Re: WORD inquiry

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: November 21, 2003 01:49 PM
Subject: Re: WORD inquiry


>
> > Easier:
>
> Not much, though, and a bad idea to boot.  Read on...
>
> >
> > 1.  Paste your text into Notepad to remove all formatting. Copy & paste into
Word template.
> >
> > 7.  Go through your document, one paragraph at a time, applying the
> >      correct paragraph style from the approved template.
> >
> > 8.  Go through your document, one character at a time, applying the
> >      correct character style from the approved template.
>
> It *looks* efficient to cut 5 steps out of an 8-step process, but they take
> less than a minute to perform, and they're *really* important.
>
> Without steps 2 through 6, the approved template won't be attached to the
> document, and you'll have to repeat steps 7 and 8 (the time-killers) every
> time the template is updated.
>

But didn't he say to create a new document using the new template? Isn't that
good enough -- or better than just attaching it?

Bonnie Granat
http://www.granatedit.com



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