Styles keep changing

I am writing a very long document in word 2002 (say 300 pages) divided into 7 chapters. All the chapters are based on one template (Thesis). All the documents based on this style are set to update styles. The template contains a style called Caption Body which applies the following: Single line spacing, size: 10pt.

Everytime I open a document the style reverts to being the same as Normal. If I manually change it back it stays for that session, but once I save it and re-open it goes back to being the same formatting as Normal, as does all text written in the style!

Anyone got any ideas about whats going and how I stop it?

Ian

When you change the style, do you check the "Add to template" box in the
Modify Style dialog? If not, then the style is being updated from the
(unmodified) template every time you open the document.

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"Sudders" wrote in message
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I am writing a very long document in word 2002 (say 300 pages) divided
into 7 chapters. All the chapters are based on one template (Thesis).
All the documents based on this style are set to update styles. The
template contains a style called Caption Body which applies the
following: Single line spacing, size: 10pt.

Everytime I open a document the style reverts to being the same as
Normal. If I manually change it back it stays for that session, but
once I save it and re-open it goes back to being the same formatting as
Normal, as does all text written in the style!

Anyone got any ideas about whats going and how I stop it?

Ian




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Sudders

I've tried with both the add to template checked and unchecked... But this shouldn't be a problem as the style is already as I want it in the template .... the dcument seems to be ingnoring this however.

Originally Posted by Suzanne S. Barnhill

When you change the style, do you check the "Add to template" box in the
Modify Style dialog? If not, then the style is being updated from the
(unmodified) template every time you open the document.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Sudders" wrote in message
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I am writing a very long document in word 2002 (say 300 pages) divided
into 7 chapters. All the chapters are based on one template (Thesis).
All the documents based on this style are set to update styles. The
template contains a style called Caption Body which applies the
following: Single line spacing, size: 10pt.

Everytime I open a document the style reverts to being the same as
Normal. If I manually change it back it stays for that session, but
once I save it and re-open it goes back to being the same formatting as
Normal, as does all text written in the style!

Anyone got any ideas about whats going and how I stop it?

Ian




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Sudders

I recently experienced the same problem. Indeed, the "Add to template" as Suzanne suggests didn't work for me (Frustratingly, I still dont know why). Anyway, I corrected it by opening the template (the .dot -- NOT the .doc) and made the changes there. Then I attached the template again to the .doc via Tools/Templates and Add-ins..., making sure to check "automatically update document styles". I doubt it is the most efficient way but it worked for me, so maybe it's of use to you.
GL, Henk

Originally Posted by Suzanne S. Barnhill

When you change the style, do you check the "Add to template" box in the
Modify Style dialog? If not, then the style is being updated from the
(unmodified) template every time you open the document.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Sudders" wrote in message
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I am writing a very long document in word 2002 (say 300 pages) divided
into 7 chapters. All the chapters are based on one template (Thesis).
All the documents based on this style are set to update styles. The
template contains a style called Caption Body which applies the
following: Single line spacing, size: 10pt.

Everytime I open a document the style reverts to being the same as
Normal. If I manually change it back it stays for that session, but
once I save it and re-open it goes back to being the same formatting as
Normal, as does all text written in the style!

Anyone got any ideas about whats going and how I stop it?

Ian




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Sudders

Apart from the style is already the way it is supposed to be in the template. The template has the font size set to 10, but when I open up the document, all the text formatted with that style changes to size 12.

Originally Posted by Henk57

I recently experienced the same problem. Indeed, the "Add to template" as Suzanne suggests didn't work for me (Frustratingly, I still dont know why). Anyway, I corrected it by opening the template (the .dot -- NOT the .doc) and made the changes there. Then I attached the template again to the .doc via Tools/Templates and Add-ins..., making sure to check "automatically update document styles". I doubt it is the most efficient way but it worked for me, so maybe it's of use to you.
GL, Henk

My guess is that yr document is linked to another, maybe more or less similar, template.

Originally Posted by Sudders

Apart from the style is already the way it is supposed to be in the template. The template has the font size set to 10, but when I open up the document, all the text formatted with that style changes to size 12.

On Aug 4, 7:44 am, Henk57 wrote:
My guess is that yr document is linked to another, maybe more or less
similar, template.

Sudders;2290299 Wrote:

Apart from the style is already the way it is supposed to be in the
template. The template has the font size set to 10, but when I open up
the document, all the text formatted with that style changes to size
12.

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Henk57


Sudders

You have probably solved the problem now, but the reason your styles
are reverting back to your Normal.dot is that Under ToolsTemplates
and Add-ins, you have Automatically Update Document Styles ticked.
This must be unticked. You have to tick it when you first attach the
template, but then be sure to untick it before you save your document
and/or make any changes.

Cheers
Caroline