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Old 01-24-2010, 07:12 PM
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Default Assigning templates to existing documents. Update Styles Enmasse.

I have a collection of documents (a master document and some subdocuments).

I want them to all use the same "styles" (partly in preparation to creating a table of contents).

It is my understanding that it is possible to create documents from a template, and then have those documents updated if the associated template is updated (which implies that they must remain "linked" to the template in some manner).

I would like to use this to control the styles within a group of documents (simply update the template to cause all documents to be updated).

However, all of the documents were created without using a template.

So, I wish to create a template (perhaps copy an existing one) whose purpose is to control formatting for this particular group of documents.

I then need to associate each of the documents with that template.

How can I "link" existing documents to a particular template?

If a master document has links to subdocuments which are all associated with the same template, and the template is changed, must each subdocument be opened and saved to "apply" the changes?

Or could I simply change the template and then print the master document?


  • How about creating a Table of Contents? Since that process is dependent on the header styles, which in turn are dependent on the template, can I simply update the template and then immediately create a table of contents from within the master document?
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Old 02-28-2012, 03:53 PM
sleake sleake is offline Assigning templates to existing documents. Update Styles Enmasse. Windows XP Assigning templates to existing documents. Update Styles Enmasse. Office 2007
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To link a document to a template:
Open a document to which you want to attach the template.
Go to the Developer tab on the Ribbon.
Click Document Template in the Templates group.
At the top of the Templates and Add-ins dialog box, click Attach.
Locate and select the desired template. (This links the template to the open document.)
Then click Update document styles. (This updates the styles in the document according to the styles in the template immediately (after you click OK) and the next time a user opens it -- if the user has access to the template path, i.e., it's in the Templates folder on their computer or in a workgroup templates folder on a network share.)
If you want to control when the user documents are updated, after clicking update styles and clicking OK to save the setting and update the styles, open the Templates and Addins dialog again and uncheck the option.
I have no expeience with master documents, so I can't address that question. Hope this information gets you one step closer.

Last edited by sleake; 02-28-2012 at 03:54 PM. Reason: sentence fragment
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