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Problems with Word 2003
Please advise in the following situation.
I am using Word 2003. I have some documents that where created in Word 97 and Word 2000. Those documents are suppose to follow a macro that opens a master document which specifies the styles and format all my documents have to follow. Since I upgrade to Word 2003, all my documents have lost their format. I have tried to reformat them manually but they are long documents and I have many of them. I look forward for some help to recover my styles and format in my documents. Thanks! |
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If the macro is failing you might want to post in a group with VBA in the
name, and see if there is an error in your code. But, why do you have a macro for formatting at all? The usual way to accomplish this is to use styles and templates, e.g., in template 1 Heading 1 is 18pt, but in template 2 Heading 1 is 36 pt. When you suddenly decide you want different formatting, you could insert the file into a new doc based on template 2, and it will use the style definitions from template 2 (assuming you didn't change the style names for each template) I don't think you give enough information for anyone to really solve the problem, because it isn't clear (to me, at least) what is going on. But a shorter workaround than manually reformatting each doc, *assuming you used styles* to create the old doc, would be to turn your "master document" into a template and then attach that template to the old documents, or do an Insert File of the old doc into a doc based on the new template. Still a hassle, though... Just had a thought--if what the macro does is attach the master template to the existing document, which is done via Tools | Templates and Add-ins, I believe that box for "automatically update doc styles" needs to be checked for attaching a template to change the formatting. For more information on styles and templates, start he http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm But both those general sites have tons more info. Are you in the same office with Fabiola and Martha who are also having this problem? DM "Chloe" wrote: Please advise in the following situation. I am using Word 2003. I have some documents that where created in Word 97 and Word 2000. Those documents are suppose to follow a macro that opens a master document which specifies the styles and format all my documents have to follow. Since I upgrade to Word 2003, all my documents have lost their format. I have tried to reformat them manually but they are long documents and I have many of them. I look forward for some help to recover my styles and format in my documents. Thanks! |
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Thank you for the info Dayo.
You got me right. This is the way I am doing it right now. The macro attaches the master template to the existing document, via Tools | Templates and Add-ins. Apparently, the macro is having problems following the master template. How can I do the instructions you gave me ... "Turn your "master document" into a template and then attach that template to the old documents, or do an Insert File of the old doc into a doc based on the new template". Please advice. Yes, we work in the same company and are looking forward to get some help. You have been the only that understood the problem. I understand that we probably have not been explaining the situation correctly. Thanks, -----Original Message----- Please advise in the following situation. I am using Word 2003. I have some documents that where created in Word 97 and Word 2000. Those documents are suppose to follow a macro that opens a master document which specifies the styles and format all my documents have to follow. Since I upgrade to Word 2003, all my documents have lost their format. I have tried to reformat them manually but they are long documents and I have many of them. I look forward for some help to recover my styles and format in my documents. Thanks! . |
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I'm sorry I didn't post before, then, I was a bit confused by the messages
so didn't risk confusing the issue more with my interpretation. Well, it sounds like your "master doc" is already a template with the .dot extension. I would suggest trying it out manually and making sure it works. If so, perhaps then record a macro of doing that, and compare the code to see if something went wrong. So, I'm not actually very familiar with attaching templates (for occasional usage I use Insert File and create a new doc), but you would open the doc, go to Tools | Templates and Add-ins, click on Attach, select the master template, check the "automatically update" box, and say OK. See below, I've pasted the relevant Help from my version. If you are not familiar with macros, see these links: Creating a macro with no programming experience using the recorder http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/UsingRecorder.htm To see the existing macro, use Tools | Macros, Macros, select the macro and click edit. Hope that helps, Dayo _______ From Help: What happens to my document if I change its attached template? Changing the template that's attached to a document ‹ either by modifying the currently attached template or by attaching a different template ‹ has the following effects: € Macros, AutoText entries, and custom toolbar and command settings in a modified template are available for use in any document based on the template, including existing documents. If you attach a different template to a document, items stored in the newly attached template are then available to the document. € If you add or modify styles in a template, styles in an existing document based on that template are not immediately updated to match the template styles. € To have Word update styles in an existing document to match the styles in its attached template, first open the document. On the Tools menu, click Templates and Add-Ins, and then select the Automatically update document styles check box. If the document text is formatted with styles that have the same names as styles in the attached template, Word updates the text formatting to match the template's style formats. € If you change the boilerplate text and graphics in a template or change document formats ‹ for example, page margins and page size, headers and footers, or the number of columns per page ‹ these changes affect only new documents that you subsequently base on the template. Existing documents based on the template aren't affected. _____ "Chloe" wrote: Thank you for the info Dayo. You got me right. This is the way I am doing it right now. The macro attaches the master template to the existing document, via Tools | Templates and Add-ins. Apparently, the macro is having problems following the master template. How can I do the instructions you gave me ... "Turn your "master document" into a template and then attach that template to the old documents, or do an Insert File of the old doc into a doc based on the new template". Please advice. Yes, we work in the same company and are looking forward to get some help. You have been the only that understood the problem. I understand that we probably have not been explaining the situation correctly. Thanks, -----Original Message----- Please advise in the following situation. I am using Word 2003. I have some documents that where created in Word 97 and Word 2000. Those documents are suppose to follow a macro that opens a master document which specifies the styles and format all my documents have to follow. Since I upgrade to Word 2003, all my documents have lost their format. I have tried to reformat them manually but they are long documents and I have many of them. I look forward for some help to recover my styles and format in my documents. Thanks! . |
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G'day "Chloe" ,
So, you do an ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate = blah blah Then what is the code that is appearing to not work? You would have to update the style instances manually if they aren't set to autoupdate. Steve Hudson - Word Heretic Want a hyperlinked index? S/W R&D? See WordHeretic.com steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment) Chloe reckoned: Thank you for the info Dayo. You got me right. This is the way I am doing it right now. The macro attaches the master template to the existing document, via Tools | Templates and Add-ins. Apparently, the macro is having problems following the master template. How can I do the instructions you gave me ... "Turn your "master document" into a template and then attach that template to the old documents, or do an Insert File of the old doc into a doc based on the new template". Please advice. Yes, we work in the same company and are looking forward to get some help. You have been the only that understood the problem. I understand that we probably have not been explaining the situation correctly. Thanks, -----Original Message----- Please advise in the following situation. I am using Word 2003. I have some documents that where created in Word 97 and Word 2000. Those documents are suppose to follow a macro that opens a master document which specifies the styles and format all my documents have to follow. Since I upgrade to Word 2003, all my documents have lost their format. I have tried to reformat them manually but they are long documents and I have many of them. I look forward for some help to recover my styles and format in my documents. Thanks! . |
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