I imported a set of list styles from another document. The styles had the default fault in the "from" document (Times New Roman 12).



I assumed that after the import, the styles would have the default font of the "to" document (Arial 11). In fact, the styles remained at Times New Roman 12.


All the imported styles are based on "Normal". In the "to" document, this is Arial 11.


I tried the old Word styles trick of changing the Normal font to any other font, eg Calibri, then changing back to Arial.


All the styles that were based on Normal changed to Calibri, except the newly imported fonts.


When I changed the Normal font back to Arial, again all the styles that were based on Normal changed to Arial, except the newly imported fonts.


I then tried changing the font in the newly imported "List Number" font to Arial 11. Then based "List Number 2" on List Number.


I again assumed that the font in List Number 2 would change to Arial 11, but nothing happened.


Sometimes I think I know absolutely nothing about Word styles

What happens if you modify the 'Normal' Style in the source document to match the 'Normal' Style in the target document before importing the others? Do the fonts etc for the Style you're interested in change in the source document?

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Paul Edstein
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Ah, yes. Erm. Quite so.

I was going to try that

But, because I've been using Word since before Bill was born, I couldn't think of a foolproof way of storing my entire setup in the source document (plus its associated templates) before trying your test.

In other words, how do I ensure that the SOURCE document doesn't blow up in my face?

I wouldn't worry about the source document: simply modify the Styles, export them to the target document, then close the source document without saving.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

That worked fine. Thanks
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