started. When a new settings file is opened using the Commands dialog box, it does not affect the style sheets of the currently open documents. To open a new document using the default style sheet from a different settings file, do one of the following:

  After opening the alternate settings file from the Commands dialog box, choose New from the File menu. Word will then create a new document using the default style sheet from the alternate settings file.   Quit Word and start it again by double-clicking the desired settings file instead of double-clicking the Microsoft Word icon to begin a new document. CAUTION: If you choose this next method, be careful not to overwrite the original Word Settings file.   Follow the appropriate procedure below:

Word Version 5.0
Rename the alternate settings file “Word Settings (5)” and place it in the Preferences Folder (for System 7.0) or in System Folder (for System 6.0x) so that the settings file will be accessed automatically when Word is started.

Word Version 4.0
Rename the alternate settings file “Word Settings (4)” and place it in in the Preferences Folder (for System 7.0) or in System Folder (for System 6.0x) so that the settings file will be accessed automatically when Word is started. 

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