Re: Word styles that refuse to be modified or deleted and won'tfreakin' go away

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

I'll add:

3.  Do not give the styles in your own template the same
names as styles in Word's NORMAL template.  I use
<companyname_stylename" to name all our template
styles.

4.  Do not base the styles in your own template on any
styles in Word's NORMAL template.  Break the "based on"
association and make your styles stand on their own.

These will avoid all sorts of nastiness that occurs when
attaching templates to existing documents or sending
documents to people who have modified their NORMAL
template in Word.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <quills -at- airmail -dot- net>
To: "Van Boening, Tammy" <Tammy -dot- VanBoening -at- chartercom -dot- com>; 
<stclwrsig-l -at- mailman -dot- stc -dot- org>; <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: Word styles that refuse to be modified or deleted and won'tfreakin' 
go away


> Are you using the Normal template? If so you are going to experience
> this forever, welcome to Word Hell.
>
> Two things:
>
> 1. Ensure you don't use any styles that are in the Normal template.
> These are all protected.
>
> 2. Make your own template and use it, not the Normal template. This
> will reduce the weirdness.

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