Thanks, Charles.



So - if I understand those links correctly - if I want to share a document and keep the layout as close as possible to my own, it's better if I use custom styles rather than any built-in styles (e.g. Body Text) that I've modified as they might look different on the other user's Word?

Which leads me onto:

If I have modified the "Normal" style in my template - which is nothing more than a font change - will that modification stick with the shared "template-less" document or revert to the end-user's "Normal" style settings? Should I create an alternative custom "Normal", in other words?

(On my own system, the "Normal" style maintains the custom settings when I detach the template.)

Thanks, M

Nope.


Make sure the option to update styles from the template is not checked. Then your modified styles should survive.
I never modify the Normal style, nor do I use it for anything. It is a base style for many built-in styles including some that can be automatically applied. Instead I use and modify the Body Text style.
Other formatting and pagination may still change on a different computer.