Microsoft KB Archive/252431

= WD2000: "Automatically Update" Added to Copied Styles Using Organizer =

Article ID: 252431

Article Last Modified on 11/25/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q252431





SYMPTOMS
When you copy a style by using the Organizer, the style may be copied with the Automatically update option selected.

NOTE: This problem may occur even when the Automatically update option has not been selected for the style you are copying.



CAUSE
This problem may occur when the destination document or template previously contained a style of the same name with the Automatically update option turned on.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).

To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

245025 OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)

To temporarily work around this problem, turn off the Automatically update option for the style after you copy it to your document or template. To do this, follow these steps:  Open the document or template that you copied the style to. On the Format menu, click Style. In the Style dialog box, do the following:  Change the List box to All styles. In the Styles list, click the style you copied to the document or template. Click Modify.</li> In the Modify Style dialog box, clear the Automatically update check box.

NOTE: If you want this change to be saved to your template, select the Add to template check box.</li> Click OK to close the Modify style dialog box.</li></ol> </li> Click Close to close the Style dialog box.</li> On the File menu, click Save to save the changes to your document or template.</li></ol>

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.

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MORE INFORMATION
For more information about how to copy styles from one document or template to another, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type copy styles using organizer in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

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