Automate changes of style in word 2007

[RKelly]

I've searched for a way to do this using auto-format and macros but I don't think it can be achieved...at least I've drawn a blank. What I am trying to do is this:



I receive a high volume of documents that are formatted using different styles for headings, paragraph indents etc. These then need to be copied and merged into one master document but the formatting of the master doc is different, so I end up manually copying & pasting text and manually changing styles for upwards of 100 pages. Needless to say, this takes a long time.

What I am wondering is there a way to make a macro whereby I run the macro and everything formatted in the source doc as style A updates to style B in the master doc.

I am guessing probably not...but I'm ready to be schooled! Thanks for reading.

[Charles Kenyon]

It does not take a macro so long as you have different style names.

The simple way is in Document A you use Heading 1.
Document B also has things formatted using Heading 1. You want to use the formatting from Document A in the merged document.

If Document A has text in Heading 1 style and you paste text from Document B into it, the Heading 1 text from Doc B will be formatted using the style definition already in use.

If Doc A has not used Heading 1 style, pasting text formatted using that style from Doc B will bring that style definition into Doc A.

For non-built-in styles you can simply make sure that all of the styles have different names. Once you have them in a single document, use Replace to replace the formatting of text formatted using Style X with Style Y.

[RKelly]

Thanks Charles, I will give that a try!