WD: How to Merge Custom Style with Built-in Style (5.0 Earlier)Last reviewed: November 17, 1997Article ID: Q40770 |
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SUMMARYBuilt-in styles in Word can be redefined with the formatting applied to an existing style. The styles can then be merged so that all the paragraphs originally using the custom style now have the default style applied to them. NOTE: In Word versions 6.0 and later, use Organizer can be used to move Styles between Templates. This feature is useful, for example, if you have applied a style to the heading of each section of a long document. Those headings can be redefined as the built-in style level 1, making it easier to organize in Outline mode or to generate a table of contents using those headings. You can redefine styles without losing any of the original heading formats by first applying the formatting of the existing custom style to the built- in style.
MORE INFORMATIONTo apply the formatting of an existing style to one of Word's built-in styles (or any other style), do the following:
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