RE: Wrestling with MS Templates and Styles

[Samuel -dot- Beard -at- tdcj -dot- state -dot- tx -dot- us]

Hey Lyn,

Sam said:
>... Also, I've found it best to simply come up different names for the
styles instead of trying to modify Word's existing styles. For example,
instead of using the Normal style, I use Body Text. For headings, I use
something like 1Heading instead of Heading 1. Still pretty clear what the
style should be used for, but it gets around the problem of trying to
modify
Word's standard style.<

and Steve replied:
> I don't believe Word will LET you change the default template names.

and Lyn replied:
No, but you can create new styles within a default template, which is (I
think) what Sam was suggesting.  I usually end up using a combination of
predefined styles (which I've modified to suit the document) and
user-created styles (which I base on -no other style- so they're not
accidentally modified if/when the base style is modified).

and I reply:
   Yep! That's what I was referring to. And I forgot to mention that part
about creating styles based on other styles. I am pretty cautious when I
base a style on another one. Usually, the only that I'll base a new style
on is the Normal one or the one I create instead of that one, the Body Text
one. Most of the time, I don't go back and do any changes to those styles
once they're set the way I want them, so it's not quite as dangerous to
base any new styles on those. However, it's probably a good idea to NOT
base a new style on any other style, just to be safe.

Sam

Samuel I. Beard, Jr.
Technical Writer, Human Resources
Texas Department of Criminal Justice



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