showing text formatting overrides

macropod · #8 12-16-2013, 04:21 PM

As I posted in nooru's other thread (https://www.msofficeforums.com/word/...-template.html), this is difficult to do. There a many attributes for every paragraph Style that would have to be checked. Suppose, for example, a paragraph Style specifies a 1/2in indent but someone using a metric setup used 1.25cm indents, a difference of 0.2cm. Does that count as direct formatting? How about if they added a tab-stop, then didn't use it? Or how about if the Style calls for single line spacing but a user chose an 'exact' spacing that just happens to be the same?

To get an idea of how many Styles & attributes might need checking, try running the following macro in a empty document:

Code:

Sub GetStyleAttribs()
Dim Stl As Style, StrList As String, i As Long
With ActiveDocument
  For Each Stl In .Styles
    With Stl
      StrList = StrList & vbCr & .NameLocal & vbTab & .Description & vbCr
      i = i + 1
    End With
  Next
  .Range.InsertAfter i & " Styles found:" & StrList
End With
End Sub

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