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Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated April 3, 2021)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
You can quickly copy styles from one document to another by the following technique:
You should note that this technique assumes the style is not already defined in both documents. If it is, the style will not be copied into the second document, but the paragraph, when pasted, assumes the attributes of the style already defined in the second document.
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2021-04-05 10:46:55
Andrew
"You should note that this technique assumes the style is not already defined in both documents. If it is, the style will not be copied into the second document, but the paragraph, when pasted, assumes the attributes of the style already defined in the second document."
It should be noted that there are options for how styles are handled when pasting text between documents where the style name is the same (i.e., it "conflicts"). These settings are in the "Cut, copy, and paste" section of Word Options->Advanced. You can keep the source's or target's formatting, merge the formatting (whatever that means), or keep only the text.
Andy.
2021-04-03 11:39:43
Philip Reinemann
On my Mac, I made a 'Normal' style paragraph and then changed the font to something else, making it ab'Normal'.
In a second document I made a couple of 'Normal' paragraphs.
Back in the first document I selected the ab'Normal' paragraph and used the format painting brush and clicked on the 'Normal' paragraph in the second document, and the format copied.
Granted, I didn't confirm that with a new style, just a modified style, but it' something to consider using.
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