Problems with updating templates/styles

[WebDrake]

Hello all,

I'm having a problem with templates/styles. Basically it comes down to this: if I've created a template, and documents based on that template, how do I make collective updates to the styles in all those documents?

Based on some reading around I assumed it would consist of,

(1) Edit the template file via File -> Templates - > Edit

(2) In the individual documents, in the Styles and Formatting menu loaded/closed by pressing F11, there is a drop-down menu with "Update Style" in it.

... however, this doesn't work; nor does using the "Load Styles" option from the same menu. The documents remain unchanged.

How do I achieve what I want? And is there a way to make large-scale changes to the document appearance, e.g. switching between two different style templates?

I note that my initial templates contain some material other than styles, and wonder whether this affects anything.

I'd be grateful if someone could give me a friendly walkthrough of these topics.

Many thanks,

-- Joe

[rhino_harley]

Joe,

It took me ages to work this out too. After making updates to styles you can apply them in one of two ways:

* Select the text you want to update right click and select 'Default Formattiong'.
* Use replace all, select replace styles and replace all instances of style 'x' with style 'x'

Hope this helps.

Ryan

[jeanweber]