Microsoft KB Archive/30792

Modifying Styles Does Not Affect Formatted Documents

PSS ID Number: Q30792 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SUMMARY =

When modifying a style that has been added to the default style sheet or to one of Word’s built-in style sheets, earlier documents created with that style will not change.

Once a style is accessed in a Word document, a copy of its definition becomes a part of the document itself and is no longer linked in any way to the default style sheet.

If you want to replace an old definition of a style with a new definition, you can redefine the style in the Styles (Define Styles in Word 3.x or 4.0) dialog box or you can replace the style with one of the same name from another document.

= MORE INFORMATION =

To replace the style, do the following:


 * 1) Open the document that contains the style you want to replace.
 * 2) From the Format menu, choose Style (Define Styles in Word 3.x and 4.0).
 * 3) With the Style/Define Styles dialog box open, choose Open from the File menu, locate the name of the document that contains the new style, and click the Open button.

All styles from the second document will be brought to the first document, and any styles in the first document that have the same name as in the second document will be replaced.

Please note that case is important (that is, Bold is not considered to be the same as bold).

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