Reformatting   

Is there a way to take an existing Word document and reapply formatting 
throughout the entire document against an alternate or style sheet?  I am 
using WinXPSP3 and Office 2003 SP3.

We would like to take existing documents and globally apply changes, ideally 
in a batch process.  If not possible in a batch process, at least we would 
like to apply global formatting changes against a new template instead of 
secion by section.

If any tools exist within Word 2003 or 2007 to do this please point the way...

Thanks,
V2

date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:26:00 -0700   author:   v2win

Re: Reformatting   

You can update styles by attaching a different template (Tools | Templates 
and Add-ins) with "Automatically update document styles" enabled. If you 
want to change the layout of the document (margins, header/footer, etc.), 
you'll need to create a new document based on the revised template and 
insert the existing file. Note, however, that any section breaks in the 
inserted file will bring their formatting with them, so you still pretty 
much need to work section by section. Sorry.

-- 
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"v2win"  wrote in message 
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> Is there a way to take an existing Word document and reapply formatting
> throughout the entire document against an alternate or style sheet?  I am
> using WinXPSP3 and Office 2003 SP3.
>
> We would like to take existing documents and globally apply changes, 
> ideally
> in a batch process.  If not possible in a batch process, at least we would
> like to apply global formatting changes against a new template instead of
> secion by section.
>
> If any tools exist within Word 2003 or 2007 to do this please point the 
> way...
>
> Thanks,
> V2
>

date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 10:16:27 -0500   author:   Suzanne S. Barnhill