Where do styles come from? How does Word decide what styles to put into a new document?
A. When you create a new document, Word bases your new document on a template. Templates are not documents; they are special files that are the basis for new documents. Templates have a .dot extension on their names. If you don’t specify a particular template when creating a new document (or if you use “Blank Document”), your new document is based on the normal.dot template. When a document is born, it inherits the styles that exist in its parent template. From that moment on, the document’s styles have no relationship with its parent template. There are only three ways in which the document and its template can change one another’s styles. • The document can change a style in its template if, in the Modify Style dialog box, the Add to Template option is turned on. • The template can change the document’s styles. To do that, on the Tools menu, choose Templates and Add-Ins and turn on Automatically Update Document Styles. Tip: After you’ve used the Automatically Update Document Styles b
