Changing document styles (Word 2003)

[jmt356]

Hi Loungers,

I recently tried to change a feature in my normal template, only to find that the change was reflected in all the styles. I don't have "Automatically update" checked in the Modify Style dialogue box. Does anyone know why Word is doing this and how to turn it off?

Regards,

JMT

[StuartR]

Every style (except for Normal) is based on another style. You can change the "based on style" in the Modify Style dialog box.

If you make a change to your Normal style then any style based on Normal will change too, similarly if you change the Heading 1 style then it is likely that your other Heading styles are based on Heading 1 and will change too.

StuartR

[HansV]

In addition to Stuart's reply, you can also set the "Based on" for a style to (no style) - this is the very top entry in the dropdown list. This will make the style you're modifying independent of any other style.

[jmt356]

Thank you! I guess I will just not link the style to normal.